Baresi lifts lid on Camarda’s growth and reflects on ‘great’ Real Madrid win

Franco Baresi believes that Francesco Camarda is handling his rise in the right way, while he also spoke about the win over Real Madrid.

Given the era that he played in, Baresi might have been more used to seeing Milan go toe-to-toe with and beat the best in Europe, becoming the best themselves in the process. However, the 3-1 victory against Real Madrid on Tuesday carried a lot more of a shock factor.

The Rossoneri were big underdogs going into the game, and for good reason. They had lost to Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen already amid a shaky league start, while Real are the LaLiga and Champions League holders, so it was a daunting trip.

Nonetheless, Malick Thiaw, Alvaro Morata and Tijjani Reijnders all scored to give Milan a win that was deserved, and gives them a much better chance of progressing to the knockout stages.

Baresi was interviewed by Corriere della Sera to talk about his new book and they asked him questions on a number of topics, with his comments relayed by MilanPress.

What can you tell us about Camarda’s growth?

“Today it’s another world, in which young people don’t focus only on one passion: for us, after family and school, there was only football. The kids today are smarter, but they have more pressure and expectations: they have to be good at not getting crushed. And he is a very regular and balanced guy.”