Mourners line streets of Milan for legend Baresi's funeral

Franco Baresi spent his entire 20-year professional career at AC Milan [Reuters] Thousands of people gathered on the streets of Milan on Tuesday for the funeral of legendary defender Franco Baresi. The 66-year old died last week after a period of ill health. Regarded as one of the greatest defenders to play the game, Baresi captained Milan for 15 seasons, making 719 appearances and scoring 33 goals. The centre-back won 18 trophies with the Rossoneri: six Serie A titles, three Champions Leagues, four Italian Super Cups, three Uefa Super Cups and two Club World Cups. He was capped 81 times by Italy and was part of the squad which won the 1982 World Cup. He played and was captain in the 1994 final, which Italy lost to Brazil. Baresi was made honorary president of Milan in 2020, and his number six shirt was retired when he finished his playing career. The funeral service was held at Sant'Ambrogio Basilica and club greats including Paolo Maldini, Marco van Basten, Clarence Seedorf, Roberto Baggio and Alessandro Costacurta were in attendance. The current AC Milan squad is in Australia on a pre-season tour but some first-team players not involved did attend, including USA forward Christian Pulisic. AC Milan will pay tribute to their former captain ahead of their friendly match again Inter on Wednesday. AC Milan and Italy great Baresi dies aged 66 Former AC Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf [Getty Images] Former AC Milan forward Roberto Baggio [Getty Images] Mauro Tassotti and Paolo Maldini were part of the legendary AC Milan defence alongside Franco Baresi [Reuters] AC Milan's former Brazilian goalkeeper Dida [Getty Images] Former AC Milan forwards Daniele Massaro (left) and Dejan Savicevic (right) [Getty Images] Former AC Milan defender and team-mate Alessandro Costacurta [Getty Images] Franco Baresi is second on AC Milan's all-time appearance list [Getty Images] AC Milan have only retired two shirt numbers in their history: Franco Baresi's number six and Paolo Maldini's number three [Reuters] Franco Baresi led AC Milan to 17 trophies, the most by any club captain [Getty Images] Follow your club with BBC Sport Listen to the latest Football Daily podcast Get football news sent straight to your phone