Fans salute the funeral cortege as it arrives at the square facing the Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio.Photograph: Stefano Porta/LaPresse/APShare Fans show their appreciation of the Milan icon who spent his entire 20-year career with the club, during which time they won six Serie A titles and three European Cups, two Intercontinental Cups and four Italian Super Cups.Photograph: Stefano Porta/LaPresse/APShare Respects are paid.Photograph: Nicola Marfisi/AGF/ShutterstockShare A banner reads: “Immortal legend, inimitable flag that will never stop waving.
Goodbye, Captain.”Photograph: Daniele Mascolo/ReutersShare Former Milan player Daniele Massaro (left), standing next to his old teammate Dejan Savicevic, holds a commemorative replica of Baresi’s captain’s armband.Photograph: Yara Nardi/ReutersShare A wreath from the club, which reads “AC Milan to our Captain, forever”, is on display during the funeral of Franco Baresi.Photograph: Daniele Mascolo/ReutersShare A wreath from Fifa.Photograph: Claudio Furlan/LaPresse/ShutterstockShare Roberto Baggio and his wife Andreina Fabbi arrive for the service.Photograph: Pier Marco Tacca/Getty ImagesShare Clarence Seedorf arrives before the service.Photograph: Yara Nardi/ReutersShare A giant Milan flag flies next to Baresi’s coffin in the square facing the Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio.Photograph: Stefano Porta/undefined/LaPresse/APShare Former Milan players Marco van Basten (left) and Roberto Donadoni (right) help to carry the coffin of their former teammate.
Photograph: Daniele Mascolo/ReutersShare Baresi’s coffin is taken into the Basilica.Photograph: Nicola Marfisi/AGF/ShutterstockShare Milan are on a pre-season tour, with fixtures in Australia and Indonesia this week, but current players Christian Pulisic (centre) and Santiago Gimenez (left) attended.Photograph: Daniele Mascolo/ReutersShare Gerry Cardinale (left), founder of Milan majority owner RedBird Capital Partners, Italy’s Sport Minister Andrea Abodi (centre) and Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala attended the funeral.Photograph: Daniele Mascolo/ReutersShare The Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio full of mourners.Photograph: Daniele Mascolo/ReutersShare Shirts bearing Baresi’s No 6 flank his coffin.
After 719 appearances for Milan, Baresi hung up boots at the end of the 1996-97 season, when Milan retired his jersey.Photograph: Daniele Mascolo/ReutersShare Baresi’s former teammates Mauro Tassotti (left) and Paolo Maldini examine a wreath on his coffin.Photograph: Daniele Mascolo/ReutersShare Baresi will never be forgotten by the Milan fans.Photograph: Yara Nardi/ReutersShare Explore more on these topicsMilan Photography Italy
