Maldini is almost synonymous with AC Milan, more than half a century ago, and still is. On the evening of the 25th, the 6th round of Serie A, AC Milan away to challenge Spezia, this game itself should not have been too much attention because of the gap between the strength of the two sides, but because of the start of one person, the Italian media gave this competition widespread attention before the game, this person is the "Rossoneri" No. 27, Daniel Maldini, yes, is the third generation of the Maldini family, he ushered in the first opportunity to start for Milan, and shortly after the start of the second half, Wearing the number 27 shirt, Daniel scored his debut goal to help the team take the lead, which is definitely a memorable moment for him.
Maldini's name is no stranger to anyone familiar with Serie A and Italian football, starting with Cesare Maldini, members of this family have been playing for AC Milan for almost 70 years, and now, when the old Maldini is dead and Maldini Jr. has long since become a team executive, the baton has passed to the third generation of their family, Daniel Maldini, born in 2001, now has the opportunity to start for Milan City.
In fact, since he officially entered the first team squad last season, he has had more than one experience of coming off the bench, but when it comes to starting, this is the first time that this away game is the first time. It should be noted that Christian Maldini, who is 5 years older than him, daniel's brother, should actually have a better chance than him to become the first person to play for the team in the third generation of the Maldini family, after all, he was also from the Milan academy in his early years, unfortunately, the eldest grandson of the Maldini family, the ball skills are really average, and now he is 25 years old, he can only play in the Italian Serie C, not to mention compared with his father and grandfather, that is, he is a big difference from his brother.
Because of this, if the red and black bloodline of the Maldini family is to continue, it must be counted on the young Daniel. Tall and tall, he and Little Maldini are also very similar in appearance, and his hairstyle is almost exactly the same as when his father debuted, no wonder some media said that at first glance, it really seems that Paul is back on the battlefield, making people look a little confused. Of course, this is all jokes, Daniel and his father are still a little different, for example, his position is good at the midfield, especially the front waist, and the usual foot is different from his father's left foot, and he is good at right foot, and he is the same as his brother who plays right-back at this point.
The data shows that this is the first time that the 19-year-old Daniel Maldini has started in Serie A, and it has been 12 years and 117 days since his father Maldini Jr. made his last league start for Milan (against Fiorentina on 31 May 2009). These 12 years, but also milan city experienced a variety of twists and turns and turbulence of the 12 years, during this period, the team in addition to winning a Serie A championship, almost nothing to get the results, the team of Italian players, especially Milan youth players difficult to get the opportunity to play, hope that this time to get the trust of Daniel Maldini, in the future with their outstanding performances to win more trust from the manager, continue to continue the family's "red and black blood".
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Zhang Kunlong
Editor/Xu Zhao