Alexis Saelemaekers took centre stage at the pre-AC Milan-Inter press conference in Perth. The Belgian utility man said: "I wanted to offer my condolences to all of Franco Baresi’s family and to the people who were close to him. I would like to do so on behalf of all my team-mates. Even though I only arrived here in Perth a short while ago, the first conversations I had with the others were about Franco Baresi and I felt the sadness at the news of his death. Franco, even if he was not often with us during matches, always had good advice and a good word whenever he saw us: it was incredible. For lads like me, who were not fortunate enough to see him play, you could see that he was an example for his attachment to the shirt, for what he did for the team. You could feel that he had AC Milan in his blood and he passed that on every time we saw him. These are very sad days for us as well, and we are very sorry not to be able to be at the funeral. We will give everything this season for him"
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