A manager like Carlo Ancelotti, former AC Milan player between 1987 and 1992, the first man in football history to win the Champions Cup both as player and manager with the same team.
A team full of champions: a goalkeeper at his peak (Dida), a strong defense (Maldini, Nesta, Serginho), classy midfielders (Seedorf, Rui Costa, Pirlo) and 4 legendary goalscorers (Inzaghi, Shevchenko, Rivaldo and Tomasson).
After the preliminary round against Slovan Liberec, AC Milan dominated the first 4 match days of Group G, by winning in La Coruna and Munich, 12 points in 4 wonderful games. In the 2nd Group Stage the same score, by reaching the qualification only in 4 matches, with two wins against Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund. 3-2 in the last minute against Ajax in quarter finals, drammatic battle with Internazionale ("The Derby of Milan") in semifinals. In Manchester (28 May 2003), the first historical italian final of UEFA Champions League, ended to penalties against Juventus FC. Dida saved 3 times, then Shevchenko scored the final penalty kick. 7th Champions Cup for AC Milan, 9 years after the triumph of Athens against Cruyiff's Barcelona. Paolo Maldini lifted up the cup 40 years later then his father Cesare, captain of AC Milan in 1963.
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
2002-2003 Champions League: Quarter Finals
Quarter finals, 1st leg (April 8-9)
Juventus - Barcelona 1-1
[Montero 16; Saviola 78]
Real Madrid - Manchester United 3-1
[Luis Figo 11, Raul 28, 49; van Nistelrooy 51]
Internazionale - Valencia 1-0
[Vieri 14]
Ajax - Milan 0-0
Quarter finals, 2nd leg (April 22-23)
Barcelona - Juventus 1-2 a.e.t. --> aggregate: 3-2 for Juventus
[Xavi 66; Nedved 53, Zalayeta 114]
Manchester United - Real Madrid 4-3 --> aggregate: 6-5 for Real Madrid
[van Nistelrooy 43, Helguera 53 og, Beckham 71, 84; Ronaldo 12, 51, 59]
Valencia - Internazionale 2-1 --> aggregate: 2-2 for Internazionale (away goals)
[Aimar 7, Baraja 51; Vieri 5]
Milan - Ajax 3-2 --> aggregate: 3-2 for Milan
[Inzaghi 30, Shevchenko 65, Tomasson 90+1; Litmanen 63, Pienaar 81]
Juventus - Barcelona 1-1
[Montero 16; Saviola 78]
Real Madrid - Manchester United 3-1
[Luis Figo 11, Raul 28, 49; van Nistelrooy 51]
Internazionale - Valencia 1-0
[Vieri 14]
Ajax - Milan 0-0
Quarter finals, 2nd leg (April 22-23)
Barcelona - Juventus 1-2 a.e.t. --> aggregate: 3-2 for Juventus
[Xavi 66; Nedved 53, Zalayeta 114]
Manchester United - Real Madrid 4-3 --> aggregate: 6-5 for Real Madrid
[van Nistelrooy 43, Helguera 53 og, Beckham 71, 84; Ronaldo 12, 51, 59]
Valencia - Internazionale 2-1 --> aggregate: 2-2 for Internazionale (away goals)
[Aimar 7, Baraja 51; Vieri 5]
Milan - Ajax 3-2 --> aggregate: 3-2 for Milan
[Inzaghi 30, Shevchenko 65, Tomasson 90+1; Litmanen 63, Pienaar 81]
Thursday, September 20, 2012
2002-2003 Champions League: 2nd Group Stage - Group B
Group B Nov 27: AS Roma - Arsenal 1-3 [Cassano 5; Henry 6, 70, 75] Nov 27: Valencia CF - Ajax 1-1 [Angulo 90+2; Ibrahimovic 89] Dec 10: Ajax - AS Roma 2-1 [Ibrahimovic 11, Litmanen 66; Batistuta 88] Dec 10: Arsenal - Valencia CF 0-0
Feb 18: Arsenal - Ajax 1-1 [Wiltord 5; de Jong 17] Feb 18: AS Roma - Valencia CF 0-1 [Carew 78] Feb 26: Ajax - Arsenal 0-0
Feb 26: Valencia CF - AS Roma 0-3 [Titti 24, 30, Emerson 36] Mar 11: Arsenal - AS Roma 1-1 [Vieira 12; Cassano 45+2] Mar 11: Ajax - Valencia CF 1-1 [Pasanen 57; Gonzalez 28 pen] Mar 19: AS Roma - Ajax 1-1 [Cassano 23; van der Meyde 1] Mar 19: Valencia CF - Arsenal 2-1 [Carew 34, 57; Henry 49] Valencia CF 6 2 3 1 5 6 9 Ajax 6 1 5 0 6 5 8 Arsenal 6 1 4 1 6 5 7 AS Roma 6 1 2 3 7 8 5
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