AC Milan will have to respond in a difficult situation once again tonight against Dinamo Zagreb, but it is something they are used to doing in Europe.
Today’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport (via PianetaMilan) retraces the footsteps of the great Rossoneri successes, and there is a trend that suggests Milan have been almost reborn from the great difficulties that have arisen and then they have bl%MCEPASTEBIN%ossomed in May.
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The two legs against Red Star Belgrade back in November 1988 are imprinted in the minds of all fans who were around to see it, as from here the great Milan of the Immortals of Arrigo Sacchi was born.
The Diavolo draw 1-1 at San Siro and just after Dejan Savicevic scored in the return leg, fog fell and the referee suspended the game 12 minutes into the second half. The next day was another story as Marco Van Basten’s goal was answered by Stoijkovic, but Frank Rijkaard scored the decisive penalty in a shootout.
Back in October 2002 Carlo Ancelotti’s Milan announced themselves when Filippo Inzaghi’s decisive double against Bayern Munich in the group stages ended up with Milan reaching the final which was then won against Juventus in Manchester.
In December 1994, with a 1-0 at the Prater in Vienna, Fabio Capello’s Milan got to the next round in a group that started more or less like the current one: a double defeat against Ajax without scoring and a victory against Salzburg. At the end of that season came the victory in Athens against Barcelona.
Seems to be a mistake here. In December 94 that group stage would lead to the final being in summer 95… which is the one we lost to Kluiverts late goal vs Ajax. I remember that year well.
We beat Barca in summer 94 but qualification through the early rounds was a bit easier and the side was smarting from the 93 Boli defeat and the unlucky suspensions of Baresi+ Costacurta