Maldini will come back for Azzuri

AC Milan captain Paolo Maldini has been a long time did not play in International event with Azzuri, in order to He was hoping to make a farewell appearance for Italy.
Maldini's last match for Italy was a 2-1 defeat to South Korea at the 2002 World Cup. He subsequently refused overtures to return for the 2004 European Championship and the 2006 World Cup.
What's the background his willing to come back? here they are the story:
Last week Goal.com launched an ambitious campaign, calling for Paolo Maldini to be handed one last game for Italy before he retires, and asking for this game to be in the international friendly against Brazil in London next Tuesday. The campaign received an overwhelming response of more than 6000 comments from readers and led to Marcello Lippi exclusively telling Goal.com that he was happy to offer Maldini an international farewell.
Maldini was agree and on tuesday afternoon He has announced that He wanted to play for Azzuri one more time.