ROME (AFP) -- AC Milan defender Paolo Maldini admitted on Saturday that he is worried about the European champions' dismal home league form.

Speaking to the official Milan website from the club's winter training camp in Dubai, the 39-year-old Milan legend admitted it was the one thing most troubling him and his team-mates.
""It's no use denying that when the league starts up again it will be an important test bench for us,"" said Maldini.
""What's happening, particularly with regards to our home form at the San Siro, is paradoxical and in my view inexplicable.""
""It's difficult to understand how Milan manage to play so well away from home but have such difficulties at home.""
Despite reigning supreme in Europe and the world, Milan lie a lowly 12th in their domestic league with a 25 point gap between them and leaders Inter Milan.
More important, though, is the 11-point gap to fourth-placed Udinese, and crucially the final Champions League qualifying spot for next season.
""There's one obvious fact that is there for everyone to see, we're simply not scoring enough at home,"" added Maldini.
In their seven home league games this season, Milan have hit the net just three times and have picked up five draws and two defeats.
Yet away from home it's been a different story, with Milan hitting the back of the net 18 times in seven games, winning four times, drawing once and losing two.
However, Maldini says that Milan need to try to put their San Siro problems out of their minds and just concentrate on winning games -- starting with Napoli at home on January 13.
""When the championship resumes, rather than concentrate on an albatross around our necks we have to think above all about beating Napoli, who up to now have shown themselves to be tough opponents.""
Napoli are actually above Milan in the standings, although the European champions do have three games in hand on most of their rivals.
Maldini also weighed into the ongoing debate surrounding Brazilian pair Ronaldo and Nelson Dida.
Ronaldo has played just twice this season and has been linked with a move back to his homeland with Flamengo.
Meanwhile Dida has been under fire following his theatrics against Celtic in the Champions League -- when he collapsed to the turf in apparent agony and was carried off the pitch on a stretcher after a fan gave him a gentle slap on the cheek which resulted in UEFA banning him for two matches though one was deferred -- and a gaffe that handed victory to Inter in the Milan derby.
""Dida and Ronaldo? I don't think you can talk about a crisis period for either of them,"" said Maldini.
""We're talking about two diametrically opposed situations. They are two players with completely different characters.
""Ronaldo is a more expressive guy and he is more positive from a human contact point of view than Dida, who is a reserved guy who prefers to deal with things by himself.""