Paolo Maldini will no longer be around for 2009/2010. He will play his last match for Milan against Fiorentina tonight. It has been a disgrace for football, in general and to AC Milan specifically when a section of the Milan fans spoiled Maldini's lap of honour at the San Siro Stadium.
And tonight, Maldini will play his last match for Milan at Fiorentina's home ground, and I hope the fans in the stadium will honour this incredible footballer, who has always been a true professional,a role model, loyal and exquisitely elegant footballer.
He is one of the few in current world of football who never change his club. During his 22 years long career, he has always play for Milan, and achieved tremendous success at the club. But even more worthy to note, he stayed with the club, even during some turbulence period from 1996 to 1997, and 2000 to 2002. Therefore it's really disgraceful for the small section of Milan fans who jeered him during his lap of honour, he certainly doesn't deserved that!
So let us hope that..in his final match against Fiorentina, we will have a proper farewell to this illustrious footballer, a down-to-earth, but certainly outstanding footballer, who captained Milan for 12 years, who had given the world great moments of skills and the art of defending, who has always shown great sportsmanship a fitting end to all that he had contributed to the game. Arrivederci Paolo!
