"Belgrade changed Milan history" - Maldini
Paolo Maldini recalls the infamous foggy night in Belgrade in 1988 while Milan play against Red Star today and reveals he’s not sure how they’ll feel for the Spezia loss.
The Europa League Round of 32 first leg tie kicks off at 17.55 GMT.
's match at the Marakana in Belgrade was interrupted by fog in 1988 when they were defeated 2-1 and had a player sent off.
“I was injured in 2006, but it felt like a week that time rather than two days in Belgrade. It was an extraordinary experience and probably changed the history of Milan,”
the director announced to Sky Sport Italia.
“With all due respect, we played very badly against Spezia and they did very well, so we 100 per cent deserved the defeat. Having said that, we cannot ruin all the good work done throughout this season and the one before due to one bad game.
“We’ll see how the team is doing psychological. It’s hard to tell, because the week of training up to the Spezia match was at high intensity and focus, yet the results were negative.
“I didn’t have many doubts last season either, but the work I did with Zvone took a little time to come to fruition. It is a very young squad and it’s natural that it would take a while to develop.”
Maldini feels great of signing Theo Hernandez on the transfer market.
“Everyone has their own characteristics. Theo Hernandez is a great strength for this team, we have to hold him back a little bit, or he’d constantly be pushing forward, but the improvements he’s made over the last year have been incredible."
The coach of Red Star Belgrade is Dejan Stankovic and an old friend of Maldini.
“He has always been a fair, fun and likeable opponent, I also saw his son playing in goal for the Inter youth team against Milan.”
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