AC Milan in 2002/03 UEFA Champions League (Road to Victory)

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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2002-2003 Champions League: Best Goals

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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

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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]

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2002-2003 Champions League: 2nd Group Stage - Group C

Group C
Nov 26: Milan - Real Madrid 1-0
  [Shevchenko 40]
Nov 26: Lokomotiv Moskva - Borussia Dortmund 1-2
  [Ignashevich 31; Frings 33, Koller 43]
Dec 11: Borussia Dortmund - Milan 0-1
  [Inzaghi 49]
Dec 11: Real Madrid - Lokomotiv Moskva 2-2
 [Raul 21, 76; Obiorah 47, Mnguni 74]
Feb 19: Real Madrid - Borussia Dortmund 2-1
  [Raul 43, Ronaldo 55; Koller 30]
Feb 19: Milan - Lokomotiv Moskva 1-0
  [Tomasson 61]
Feb 25: Borussia Dortmund - Real Madrid 1-1
  [Koller 23; Portillo 90+2]
Feb 25: Lokomotiv Moskva - Milan 0-1
  [Rivaldo 34 pen]
Mar 12: Real Madrid - Milan 3-1
  [Raul 12, 57, Guti 86; Rivaldo 81]
Mar 12: Borussia Dortmund - Lokomotiv Moskva 3-0
  [Frings 39, Koller 58, Amoroso 66]
Mar 18: Milan - Borussia Dortmund 0-1
  [Koller 80]
Mar 18: Lokomotiv Moskva - Real Madrid 0-1 
  [Ronaldo 35]

Milan AC                  6  4  0  2  5  4 12
Real Madrid               6  3  2  1  9  6 11
Borussia Dortmund         6  3  1  2  8  5 10
Lokomotiv Moskva          6  0  1  5  3 10  1

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