Day One
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00:00 It happens every day. It's morning, good or bad.
00:06 And every red and black fan who respects himself starts the day by going to the club's official profile.
00:13 And here they are, fresh for the schedule but warm for the affection, the wishes.
00:18 The wishes to the many children of Milan scattered through the many streets of history.
00:23 Scattered but not lost among the ripples of the years and of the times.
00:28 They are the birthday wishes of Milan to those who are in Milan today and to those who were in Milan.
00:34 Without losing anyone on the street, never, for no reason.
00:38 The colours of the shirt flatten everything and put everyone in agreement, always and anyway.
00:43 Because anyway it's gone, anyway it's today and anyway it will go in the future.
00:51 But there is a day, there is the day that puts everyone in agreement, that summarizes, declines and synthesizes
00:59 moods, passions, joys, pains, everything, without a single drop of memory being lost.
01:06 It's the day of Milan's birthday.
01:09 A load of glory and emotion that a historic red and black like Alessandro "Billy" Costacurta
01:14 still has full in his voice and in his tone.
01:19 At the dawn of 125, happy 124th birthday dear Milan.
01:25 Everything that belongs to you is extraordinary.
01:28 The sporting history, the stars, the men, the people who love you.
01:33 I wish the whole world a red and black to relive very strong emotions and to always be great like your age.
01:43 December 16th is a day that accompanies you because you know that it's coming, that sooner or later it will come.
01:49 That delimits the territory, the borders of your choices, of your football love.
01:53 A habit, but you always have a shiver.
01:57 Both among the youth, both in the first team, both on the bench, right Mr. Christian Brocchi?
02:02 It's been nine years since I've been celebrating Milan's birthday.
02:09 Since I was a kid, every year I feel like I live as a component of this great family, of this world.
02:19 That belongs to me, that made me grow, that made me become a man.
02:25 That made me understand what are the important values of life and accompanied me in my growth path.
02:31 Since I was nine years old, I celebrate it as if I were celebrating the birthday of a component of my family.
02:38 So, I'm 47 years old now, many of these days have passed and so I really wanted to wish the most important club in the world a happy birthday.
02:54 For those who have been on the pitch, for those who have been on the pitches of all of Italy, of all of Europe and of all over the world,
03:01 the call of the forest of red and black, of the birthday wishes, is strong and clear.
03:06 But the same thing happens for those who go to the stands to cheer, for those who, as happens to the artists,
03:14 are shooting, are acting, are working, but at the first break, with a beating heart,
03:20 they immediately ask anyone, the first one who happens, what is Milan doing?
03:25 Andrea Montovoli is a living testimony to this.
03:29 AC Milan is the red and black, AC Milan is the warmth of the emotions shared with other fans.
03:35 It is a family, AC Milan, it is a passion that grows every year.
03:39 Every birthday is a journey into the past, an embrace of memories and a hymn of hope for the future.
03:46 Because AC Milan is more than a club, it is a feeling that lasts forever.
03:51 For the spectators, it is an emotion, a hope, a breath, a feeling.
03:59 But for those who have rejoiced and suffered under that curve, with those colors on their shoulders and in their hearts,
04:05 it becomes, in the long run, a limb, a piece, of leather, of course.
04:09 As Marco Simone effectively testifies.
04:12 It is my skin. It would be wrong to say the second skin, because when you wear the Milan shirt,
04:20 and especially when you have had the honor and the pride of wearing it in that historical period,
04:27 it stays glued to you forever.
04:30 So you are recognizable all over the world, in Europe, in Asia, in Africa.
04:36 So it becomes your skin, it becomes your skin forever.
04:40 On December 16, we look inside and we make wishes, because it is the number one day, the day of everyone for one, everyone for Milan.
04:48 In the other 364, we ask Milan to give their best, to do well, to win.
04:53 But that day, December 16, we only think about what Milan has given us, what we can give to Milan,
05:00 and how we can show endless recognition.
05:03 Also remembering the most beautiful day lived with the shirt of the celebrated, as Mauro Tassotti does.
05:09 If I had to choose one, I could choose the final against Osteawa in Barcelona, in my first Champions League.
05:18 Because it was the first, because we brought 80,000 people to Barcelona, 80,000 fans.
05:25 It was an emotion that I still have on my skin.
05:28 For me, Milan was a very long emotion.
05:32 Having done so many years, I have had many successes, even in bad games, going wrong, lost.
05:40 But it allowed me to live fantastic emotions, to meet beautiful people.
05:45 I made many friends, my teammates, people from Milanello, people from the Seat, presidents, managers.
05:54 It's a beautiful story.
05:57 On December 16, 2007, Milan won the Club World Cup against the "Grande Bocca",
06:03 and became the club most titled in the world for the number of international trophies in the "Bacheca".
06:08 The birthday of birthdays, not a trivial goal, but a goal pursued for decades, dreamed and wanted for a couple of centuries.
06:18 A date that Nelson Dida lived on the pitch, as goalkeeper of the Milan Mondiale, at Yokohama.
06:24 He also loves the shirt, he too, who never wore the vertical black and red stripes, but the goalkeeper's shirts.
06:30 Yet, at the height of his heart, there was the same symbol of all the other shirts, of all the thousands of Milanistas who came on the pitch with the Milan shirt, the black and red stamp.
06:42 I have lived here practically 10 years of my life, of my sporting career.
06:46 I grew up, I learned a lot, I gave everything for this club.
06:50 I think that the shirt that is worn, this black and red shirt, is important, because it really attacks this shirt.
06:59 I think I will always wear it, because it deserves to win and to win again in the future.
07:06 Milan goalkeepers often remained alone on the pitch, a little everywhere, a little in all competitions, alone, between the poles.
07:18 While the team was all forward, imposing their own game, chasing a goal, looking for a comeback.
07:25 Particular characters, but with a golden heart, the goalkeepers.
07:29 Especially when on December 16 of each year comes the moment when you let yourself go, without a single "if" and without a single "but", as is perfectly taken from the strings of the phrase of Sebastiano Rossi.
07:42 For me it is an honor, it was an honor to wear it, before me other champions wore it, so I would wear it even today if I could.
07:56 There are no obstacles to overcome to be considered a "rossonero" who can put himself around the cake and put out the candles.
08:04 It is enough to have played, to have been there, to have given your contribution, to have helped the club even for a single centimeter of your own path in history.
08:15 That's why Marco Boriello, that centimeter, holds it close to his heart.
08:20 I grew up in Milan, I arrived at the Collegio Alambrate at the age of 15, when Franco Baresi took me from Granarolo Faietino in the province of Faenza.
08:31 And then I spent the best years, I attended the dressing room where he played three finals of the Sampdoria, I won the Scudetto of the Super Cup.
08:41 So I saw incredible champions who helped me grow both technically and humanly.
08:48 He opened and closed the billi, which of his dreams, of his memories, puts one in the center, that of the debut, a 1987 derby in San Siro against Inter, where he debuted and where he too understood that many birthdays in Milan would have him then, seen protagonist.
09:07 The most beautiful memory is when I debuted with this shirt, because it always accompanied me the dream of one day to be able to play at San Siro.
09:18 I was lucky to play there many times, then it is clear that I had many emotions with this club, and then to describe it, let's say the debut, because it was always a dream.
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