American Learns About Paolo Maldini: The Most FEARED Defender in History!

[@devin8738]

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

[@Theking-rb5sr]

He’s currently out on loan but he does have a lot of potential

[@manu-nz7vc]

plays as a cam tho

[@ssychosav]

Daniel is playing as a 10. But who knows, I hope he plays well at Spezia.

[@WidgetWagyu47292]

Imagine Daniels son ends up player for Inter Milan 😂

[@benjaminbronnimann3966]

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

[@tejasbhat4477]

38 games

[@benjaminbronnimann3966]

@@tejasbhat4477 It was 34 games back then, Serie A only had 18 teams, like the Bundesliga today

[@C.Ronaldo7.2017]

Don't forget cafu too

[@SZTBE]

@@C.Ronaldo7.2017 and big jaap

[@ginkamikaze2]

@ernieb8490 that's because all of serie A back then was copying Milan's recipe to success... they weren't a spectacular league to watch but boy they were efficient...

[@Metalton95]

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.

[@christianzacchaeus3871]

Woow that was a nice knowledge

[@anwarubaiyadullah1495]

Bruh u forgot to mention he also faced one of the best if not the best striker in history if not for 3 courier ending injuries and a disease that makes him gain weight stupidly fast which is RONALDO NAZARIO NICKNAMED THE PHENOMENO by Brazilians which are born to play soccer yet they nicked him phenomeno

[@Darmani2MB]

@@anwarubaiyadullah1495 that's already mentioned in the video. OP is covering all the other top class players in the Serie A during Maldini's era

[@Natalin0]

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).

[@anthonydoherty27]

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

[@ikennannadozie6973]

Gi to an eye doctor

[@MrJoromekiq1]

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

[@Sky-z2h3f]

Beckenbauer is number 1 😎

[@andreanecchi5930]

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?

[@iansimpson704]

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!

[@realmadridacmilanfanboy3093]

in my opinion pirlo is one of the top 5 midfielder.

[@linky8899]

Pirlos a goat

[@Metalton95]

One of, yes. But Baresi, Gullit, Van Basten, Kaka, Nesta and Rikaard are all further ahead as GOAT’s in their respective positions :P ..ok, Kaka is a stretch for the latter statement (too many midfield goats, and his prime, much like Ronaldinho, was too short), but he was THE star of mid-00s Milan!

[@bzilla-d4i]

The Dutchmen were top 3 in Ballon d'Or 4 years in a row. Gullit and Rijkaard are head and shoulders above Pirlo even though Pirlo is a legend. Gullit is one of the greatest players of all time, as a defender, a midfielder and a forward.

[@bzilla-d4i]

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.

[@purplechaos5574]

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

[@Victor-wc2vf]

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

[@mattecool50]

bro said "Virgil van Dick" 💀

[@artofkannur]

😂😂

[@ceronibalsamar5352]

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 😅

[@nyzzam1104]

Cannavaro was the only last defender to win ballon d'or tbh...before him we got Sammer and Beckenbauer (twice)

[@tpsam]

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

[@gQUATTROCIOKKI]

100% amazing

[@tommcglone2867]

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

[@gQUATTROCIOKKI]

Paolo Maldini was THE BEST he's LEGEND. Amazing human being and out of this world player.

[@RoosterDane]

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.

[@LitoLochoss]

That was prime football ro you know how many Good players played

[@darsh6221]

Paolo's grandfather was also a club legend

[@MsRickybalboa]

at young age he was DL Defender Left...maldini is the reason why no.3 is for left defender

[@MrChelseaDan]

Maldini is one of the true goats for sure 🔥

[@BoD605]

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

[@TalhaAy5]

Maldini is legend and defender goat 1 number defenders

[@andreagalante7584]

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

[@alexatanasie3302]

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

[@primategaberocco]

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

[@beastbeast1170]

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

[@fcb_sebas8044]

imo maldini>bauer

[@monsterwith21faces92]

@@fcb_sebas8044 Hold this L

[@manusiabumi7673]

Maguire is for sure one the most entertaining players (not just defenders) i've ever seen

[@Zero-eu4sf]

@@monsterwith21faces92 nah maldini is better so hold that L liking your own comment

[@AlessandroValvoAleValvo]

Also Baresi & Nesta

[@Antonsnubben]

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

[@fandylatjuba3885]

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

[@nativeyo]

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

[@emmanuelenyinwa1443]

Yeah, he "faced" them, but they owned him and he just fouled the REPEATEDLY. Really shameful.

[@nativeyo]

@@emmanuelenyinwa1443 not true. He came out on top several times against R9 and shut down CR7

[@ragnarok283]

@@emmanuelenyinwa1443 What are you talking about? Maldini never had a red card in his career.

[@emmanuelenyinwa1443]

@@ragnarok283 Tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about what's "normal" in Sere A back then. There is a TON of footage of Maldini doing karate kick jump slides at players who nutmegged or dribbled past him. Here he is getting owned and hacking at Ronaldo like a butcher.

[@Aaron3020x]

@@emmanuelenyinwa1443 Maldini was already old in the 2000s

[@sq147]

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

[@joules_sw]

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

[@Jay-sm2mh]

Da bronco finally getting cultured

[@gildartzz4108]

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

[@jaeger-gk3pc]

paolo best defender of all time

[@ronanm6143]

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

[@lkesha82]

My all time favourite player ☺️

[@MrBako123]

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

[@rastkonenricza]

Slazem se. Vec sam mu jednom rekao, ali jebi ga.

[@nasrullahsylani]

Yes

[@tejasbhat4477]

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

[@nicomus1c]

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.

[@riquetc0060]

This is news to Da Bronco lol

[@ragnarok283]

Pure defensively Maldini is still top 2. He was slightly better than Nesta, I’m good if Baresi is on top though.

[@nicomus1c]

@@ragnarok283 I hear that

[@Natalin0]

Scirea was a great goalscorer too, maybe could be tied with Baresi for 3rd overall. The very definition of underrated.

[@emmanuelenyinwa1443]

No Virgil Van Dijk?

[@Shane39]

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 🔴⚫

[@Multiriddick007]

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

[@juanjbm4561]

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.

[@TalhaAy5]

Bence hierro ilk 20 ye giremez

[@lahirunimesh3347]

12:53 Bronco missed Cristiano here 😅

[@seanriley199]

You're on one hell of a journey Hombre

[@dominiczuom]

AC Milan Maldini family legacy continues

[@mthokozisinkomoxulu8097]

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

[@Daviis091]

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.

[@MLCrow]

Yeah but most don't know his father Cesare Maldini was of Slovenian parents who lived near Trieste and were italianized. Maldini is not their original surname.

[@romanhoax9014]

*Paolo Maldini is the greatest defender of all time*

[@AlexandertheGreat.10]

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

[@SoupDealer]

Franz, not Frank

[@ForzaForte]

THE GREATEST! PERIOD

[@ryanfebrianto8973]

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

[@Gustllik2000]

I saw r9 on tittle picture and truth is that was Maldini and other great defenders who actually fear Ronaldo .

[@kajairallen331]

Sergio Ramos got the most red cards as a defender

[@Muker29]

I don’t think it’s unfair for a lad of your age to choose players of your era/generation….i was lucky I watch maldini in his last few seasons and same with seedorf.

[@epix.96]

6:22 30 now

[@jamaicanstylez2730]

Bekenbauer, cannavaro, nesta, costacurta, maldini , stam

[@MrJoromekiq1]

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

[@santinodellacroce2079]

who do you not have Canavaro, Nesta, Cafu, Carlos, Beckenbaur. I cant argue with your picks but man you need some of fhese guys

[@DaddyFutbol]

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.

[@armandoalvarado5233]

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

[@Dbossdlm]

I rank Maldini in my top five players of all time, not just defenders. \ Heres my list: 1 Messi 2 Cr7 3 Pele 4 R9 5 Maldini 6 Ronaldinho 7 Zidane 8 Cruyff 9 Maradona 10 Yashin

[@joules_sw]

Haha bro surely you don't know but there's an actual friendly match where young Messi played together with Maradona. Go ahead, check it out and your gonna see their playstyle is not as similar as the people says, they actually play so much differently specially considering it was the retired maradona and young messi

[@beastTime999]

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

[@sheldonburrows9471]

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

[@FaithFueled_Athletes]

Bronco you should react to Gulit

[@dovah2167]

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

[@dovah2167]

btw you got to react to De Ligt, my favorite defender at the moment

[@dovah2167]

9:54 Zlatan is 40 or 41, he played against Maldini in the last years of his career

[@davidsegovia8587]

React to Fernando Torres at Liverpool bro was crazy

[@dimitarbogd7078]

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

[@muhammadarielfaizi6378]

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

[@thecontextual1one411]

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

[@ierbutza21]

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.

[@prolificseeker4778]

10:41 💀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 OMM

[@glitch_sanctum6272]

that “dutch dude” is crazy gotta react to gullit

[@joules_sw]

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

[@marelrehana7080]

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

[@Iyashikei-t4u]

He was a left back until later in his carreer when he became a center back.

[@realmadridacmilanfanboy3093]

After 2004 or 2005 he played as a CB i guess.

[@kasualkombat6404]

He was nominated for the ballon d'or in 1994 as the best LB in world football and again later as the best CB in the world. He was the best in both positions, that's how good he was

[@realmadridacmilanfanboy3093]

@@kasualkombat6404 yeah you are right 👍.

[@mebansharaisantasticokhong7312]

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

[@Urbanxtraa]

Maldini has defended against maradona messi Ronaldo and all in between 😂 legend

[@SZTBE]

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

[@prncexvi5396]

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

[@piz5736]

Maldini is indeed the best man .

[@matteosalvatore9826]

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

[@bigbirdmotivations7082]

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

[@bllade23]

Maldini superstars stars

[@tariqlewis9844]

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

[@nicomus1c]

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.

[@abTOTY]

His team had van dijk so maldini should have been cb rather than lb

[@leroyramirez5815]

@@abTOTY maldini most likely plays as a offensive fullback and got good crossing,LB might be a good position

[@abTOTY]

@@leroyramirez5815 we are talking about da bronco all time line up and he already has Roberto carlos in lb , so would you take out van dijk or carlos ?abviously van dijk right ?

[@nicomus1c]

@@abTOTY id take out both, Roberto Carlos wasn’t good defensively and yh Van Dijk has no place in an all time xi

[@mastertonef]

Maldini stands 6'2" tall.

[@benjaminbronnimann3966]

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

[@bigdot7143]

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

[@rabbitshady499]

Maldini is the goat. From a Barça fan.

[@nunz777]

He's the best. His mentor Baresi 2nd, Nesta third, Cannavaro 4th, Roberto Carlos 5th, Costacurta 6th, Cafu 7th, Tassoti 8th, Chielini 9th, Scirea 10 w honorable mentions of Gentile, Stahm and Thuram - a 75% Italian dominated list.

[@Blink240sx]

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

[@albertoberrino5065]

Serie A was the best league from 1980 to 2006

[@shaniell.mathur6372]

People seem to forget that Paolo Maldini was a LEFT-BACK

[@rizkidipopamungkas480]

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

[@kasualkombat6404]

Scirea is top 3

[@anthony821]

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

[@vogk1265]

Need a Franz beckenbauer reaction asap

[@saidkorane8623]

Can u do zaltan Ibrahimovic video

[@kajairallen331]

The last defender to win was Fabio Cannavaro

[@rorymajors2504]

Baresi and Beckenbauer should also be above Van Dijk and Ramos as well. This is one of the weaker eras for defenders in history right now. None of the current players can match up to the greats of the past.

[@Adam.spitfire]

Ronaldo R9 is the only player that made Maldini in fear