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.
Showing posts with label Juventus FC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Juventus FC. Show all posts
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
2002-2003 Champions League: Juventus and Newcastle United Goals
Together in Group E of the 1st Group Stage of 2002/03 UEFA Champions League, these two black & white teams take separate ways in the 2nd Group Stage.
Juventus places 2nd in Group D (dominated by Manchester United), but they defeat Barcelona and Real Madrid in the knockout stage, reaching their 7th European Cup's final, after 5 years of absence. The first, historical, italian final (against AC Milan). A great team, italian champion in 2002 and 2003, coached by Marcello Lippi and full of champions like Del Piero, Trezeguet, Nedved, Davids, Di Vaio, Thuram and Buffon.
Newcastle United is maybe the strongest team in the club history. Bobby Robson on the bench, Shearer and Bellamy as goalscorers. First partecipation to UEFA Champions League, they places 3rd in Group A of the 2nd Group Stage, behind Barcelona and Internazionale.
Juventus places 2nd in Group D (dominated by Manchester United), but they defeat Barcelona and Real Madrid in the knockout stage, reaching their 7th European Cup's final, after 5 years of absence. The first, historical, italian final (against AC Milan). A great team, italian champion in 2002 and 2003, coached by Marcello Lippi and full of champions like Del Piero, Trezeguet, Nedved, Davids, Di Vaio, Thuram and Buffon.
2002-2003 Champions League: Juventus FC Goals (Road to the Final) - For more amazing video clips, click here
Newcastle United is maybe the strongest team in the club history. Bobby Robson on the bench, Shearer and Bellamy as goalscorers. First partecipation to UEFA Champions League, they places 3rd in Group A of the 2nd Group Stage, behind Barcelona and Internazionale.
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]
2002-2003 Champions League: 2nd Group Stage - Group D
Group D Nov 26: Basel - Manchester United 1-3 [Gimenez 1; van Nistelrooy 62, 63, Solskjaer 69] Nov 26: Deportivo La Coruña - Juventus 2-2 [Diego Tristan 9, Makaay 12; Birindelli 38, Nedved 57] Dec 11: Juventus - Basel 4-0 [Trezeguet 3, Montero 34, Tacchinardi 43, Del Piero 51 pen] Dec 11: Manchester United - Deportivo La Coruña 2-0 [van Nistelrooy 7, 55] Feb 19: Manchester United - Juventus 2-1 [Brown 4, van Nistelrooy 85; Nedved 90+2] Feb 19: Basel - Deportivo La Coruña 1-0 [H Yakin 30] Feb 25: Juventus - Manchester United 0-3 [Giggs 15, 41, van Nistelrooy 63] Feb 25: Deportivo La Coruña - Basel 1-0 [Diego Tristan 3] Mar 12: Manchester United - Basel 1-1 [G Neville 53; Gimenez 14] Mar 12: Juventus - Deportivo La Coruña 3-2 [Ferrara 12, Trezeguet 63, Tudor 90+3; Tristan 34, Makaay 52] Mar 18: Basel - Juventus 2-1 [Cantaluppi 38, Gimenez 90+2; Tacchinardi 10] Mar 18: Deportivo La Coruña - Manchester United 2-0 [Victor 32, Lynch 47 og]
Manchester United 6 4 1 1 11 5 13 Juventus 6 2 1 3 11 11 7 [4 2 1 1 10- 6 7] FC Basel 6 2 1 3 5 10 7 [4 2 0 2 3- 6 6] RC Deportivo (La Coruña) 6 2 1 3 7 8 7 [4 1 1 2 5- 6 4]
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
2002-2003 Champions League: 1st Group Stage - Group E
Group E Sep 18: Feyenoord - Juventus 1-1 [van Hooijdonk 75; Camoranesi 31]
Sep 18: Dynamo Kyiv - Newcastle United 2-0 [Shatskikh 17, Khatskevich 62] Sep 24: Juventus - Dynamo Kyiv 5-0 [Di Vaio 14, 53, Del Piero 22, Davids 67, Nedved 89] Sep 24: Newcastle United - Feyenoord 0-1 [Pardo 4] Oct 1: Juventus - Newcastle United 2-0 [Del Piero 66, 81] Oct 1: Feyenoord - Dynamo Kyiv 0-0
Oct 23: Newcastle United - Juventus 1-0 [Griffin 62] Oct 23: Dynamo Kyiv - Feyenoord 2-0 [Khatskevich 16, Belkevich 47] Oct 29: Juventus - Feyenoord 2-0 [Di Vaio 4, 69] Oct 29: Newcastle United - Dynamo Kyiv 2-1 [Speed 58, Shearer 69 pen; Shatskikh 47] Nov 13: Dynamo Kyiv - Juventus 1-2 [Shatskikh 50; Salas 53, Zalayeta 61] Nov 13: Feyenoord - Newcastle United 2-3 [Bombarda 65, Lurling 71; Bellamy 45+1, 90+1, Viana 49]
Juventus 6 4 1 1 12 3 13 Newcastle United 6 3 0 3 6 8 9 Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 1 3 6 9 7 Feyenoord 6 1 2 3 4 8 5
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