Milan were knocked out of the Champions League by Arsenal on
Tuesday night and many believed that it was Maldini’s last game in
the competition but the defender is determined to re-write the
history books.
“I still have plenty of energy and I guess we have to stick to our
words, but those who do not change ideas just because they have
said so are stupid,” Maldini told Sky Sport Italia.
“In the last few months my knees have been really painful and last
year at the end of the season I couldn’t even bend them.
“Deep down inside there is a big will to continue, that’s just the
way I am. No one is the same and the environment is pushing me to
play on for another year.
“Three months ago I was much worse as I had to stop because of the
operation but now I am feeling fine and I am playing in a position
which I haven’t played in for a long time.”
He still does not play every game, but that Maldini has been
playing up and down the left flank suggests that he has been
feeling well physically.
The legendary defender did state that this season would be his
final last year when the Rossoneri won the Champions League in May,
but it now seems as if he could go back on his decision.
