His son Daniel Maldini is also currently at AC Milan, hope he continues the family legacy well

Milans defense back then was so good, that they won an entire Serie A title whilst only scoring 36 goals in 34 games. They didn't need anymore goals cause they had Baresi and Maldini in their defense! And that was when Serie A was still the best league in the world in the late 80's/early 90's

Paolo Maldini played from 1985-2009 which was almost all of the Italian top league’s (Serie A) golden age (1982-2006). Zlatan has played since 1999 (joined Serie A in 2004), and Maradona played in 1976-1997, and was in Serie A in 1984-1991. It’s only Paolo Maldini who faced both Maradona (1985-1991) and Zlatan (2004-2009), cuz 25 years as a pro elite footballer is INSANE longevity. 1028 matches in total! One thing that is not mentioned in the vid is that Milan won the 91-92 Serie A UNDEFEATED. Two years after winning two Champions League’s in a row, and two years before DESTROYING ‘Dream Team’ Barcelona 4-0 in the Champions League final and ending Johan Cruyff’s career as a coach. The 1987-1994 Milan team(s) is arguably the greatest club team of all time. They had the greatest defence of all time: Paolo Maldini & Franco Baresi (captain) are 2 of the top 3 GOAT’ed defenders behind only Kaiser Franz Beckenbauer - in addition to Costacurta (21 years at Milan) and Tassotti. On top of the undefeated season, they arguably changed the offside rule in the early 90s because of how effective their offside traps were. Franco Baresi would give the call for Maldini, Costacurta and Tassotti to run forward and it almost always worked - so much that the Football Associations around the world saw how ridiculous it got and made the rule more lenient. Before, the offside was given if ANY player was further ahead of the opposing defence during a pass. Now, it’s only the one player receiving the ball (or the player obscuring a goalkeepers view or movement) who has to stay onside. Add their midfield (Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard) and attack (Marco Van Basten) GOAT’s on top of stars like Savicevic, Donadoni, Desailly, Ancelotti, Evani, Albertini, Boban, and you have the trend-setters who took over the European throne from Real Madrid (who hadn’t won the CL since the 60s, but were still considered THE team to beat up till 1990) and changed the rules. A little more about ‘Prime Serie A’: From Platini (1982), Laudrup (1983), Maradona (1984), Rummenigge (1984), Gullit & Van Basten (1987), Matthäus (1988) and Batistuta (1991) to Zanetti (1995), Zidane (1996), Ronaldo (1997), Cafu (1997), Shevchenko (1999), and Kaka (2003). All the biggest stars and world cup players were there, and every team had some world class talent, even after the ‘only 3 foreign players on the pitch’ rule was abolished. The legendary Napoli, Sampdoria, Lazio, Parma and Hellas Verona teams all existed during these decades, on top of the big 3 (Juve, Milan, Inter). GOAT’s like Maradona, Platini, Ronaldo, Matthäus and all reached their prime here. On top of all the Italian greats that played: Maldini, Baresi, Baggio, Scirea, Totti, Nesta, Cannavaro, Buffon, Mancini, Pirlo, Del Piero, Bergomi, Tardelli, Vieri, Di Natale, Inzaghi, Zola etc. From 1992-1998 there was always one Italian team in the Champions League final, PLUS the two-in-a-row that Milan won in 89 & 90. It all probably culminated in the all-Italian 2003 final between Juve & Milan, and the greatest final of all time in 2005 when all-star Milan choked against underdogs Liverpool. Italy’s national team reached 3 world cup finals during this time (1982, 1994, 2006), winning the first and last of them.

Kinda silly how they kept going on about his positioning and reading of the game, and that quote about tackling, whilst showing him launch himself into tackles again and again! Guess tight marking doesn't make for highlight reels! I'd have him as my number 1 defender

To put something mentioned in the video into perspective; the Serie A was the BEST league in the world, not only in the 80's, but also the 90s and even into the early 2000s. In this 30 year period, almost every club had at least one bonafied legend on the team and the league overall was extremely competitive. Not only that, but Italian clubs competed in Europe. Even Sampdoria made it to the UCL final in 1992 and Parma won 2 UEFA Cups by 1999 (which is crazy to think now).

For me, Paolo Maldini is the golden standard for defenders. Certainly in top 3 best defenders of all time

Paolo Maldini doesn't take the ball away from you The ball was never yours to begin with, he simply let you go around playing with it as if you borrowed it

as a child when I went to milan to watch the milan games, I saw him play, a great player, now at milan he is doing an extraordinary job bringing strong players to milan, fun fact: he is one of the owners of Miami fc, a team that plays in the USL , next nesta or baresi?

One of Maldini’s best teammates on AC Milan and Italy was Andrea Pirlo, who you still need to react to. He is a top 10 midfielder of all time and he is the best passer and one of the best long range shooters I’ve ever seen!

bro said "Virgil van Dick" 💀

Kids: vvd is the goat defender Adults: ramos is the goat defender Legends: maldini is the goat defender Beyond legends: beckenbauer is the goat defender Chads: maguire is the goat defender

Last Defender to win the Balon D’or was Fabio Cannavaro in 2006. He was Italian as well.

Maldini, Vidiç, Nesta, Carvalho, Cannavaro (only defender to win ballon d'or), Rio, Terry, Zanetti, Beckenbauer, Lahm, Koeman, Stam, Hierro, Thuram, Cafu, Laurent Blanc... and many more, you still have a lot to learn in the defensive department 😅

13:48 2006 when Italian defender Fabio Cannavaro won it after leading Italy to the WC.

Maldini is one of the true goats for sure 🔥

The crazy thing about Paolo is he has 2 World Cup silver medals and one bronze, and if he stuck with the national team in 2006 he would've lifted the World Cup too, to add to his 5th Champions League title he would lift in 2007. Crazy thing is at 39 he was still on the Ballon d'Or shortlist, along with Kaka, Messi and CR7.

Maldini is the greatest defender ever. He was the best for such a long time. It’s pretty wild he didn’t win multiple Ballon D’ors.

I think the video said it best but it can't be said enough Maldini defended legends from Diego Maradona, to Ronaldo (R9) and Zidane, to Zlatan and Henry to CR7. He definitely deserves consideration for all time defensive lineups. It's a shame he retired before Italy's 2006 World Cup winning squad

Da bronco finally getting cultured

In terms of all time defenders it’s hard to rank I think as football players id go 1. Beckenbauer 2. Maldini 3. Baresi Etc. But purely defensively 1. Baresi 2. Nesta 3. Scirea 4. Maldini 5. Figueroa 6. Passarela Etc.

6:20 if I'm not wrong Sergio Ramos got 27 red cards 🤣

You should react to Vidic, in 2020 he was voted as the best EPL defender ever by the British people

It's YOUR list Bronco, YOURS. You ain't gotta move VVD if you love him more💯

Finally reacting to a legendary rossonero. He had ability of wing back going forward and no nonsence defender when staying back. Best LB and CB of all time and he's I'm biased. He was and is a legendary figure in San siro(our stadium) and now he's made amazing signings for us in less price. Forza Milan 🔴⚫

somebody gotta tell this man how to say "Van Djjk" 😭😭😂

Italian defenders are well know to be greatest in football history, and Maldini is along side Beckenbauer the two defenders that cannot miss any 11 of the best ever played the sport. You just started watching football wich means the english media has your interest (fare enough EPL is the best right now), but before 2010 Italian serie A was the best league for decades, at least ever since the 80's.

You should react to Frank beckenbaur next He's also considered the GOAT He continued playing a match for Germany with a broken shoulder

Yo Bronco, please react to how scary good was Romario!!! He was Brazilian Ronaldos mentor!

Paolo's grandfather was also a club legend

Paulo Now Works For AC Milan In The Boardroom. The Maldini's Bleed Red And Black

*Paolo Maldini is the greatest defender of all time*

13:41 that was 1988 ballon dor with 1 MVB, 2 Gullit and 3 Rijkaard, all 3 won the euros with the Netherlands and won the cl with ac milan

They don't park the bus they make defending Art 🇮🇹

He retired at 39, playing since a teenager. And he was still elite as fcuk and could've kept going. Best defender I've ever seen. Scored clutch Final goals too. #GOAT

Glorious player. My favourite defender ever is Fernando Hierro. He scored more than 100 goals for Real Madrid and also was the top scorer of Spain until Raul and David Villa made more goals than him. Not bad for a central defender.

Maldini is legend and defender goat 1 number defenders

You're on one hell of a journey Hombre

Why do people tend to forget about Frank Beckenbauer when talking about the greatest defender. For me and everyone who truly understand football Maldini is the second greatest defender just behind that German machine

Paolo Maldini is the GOAT defender without a shadow of a doubt

12:53 Bronco missed Cristiano here 😅

The last time defender won a balllon d'or was on 2006 when Italy won world cup and ballon d'or winner was their captain named Fabio Cannavaro

Back then players wouldn't flop like today. If Paolo did that tackle today, the player would sell the flop hard and get Paolo a red easy. Back then it was a men sport.

I like TheRetroRoute more than Raymar Football. This video seems like a guy just reading down Maldini's wikipedia page.

Waiting on the Carles Puyol video. Or a La Masia video of Barcelona

Last defender to earn the balon d’or was Fabio Cannavaro fifa world champion 2006

My all time favourite player ☺️

Maldini was a left back lol people who told you to put him at CB only know him on Fifa

Serie A was the best from the 80s through to the late noughties. Maldini is 6ft2

Never watched him but he’s the greatest defender for sure

that “dutch dude” is crazy gotta react to gullit

Serie A was the best league from 1980 to 2006

BEST DEFENDER ALL OF TIME FOR ME : 1. PAOLO MALDINI 2. FRANZ BECKENBAUER 3. CANNAVARO 4. FRANCO BARESI 5. SERGIO RAMOS 6. PUYOL 7. NESTA 8. THURAM (JUVE) 9. CAMPBELL 10. RIO FERDINAND

React to Fernando Torres at Liverpool bro was crazy

React to what maldini said when he was asked about messi in an interview

correct me if im wrong, zlatan played for malmo,ajax,ac milan,inter milan,juventus,psg,manchester united,barcelona, and la galaxy

He's the GOAT when you talk about defender..

10:41 💀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 OMM

Cuore di drago PAOLO MALDINI...mio capitano ❤🖤❤️🖤❤️🖤

10:04 💯

Cannavaro was the last defender to win the Ballon d'or in 2006

W Dabronco

Your fans don't know football either if they think Maldini should've been a your center back. Maldini was a Left-Back in his prime and is the greatest Left-Back ever. Your Center-back shoulve been Franz Beckenbauer.

You should try reacting to Carlos Puyol, he's a legendary Barcelona defender

1:35 that was literally the italian style of football since i know aiut the sport, i saw them do it in the world cup 2006 and they still did that against Belgium in the last euro, it's not the best tactic nor the most beautiful and a little risky depending on when you start it but they do it so good that it made them win, it's controversial because they flop a little while doing it, to gain some time, but they truly are the masters of that tactic

Maldini's the best ever. End of story ❤🖤

VVD is great dont get me wrong (Liverpool fan since 04) but Maldini did this for decades and at a high/top level,as a whole vvd as amazing as he is he isnt even close to the overall career of Maldini and thats why people put Maldini (myself included) as the best.

Maldini is indeed the best man .

Football on the 90s eas very defensive, then they banned returning the ball to the keeper hands with your foot and teams had to get out of the back and play higher

u have to react to wayne rooney he was one of the greatest strikers who ever played in the premier league

Bronco, react to peter crouch, he was as tall as a basketball pivot you gotta see him doing a bicycle kick

bronco you gotta react to Antony from ajax he's ridiculous

Serie A was the best in the late 80s and the 90s

THE GREATEST! PERIOD

Maldini is the goat. From a Barça fan.

React to what maldini said about messi when he was asked in an interview

No question, Maldini is the greatest and most respected defender of all time!

paolo best defender of all time

Need a Franz beckenbauer reaction asap

Last time a defender won the Ballon d'Or was in 2006, another italian - Fabio Cannavaro

The last defender to win was Fabio Cannavaro

a yo.. great reaction, bro. then you gotta check “Alessandro Nesta”, his absolute “Duo Mate”

Nah Paulo Maldini should’ve been in your team at left back not centre back. He was great at centre back too in the later stages of his career but Maldini was by far at his best at left back which is where he played in the great team that had Van basten, rijkaard, gullit, Baresi etc.

I can’t choose between maldini and nesta on who’s the best defender of all time, so i would say both

Gullit with his beautifull dreads back then

Cannavaro won the Ballon D'or in 2006

React to an underrated Defender. Rafael Marquez ( Mexico & FC Barcelona Player )

Played from 1984-2009 for his entire career at AC Milan

1 Scirea 🇮🇹 2 Maldini 🇮🇹 3 Beckenbaur 🇩🇪 4 Baresi 🇮🇹 5 Facchetti 🇮🇹 6 Bobby Moore 🇬🇧 7 Nesta 🇮🇹 8 Koeman 🇳🇱 9 Ramos 🇪🇸 10 Heinz Schnellinger 🇩🇪

Sergio has countless reds 🤣🤣

Da Branco is the best ✌️😄

Ronaldo R9 is the only player that made Maldini in fear

Best LB in history

Bro react to sergio ramos gladiator you gonna love it

Can u do zaltan Ibrahimovic video

AC Milan Maldini family legacy continues

Maldini just looks like a villain

Best defender ever

React to Thomas Muller Bronco the most underrated footballer of all time

6:22 30 now

Bekenbauer, cannavaro, nesta, costacurta, maldini , stam