# @retro_calcio on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dct2kr7ya_d
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69875625-retro-calcio-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-31T19:37:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Retro Calcio (@retro_calcio) — https://gondola.cc/retro_calcio

## Caption

Franco Baresi - One of the greatest defenders of all time, Franco Baresi was either a sweeper or central defender with A. C. Milan, with whom he spent his entire career. He made 710 appearances and scored 31 goals for Milan in 20 years with the club, and was club captain for 15 of those years. In their list of the 100 greatest players of the 20th century, World Soccer magazine ranked Baresi at number 19.

Baresi’s list of titles with Milano is impressive. He won three UEFA Champions’ League/European Cup titles in 1989-90 and 1994; six Serie A titles 1979, 1988, 1992-94, 1996; four Italian Super Cups 1988, 1992-94; two European Super Cups in 1990 and 1994; and two Intercontinental Cups 1989-90 .

Baresi had just turned 19 when he won his first scudetto at Milan under Nils Liedholm. It was 1979 and Italian football was still dominated by the ideals of catenaccio. Most defences comprised a libero, two man-markers and, if you were lucky, an attacking left-back. But not Liedholm’s. The Swede was a pioneer in Serie A of zonal marking, and the idea that the game was not a series of physical battles but a question of space. Baresi was only 5ft 9in and a teenager. More traditional coaches might not have trusted him. But Liedholm saw an impeccable reader of the game, even at that age. Baresi was an ever-present, not only in the league but in the Coppa Italia and Uefa Cup as well.
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