Sinisa Mihajlovic, Paolo Maldini doesn’t hold back emotion in Dubai

The two had last crossed paths on the occasion of Milan-Bologna on August 27.

The anticipation of soccerphiles from Italy and around the world about the upcoming World Cup final between Leo Messi’s Argentina and Kylian Mbappè’s France was broken by the tragic news of the death of Sinisa Mihajlovic, a character who had been the talk of the town not only for his exploits on the field-first as a player and then as a coach-but also for his extraordinary strength of will and determination in dealing with the terrible illness that had struck him. And with which he had been living for three and a half years.

He could not remain indifferent to the painful epilogue of Mihajlovic’s life Paolo Maldini, protagonist of many battles on the field against the Serbian, who in Italy played along 15 years with the shirts of Roma, Sampdoria, Lazio and Inter.

During the minute’s silence for the passing of ‘Miha’ in Dubai – the scene of the match between Liverpool and AC Milan valid for the Dubai Super Cup – the Rossoneri manager appeared visibly shaken, letting a few tears flow as he stared, almost ‘dumbfounded’, at the pitch.