 Maldini helped Milan defend the Serie A title the following season, and reach the first of three consecutive UEFA Champions League finals.Milan lost the 1993 Champions League final in a 1–0 defeat to Marseille.That season, Maldini scored his first goal in European Competitions on 21 October 1992 in a 1–0 Champions League win against Slovan Bratislava, and also made his 200th appearance in Serie A on 4 October of the same year.