Saturday, September 3, 2016

1990-1995

The team continued with the International Cup triumph by winning against Benfica 1-0 , then won the third International Cup in a row and third overall after defeating Olimpia Asuncion in 1990. The team members in that time were : Giovanni Galli, Alessandro Costacurta , Mauro Tassoti , Paolo Maldini , Franco Baresi , Angelo Colombo , Carlo Ancelotti , Roberto Donadoni , Ruud Gullit , Marco van Basten. In this period the team was called “The Immortals” or as Italian used to say “Gli Immortali”.
Then Sacchi was called to coach the Italy national team . Fabio Capello took his place  , the Red&Black team kept being successful and took a new nickname “The invincibles” or as Italian used to say "Gli Invicibili"
. After the success of 58-match with no defeats , Franco Baresi , Alessandro Costacurta  and Paolo Maldini became the strongest defences in football history , along with Marcel Desially and Roberto Donadoni in midfield and Dejan Savićević, Zvonimir Boban and Daniele Massaro in attack.
Their winning history goes on with three Scudetti from 1992 to 1994 . Milan olso was part of Champions League final in three consecutive years . In 1993 they lost against Marseille ,1994 destroyed Barcelona 4-0 and in 1995 , Milan fell to Ajax , but they lost in the Intercontinental Cup.
In 1995 -96 Milan won 15th Italian championship with Capello’s primary line-up: Sebastiano Rossi; Christian Panucci, Alessandro Costacurta, Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini; Roberto Donadoni, Demetrio Albertini, Marcel Desailly; Zvonimir Boban; George Weah, Roberto Baggio.

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