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
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
2002-2003 Champions League: Semifinals and Final
Semifinals, 1st leg (6-7 May 2003)
Milan - Internazionale 0-0
Real Madrid - Juventus 2-1
[Ronaldo 23, Roberto Carlos 73; Trezeguet 45]
Semifinals, 2nd leg (13-14 May 2003)
Internazionale - Milan 1-1 --> aggregate: 1-1 for Milan (away goals rule)
[Martins 83; Shevchenko 45+1]
Juventus - Real Madrid 3-1 --> aggregate: 4-3 for Juventus
[Trezeguet 12, Del Piero 43, Nedved 73; Zidane 89]
Final in Manchester (28 May 2003)
Milan - Juventus 0-0 a.e.t. --> 3-2 on penalties
Milan - Internazionale 0-0
Real Madrid - Juventus 2-1
[Ronaldo 23, Roberto Carlos 73; Trezeguet 45]
Semifinals, 2nd leg (13-14 May 2003)
Internazionale - Milan 1-1 --> aggregate: 1-1 for Milan (away goals rule)
[Martins 83; Shevchenko 45+1]
Juventus - Real Madrid 3-1 --> aggregate: 4-3 for Juventus
[Trezeguet 12, Del Piero 43, Nedved 73; Zidane 89]
Final in Manchester (28 May 2003)
Milan - Juventus 0-0 a.e.t. --> 3-2 on penalties
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]
Monday, September 17, 2012
2002-2003 Champions League: 2nd Group Stage - Group A
Group Phase 2 (Nov 26/27, Dec 10/11, Feb 18/19, 25/26, Mar 11/12, 18/19) Group A Nov 27: Bayer Leverkusen - FC Barcelona 1-2 [Berbatov 39; Saviola 48, Overmars 88] Nov 27: Newcastle United - Internazionale 1-4 [Solano 72; Morfeo 2, Almeyda 42, Crespo 45+1, Recoba 81] Dec 10: Internazionale - Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 [Di Biagio 15, 27, Butt 80 og; Zivkovic 63, Franca 90] Dec 11: FC Barcelona - Newcastle United 3-1 [Dani 7, Kluivert 35, Motta 58; Ameobi 24] Feb 18: FC Barcelona - Internazionale 3-0 [Saviola 8, Cocu 31, Kluivert 68] Feb 18: Bayer Leverkusen - Newcastle United 1-3 [Franca 26; Ameobi 6, 16, Lualua 33] Feb 26: Internazionale - FC Barcelona 0-0
Feb 26: Newcastle United - Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 [Shearer 5, 11, 36 pen; Babic 73] Mar 11: FC Barcelona - Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 [Saviola 17, Kleine 50 og] Mar 11: Internazionale - Newcastle United 2-2 [Vieri 47, Cordoba 61; Shearer 42, 49] Mar 19: Bayer Leverkusen - Internazionale 0-2 [Martins 36, Emre 90] Mar 19: Newcastle United - FC Barcelona 0-2 [Kluivert 60, Motta 75] FC Barcelona 6 5 1 0 12 2 16 Internazionale 6 3 2 1 11 8 11 Newcastle United 6 2 1 3 10 13 7 Bayer Leverkusen 6 0 0 6 5 15 0
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