Thierry Henry's Honest Confession to AC Milan Legend Paolo Maldini

Prior to the first leg of the Champions League semi-final between AC Milan and Inter Milan, French football legend Henry along with other experts in the studio with CBS Sports enjoyed conversation with Italian football legend Maldini, who is now AC Milan's technical director.

We (Thierry Henry vs Paolo Maldini) played against each other in '98," recalled Henry. When I realized I was coming in and playing on the right I suddenly got scared because there was an opponent to face, you.

To me you symbolize what survival is, and humans are even better than players when that's possible, continued Henry, praising the one-club man, also claiming he brought a 'winning mentality' to AC Milan. I just want to tell you (Paolo Maldini) that you used to scare me.

Henry was referring to the quarter-finals of the 1998 World Cup, in which Les Bleus advanced to the last four in their home tournament after beating Italy on penalties, following a goalless draw after 120 minutes. Henry and Maldini briefly played in the same division when the Frenchman spent half a season in Turin with Juventus, before moving to Arsenal in the summer of 1999.

After spending his entire playing career with AC Milan, winning seven Scudetti and five Champions League titles, Maldini is now the club's technical director. His team will need to put in an excellent performance in the second leg at the San Siro if they are to reach the Champions League final, with a poor defensive performance which saw Inter Milan win 2-0 in the first leg of the semifinals.