La Gazzetta Dello Sport - 1 August 2026 [IT]

It is a part of the history of the great Milan that ends. Even if Franco won much more than his brother... Franco Baresi will always have his AC Milan iconography – a white 6 on a red and black background – but he was also captain of the national team and no one forgets him. He was born as a full-back, but also grows as a centre-back and as a midfielder. There has always been an ethic in Franco Baresi, linked to seriousness and silence, to the intensity of his personality. He arrives in the firs