The mural honouring Franco Baresi outside Casa Milan has been vandalised again, reopening an unpleasant chapter around a tribute to one of the club’s defining captains. The work stands in Piazza Gino Valle, facing the Rossoneri headquarters, and had only recently been restored after an earlier attack.
Quick facts
- The mural is dedicated to former Milan captain Franco Baresi.
- It is located opposite Casa Milan in Piazza Gino Valle.
- Black paint was used to obscure Baresi’s captain’s armband, the Milan badge on his shorts and the European Cup he is holding.
- The artwork had previously been damaged with red spray paint on 27 September.
- Artist Luca Rosada, known as Lucas Street Art, remade and unveiled the restored piece on 10 October.
The latest damage targeted the symbols that define Baresi’s place in Milan history: the armband, the club crest and the trophy raised by the former number 6. Each element was covered in black paint.
It is the second act of vandalism against the installation in a matter of weeks. The original mural was defaced on 27 September, prompting Rosada to return to the site and create a new version of the work.
The replacement was larger than the first piece and assembled from several sheets. It showed a smiling Baresi in Milan colours, offering a different final image while preserving the central idea of a public homage to a captain whose career remains woven into the club’s identity.
Rosada used the paste-up method, printing an image or illustration onto paper before applying it directly to the wall rather than painting on the surface itself. That restored work was inaugurated on 10 October; it has now been marked again.
For Milan, Baresi remains far more than a figure from a previous era. The renewed damage has turned a tribute near the club’s modern home into another reminder that even the most recognisable symbols of its past can require defending.
