Apotheosis
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00:00:00Milan and Barcelona, a sort of anticipated Champions Cup final.
00:00:05In the difficult moments, they were exalting themselves.
00:00:08Two such important and difficult cards to replace.
00:00:12He said, guys, today I understand that we are very strong and we will win the Champions League final.
00:00:22Few can say that they made a double in the Champions League final.
00:00:26If he wins, he wins. He steals the ball and then...
00:00:29When he touched the ball, I saw it in the net.
00:00:32Goal! It's 4-4.
00:00:49It's not a city like the others, because its name is carved in the legend.
00:00:57It's a city like no other.
00:01:10Where reality meets ideals.
00:01:13Where the tumult of the streets and the power of poetry coexist.
00:01:17Where history turns into the enchantment of beauty.
00:01:21In Athens, men, champions and heroes are born.
00:01:31When you arrive, you see the Parthenon.
00:01:34It's something incredible.
00:01:37In this respect, Athens is the apotheosis.
00:01:41I remember the evening before the game, we had this room.
00:01:45I had a room with Roberto Donadoni.
00:01:47We saw the Parthenon from the window of our room.
00:01:51It was a huge window.
00:01:53The idea of the Greek temple, of the gods.
00:01:57It was important to achieve a result that went beyond.
00:02:03A city, a stadium that really gave us a lot.
00:02:09The ideal city for two such strong teams.
00:02:13Don't consider two such strong teams.
00:02:17It was right that they met in such an important city.
00:02:21There is history.
00:02:23We made history too.
00:02:31History tells the story of an immortal team.
00:02:34That of Arrigo Sacchi.
00:02:36Voted the strongest of all.
00:02:39The story inherited by Fabio Capelli is that of a winning coach.
00:02:44Three consecutive wins.
00:02:46With the first, he won without being defeated.
00:02:50The story that leads to Athens tells us about a Milan record.
00:02:54A team of men, of golden balls, of champions.
00:02:58Then it became a team of champions.
00:03:02A team of men, of golden balls, of champions.
00:03:06Then it became unbeatable.
00:03:22Fabio Capello's Milan is power, physicality, genius and discipline.
00:03:28If he wins, he wins. He puts it in the middle. Header and goal!
00:03:32A team capable of everything, even of losing.
00:03:43I haven't lost yet with Marseille last year.
00:03:49Great movement in the area.
00:03:51Ball that ends and goal!
00:03:55It was Pauli who took the lead to Olympique Marseille.
00:04:00We had too many chances in the league.
00:04:02We took advantage of it.
00:04:04It's a shame because the team lost at a very good level.
00:04:07It seems to me like the end of a cycle.
00:04:09I think this team can continue to run.
00:04:11Tonight I was convinced that we still have a lot to say.
00:04:14For the future, I am still very confident.
00:04:16Is a cycle closing? They said it a while ago.
00:04:19I hope not.
00:04:21They said it two years ago and it wasn't true.
00:04:25They say it a lot even today.
00:04:27Who knows? I hope not.
00:04:32It is said that to really live, one must be reborn from one's ashes.
00:04:36Surrendering is not an option for those who know the road to victory.
00:04:41When a team of champions, for various reasons, things don't work,
00:04:47the moment comes when the spark goes off.
00:04:50Maybe we deserved something more.
00:04:52We got to the final after ten consecutive victories.
00:04:56We made an incredible journey.
00:04:59Losing in that way could certainly be the sign.
00:05:03The jokes for that group represented something that meant we had to start again.
00:05:11Capello had lost this final.
00:05:14At the beginning, Paragone Gonzacchi was in charge.
00:05:18However, the loss of the final was a stain for him.
00:05:22He started to say that in the Champions League, Milan di Sacchi was better.
00:05:27Something always happens.
00:05:29Not only because the coach changes.
00:05:33They are all great champions.
00:05:35It happens that they have to show themselves first of all.
00:05:41I was simply convinced that I could go again.
00:05:49On the one hand, the experience and strength of the Senators.
00:05:52On the other, the freshness and energy of the young talents.
00:05:56Milan is a team where everyone is heading in the same direction,
00:06:00in search of the immediate rebound.
00:06:02I was the kid, because Cruyff called me the kid.
00:06:07I put in what I had.
00:06:10I always had the confidence of Fabio Capello, of the whole team.
00:06:15The luck of being so young in such an irresponsible group made me grow a lot.
00:06:20I remember when I arrived at training at 10.30 am.
00:06:23I arrived at 9.30 am.
00:06:25I saw that everyone was already there.
00:06:27I said to myself, maybe I just arrived, maybe I made a mistake.
00:06:31I remember that the next day I woke up at 7 am in Brera to go to Milanello.
00:06:36I arrived at 8.15 am, because I had to be the first.
00:06:39I am younger.
00:06:41In football, there is the meticulousness of preparation, day after day.
00:06:46You can't win by preparing for the last day.
00:06:49You win if you prepare every day.
00:06:52One of the greatest out-of-class players I've met in the world of football was Italo Galbiati.
00:06:56He was huge for me.
00:06:59He told me that, according to him, I was one of the five greatest employees he had.
00:07:04I have tears because I want a good soul for that man,
00:07:07who I miss a lot.
00:07:09An absolute out-of-class player.
00:07:11For me, it was the greatest professional satisfaction.
00:07:14When I went to Carlo Ancelotti's house to eat,
00:07:18I always saw this picture of him lifting the cup.
00:07:22That was my dream.
00:07:24It was my dream to be able to lift it and have that picture too.
00:07:28In the end, I achieved it.
00:07:31The feeling of someone who plays in a Champions League final
00:07:34is not my first feeling.
00:07:36The first time I played, I got here and I have this opportunity.
00:07:40I probably won't have any more.
00:07:42Having played in a stratospheric Milan,
00:07:45with president Silvio Berlusconi,
00:07:47we managed to get to the final eight times.
00:07:49This also gave us the chance to make a few mistakes in the final.
00:07:52What has been created in the various finals,
00:07:55starting with the one in Barcelona with Steaua,
00:07:58makes you sail to heights that are not normal for a human being.
00:08:02But I believe that, in the same way,
00:08:05the strength of that team, of that club,
00:08:08was to land with our feet on the ground and start again immediately afterwards.
00:08:29Representing yourself at the starting line,
00:08:31with an idea of precise and ambitious football,
00:08:34where nothing is left to chance.
00:08:36This is the road that leads to new horizons.
00:08:45It was a few years ago that Milan was the strongest team in the world.
00:08:49We reached this team that played very, very well,
00:08:52with wonderful players,
00:08:54always on the ground,
00:08:56looking for space,
00:08:58a very modern football.
00:09:08Milan-Barcelona was born long before the night of Athens,
00:09:11in Oviedo, at the dawn of that same season.
00:09:15It's like a premonition, an anticipated final,
00:09:18where there are always the strongest to face,
00:09:21and there is only one to win.
00:09:23A match, of course,
00:09:25that goes beyond the value
00:09:28tied to the Trofeo Ciudad d'Oviedo,
00:09:31a sort of anticipated Champions League final.
00:09:34It was a good prediction, not very difficult,
00:09:37because Barcelona had won the Champions League two years earlier,
00:09:40in 1992, the famous match against Sampdoria.
00:09:43Milan was at its peak
00:09:46for many years,
00:09:48also with the three Dutchmen,
00:09:50Gullit, Van Basten and Rijkaard.
00:09:53And Barça too,
00:09:55because I think we changed the economy
00:09:58of Real Madrid a bit.
00:10:00They were very strong teams at the time.
00:10:03Milan reached the final in 1993,
00:10:05just a few months earlier,
00:10:07so they were among the two absolute favourites.
00:10:21Papen, Papen, he's alone,
00:10:23and he doesn't miss, Papen!
00:10:25Gambaro,
00:10:27there's Simone in the middle,
00:10:29Simone, goal!
00:10:31Milan's great goal!
00:10:333-0 to Barcelona at that time
00:10:35was unusual for Barcelona.
00:10:38Maybe 1-0 or 1-1 could have been better.
00:10:42Everyone decided that would have been the final.
00:10:45In those years, even the friendly summer
00:10:47was very important,
00:10:49especially for President Berlusconi,
00:10:51who really cared about the image.
00:10:54The President's great strength
00:10:56was always that of being able to
00:10:58take the right moments.
00:11:00I remember what he told us at the start of the season,
00:11:02guys, get on the pitch,
00:11:04he always used this thing
00:11:06of getting on the pitch,
00:11:08we have to win the league, we have to win the Champions League,
00:11:10because I want to become
00:11:12the Italian Prime Minister.
00:11:15Milan won the Champions League
00:11:17with 5 points,
00:11:19but they couldn't win the Champions League
00:11:21with 5 points.
00:11:23I hope it's not the last win,
00:11:25but this will be fantastic.
00:11:27Winning three in a row
00:11:29is a very difficult task.
00:11:31It's a group of guys who never get satisfied,
00:11:33and that's why they keep winning.
00:11:35Milan won their 14th Scudetto,
00:11:37their third in a row,
00:11:39with two days ahead.
00:11:41On the night of the myth,
00:11:43a month is missing.
00:11:45Barcelona won their 14th league,
00:11:47their fourth in a row,
00:11:49with their last breath.
00:11:51On the night of the myth,
00:11:53four days are missing.
00:11:55Two winning worlds
00:11:57in the same universe,
00:11:59where Stoichkov,
00:12:01Koeman, Guardiola and Romario
00:12:03would have scared everyone,
00:12:05but not the strongest defence in the world.
00:12:07That was a very united group.
00:12:09They weren't just teammates.
00:12:11Now you might say
00:12:13they were like a gang,
00:12:15but we were very close friends.
00:12:19There's something to say here.
00:12:21Lidl invented this defence.
00:12:23I was Lidl's second,
00:12:25and he started to make them play in the box,
00:12:27which wasn't the way to play in those days.
00:12:29That defence was Sacchi's luck,
00:12:31and Fabio Capello's luck.
00:12:33I remember Marco van Basten
00:12:35always telling us
00:12:37about Milan's defences,
00:12:39that there was no way
00:12:41to score against them.
00:12:43I think that
00:12:45to build a house,
00:12:47you have to start from the bottom
00:12:49and not from the top.
00:12:51This organisation made each of us
00:12:53become stronger individually.
00:12:55I think we all seemed
00:12:57a bit stronger than we really were.
00:12:59That particular attention
00:13:01to keep a very united line,
00:13:03to move in unison,
00:13:05helped us a lot
00:13:07in every win.
00:13:09We used to train
00:13:114 against 10,
00:13:13and they never scored.
00:13:15Thanks to Seba,
00:13:17in my first year at Milan,
00:13:19he set a record of unbeaten goals.
00:13:21I can assure you,
00:13:23a lot of people say it was a coincidence
00:13:25because the four in front were unbeaten.
00:13:27In training, it was difficult
00:13:29to score against Seba.
00:13:31When the crowd stood up
00:13:33to applaud me,
00:13:35Seba called me
00:13:37and said,
00:13:39you've set a new record.
00:13:41I looked up
00:13:43and saw San Siro
00:13:45and thanked the fans.
00:13:51The goalkeeper is the last ball.
00:13:53Of course, you always try
00:13:55to get as few balls as possible,
00:13:57but sometimes you have to do your bit.
00:13:59I hope this record stays for a long time.
00:14:01You were not very committed.
00:14:03You could have won a race
00:14:05if you hadn't stopped.
00:14:07You don't win for so many years
00:14:09if you don't have
00:14:11a transmission of thought,
00:14:13a transmission of will,
00:14:15a transmission of commitment to the jersey.
00:14:17We had won the league
00:14:19a few weeks earlier.
00:14:21We didn't win
00:14:23until the end,
00:14:25while they won it on the last day.
00:14:27In that season,
00:14:29Barça played it all in four days.
00:14:31We played the league on Sunday
00:14:33and the Champions League final
00:14:35three days later.
00:14:37Once we won the league,
00:14:39Barça relaxed.
00:14:41The pressure they had
00:14:43during the season
00:14:45was diluted
00:14:47with the achievement of a title.
00:14:49The preparation
00:14:51for the game
00:14:53was a difference
00:14:55between Milan and us.
00:14:57A team that could
00:14:59rest and prepare
00:15:01for an important game
00:15:03compared to us
00:15:05who fought to win.
00:15:07In the end, we won by luck.
00:15:09I think
00:15:11in the last days
00:15:13the team
00:15:15relaxed a bit.
00:15:17We had been preparing
00:15:19for that unique game
00:15:21for 15 days.
00:15:23It is very difficult
00:15:25to have so much time
00:15:27to prepare for a single game.
00:15:29The wait was incredible.
00:15:31This team was
00:15:33mentally strong.
00:15:35Four words were enough
00:15:37to highlight the difficulties
00:15:39we could have faced
00:15:41and their ability to move.
00:15:43Against these teams,
00:15:45if you are not focused
00:15:47until the last moment,
00:15:49they punish you
00:15:51because they are
00:15:53too good technically.
00:15:57The fear of not making it
00:15:59and the conviction
00:16:01to be unbeatable.
00:16:03The first one,
00:16:05if you face it,
00:16:07can make you stronger.
00:16:09The second one,
00:16:11inevitably,
00:16:13weakens you.
00:16:15The first one,
00:16:17if you face it,
00:16:19can make you stronger.
00:16:21The second one,
00:16:23inevitably,
00:16:25weakens you.
00:16:55Papin's decisive contribution
00:16:57before and after.
00:16:59On the other hand,
00:17:01an Italian Monaco
00:17:03with two old acquaintances.
00:17:05The atmosphere was incredible.
00:17:07San Siro was overflowing
00:17:09with enthusiasm.
00:17:11It was a strong Monaco
00:17:13with excellent players,
00:17:15but we were
00:17:17more than a team.
00:17:19Great encouragement
00:17:21from the 80,000
00:17:23of San Siro.
00:17:25Goal by Desai.
00:17:27His first goal
00:17:29with the Milan jersey
00:17:31in the Champions League.
00:17:33When Desai arrived,
00:17:35Fabio asked me
00:17:37where he could play.
00:17:39I told him to give him a jersey.
00:17:41Desai was a central defender.
00:17:43He adapted to play
00:17:45in the middle of the pitch
00:17:47and he did it extraordinarily.
00:17:49The team had changed
00:17:51and Desai served us like bread.
00:17:53A giant.
00:17:55He had a physical presence
00:17:57on the pitch
00:17:59where he made you feel
00:18:01the weight of his stamina,
00:18:03of his grit,
00:18:05of his strength,
00:18:07of his value.
00:18:09Milan won,
00:18:11in fact, won,
00:18:13but what happened to the Rossoneri that night
00:18:15is something that would have
00:18:17beaten anyone.
00:18:19The devil
00:18:21knows fear.
00:18:23As if in front of your eyes
00:18:25half of your empire collapsed.
00:18:29The stupidity I did
00:18:31for an act of nervousness
00:18:33towards the German central defender
00:18:35that had been disturbing me
00:18:37for a few years
00:18:39because of his attitude.
00:18:41I lost my head for a moment.
00:18:43You see
00:18:45the eloquent mimicry of Jürgen Klinsmann
00:18:47who promised
00:18:49Panther Focaccia
00:18:51Costa Curte.
00:18:53I remember that moment
00:18:55when the referee, Miamoni,
00:18:57was perhaps too harsh
00:18:59for that foul you made.
00:19:07I knew I was defeated
00:19:09so when Miamoni
00:19:11thought of me,
00:19:13I immediately thought
00:19:15of him.
00:19:37My mistake didn't make anyone lose their heads
00:19:39because it was a very balanced team
00:19:41and the strongest team in the world.
00:19:43I was on the bench
00:19:45like this, making a fool of myself.
00:19:47I knew that
00:19:49the road wouldn't be easy
00:19:51because I had to convince
00:19:53the coach to help me.
00:19:55I had spent a lot of time
00:19:57on the bench
00:19:59and I was called into action
00:20:01but for me the training
00:20:03during the week was as if
00:20:05I had to go on the pitch.
00:20:07We know that staying in the top ten
00:20:09can happen in a game
00:20:11but the mentality
00:20:13and the preparation
00:20:15to be able to suffer.
00:20:27I remember that goal
00:20:29as a liberatory goal
00:20:31because it was 2-0.
00:20:33That Milan had a power
00:20:35not so much of fire
00:20:37in the sense of being able to score
00:20:39but a personality,
00:20:41an absolute strength,
00:20:43an absolute conviction
00:20:45to be able to play
00:20:47even in a numerical difficulty.
00:20:49Indeed, in difficulties
00:20:51they exalted themselves.
00:20:53We managed to not make
00:20:55heavy losses
00:20:57and then win the final.
00:21:05The joy of playing the final
00:21:07was to invent the defence
00:21:09because two so important
00:21:11cards were difficult
00:21:13to replace.
00:21:15It was a heavy thing
00:21:17especially playing against
00:21:19a player like Romario
00:21:21in an attack like Barcelona
00:21:23there was a bit of precaution
00:21:25but we knew that in some way
00:21:27we would have adjusted
00:21:29the team.
00:21:31It was an important loss
00:21:33for the Milan team
00:21:35but on the other hand
00:21:37we always have a strong squad
00:21:39and it doesn't depend on one or two players.
00:21:41It was terrible
00:21:43that after a few days
00:21:45Franco and I went
00:21:47to the training camp with the national team
00:21:49so we separated from our team.
00:21:51We were a bit more scared
00:21:53a lot more scared
00:21:55with the two of them
00:21:57the team wouldn't have
00:21:59had as much fear as without them.
00:22:01We started
00:22:03with a draw
00:22:05and that's what the critics said.
00:22:07It's nice
00:22:09after so many years
00:22:11to go from a draw to a win
00:22:13because otherwise it seemed
00:22:15normal in those years
00:22:17when Milan won the Scudetto
00:22:19and the Champions League.
00:22:21For the first time we had a challenge
00:22:23within a challenge.
00:22:33We had read the papers
00:22:35and if we go to the final
00:22:37and have a bit more energy
00:22:39I don't know if it's possible
00:22:41but the news
00:22:43coming from Spain
00:22:45was gone.
00:22:47Everyone gave us a draw
00:22:49and when you have a draw
00:22:51you can give a lot more.
00:22:53This way of behaving
00:22:55from Barcelona
00:22:57this arrogance
00:22:59in Milan
00:23:01this arrogance
00:23:03in being convinced of a win.
00:23:05Maybe because of
00:23:07Johan Cruyff's comments
00:23:09about the team
00:23:11Barça
00:23:13said
00:23:15we played better
00:23:17we dominated the game
00:23:19maybe this
00:23:21encouraged the Italian team
00:23:23to face this game.
00:23:25Before us
00:23:27there was Barcelona
00:23:29and Gabbiati
00:23:31watching the training.
00:23:33At the end of the training
00:23:35Johan Cruyff, the coach and Stoichkov
00:23:37were chatting
00:23:39in the midfield
00:23:41where there were balls
00:23:43at a certain point
00:23:45Stoichkov took a run
00:23:47from the midfield
00:23:49and took the cross.
00:23:51Cruyff took a run
00:23:53from the midfield
00:23:55and took the cross.
00:23:57They hugged each other
00:23:59and I looked at the cameraman
00:24:01and I said
00:24:03he told me about Cruyff
00:24:05with his head
00:24:07leaning against the ball
00:24:09lying in the midfield
00:24:11looking at the sky.
00:24:13It was easy for me
00:24:15to touch sensitive points
00:24:17in the team's pride.
00:24:19He said they had already had a party
00:24:21and were convinced of a win.
00:24:23Cruyff was leaning
00:24:25against the ball
00:24:27lying in the midfield
00:24:29and I said
00:24:31try to take the ball
00:24:33off his head.
00:24:39Talent and pride
00:24:41often go hand in hand
00:24:43in the life of the greats.
00:24:45Johan Cruyff is total
00:24:47on and off the pitch.
00:24:49Taking off his shoes
00:24:51he builds everything
00:24:53even that huge Barcelona.
00:24:55Everything to amaze.
00:24:59He was my idol
00:25:01when I was a kid.
00:25:03Johan Cruyff.
00:25:05I wore his hat
00:25:07and played with number 14
00:25:09when I could.
00:25:11Before the game
00:25:13I asked him for an autograph.
00:25:15He was a totem.
00:25:17He was always a reference
00:25:19for my idea of football.
00:25:21He was a champion.
00:25:23As a coach
00:25:25if you make those statements
00:25:27you can't be your idol
00:25:29but an enemy
00:25:31in those 90 minutes.
00:25:33I thank him
00:25:35even today.
00:25:37Cruyff was a great champion
00:25:39for me.
00:25:41I remember
00:25:43he came once
00:25:45to play a friendly game
00:25:47with us
00:25:49and he won.
00:25:51He made us proud.
00:25:53That was him.
00:25:55He said what he felt
00:25:57and when he had to pay
00:25:59he did it in the first person.
00:26:01In that game
00:26:03he exaggerated a bit.
00:26:05They don't use prudence
00:26:07because football is crazy.
00:26:09Every time you say something
00:26:11the opposite happens.
00:26:13That was a mistake.
00:26:15I think he was making
00:26:17a mistake
00:26:19because he wanted
00:26:21to show off
00:26:23his self-esteem
00:26:25against a team
00:26:27that was
00:26:29the best team in Europe.
00:26:31They said
00:26:33let's show them
00:26:35that we are better.
00:26:37To prepare
00:26:39the game
00:26:41for Milan
00:26:43was a mistake.
00:26:45Cruyff
00:26:47said
00:26:49our philosophy
00:26:51is Barcelona.
00:26:53We buy Romari
00:26:55but Milan buys Desai.
00:26:57Cruyff made a mistake
00:26:59and paid dearly for that night.
00:27:01Maybe he wanted
00:27:03to face players
00:27:05that could mentally
00:27:07suffer from that kind of attitude.
00:27:09Instead he got
00:27:11the boomerang effect.
00:27:13I have two doubts.
00:27:15One, they didn't understand much
00:27:17or they were afraid
00:27:19so they wanted to be sure.
00:27:21Knowing the atmosphere
00:27:23there is a bit of presumption
00:27:25but only because
00:27:27they want to overcome
00:27:29the fear.
00:27:37The time of choice
00:27:39is the son of awareness.
00:27:43You only know yourself
00:27:45if you have the strength
00:27:47to change your destiny.
00:27:53Losing the last friendly
00:27:55before the final
00:27:57can destabilize you.
00:27:59Firenze instead
00:28:01becomes the cradle
00:28:03of the red-black renaissance.
00:28:05The best team
00:28:07in the world
00:28:09will be the best team.
00:28:11Billy and I
00:28:13were away
00:28:15on the national team.
00:28:17I knew the coach
00:28:19was looking for
00:28:21the best solution.
00:28:23I was convinced
00:28:25Desai could return
00:28:27to the centre-back,
00:28:29as they did in Barcelona.
00:28:31We realised
00:28:33that a team
00:28:35like that
00:28:37with a great defence
00:28:39wouldn't work.
00:28:41It wasn't the tactical intuition
00:28:43but the message
00:28:45from the team.
00:28:47I'm not saying he lost on purpose
00:28:49but he sent clear messages
00:28:51the same Desai
00:28:53who didn't want to play.
00:29:03Fabio Cappello's red-black team
00:29:05had the chance to see
00:29:07what would happen
00:29:09in Barcelona.
00:29:11We knew
00:29:13that was the last chance
00:29:15and Desai and I
00:29:17were the centre-back.
00:29:19Filippo Galli
00:29:21was crying
00:29:23and saying
00:29:25he wouldn't play.
00:29:27I thought
00:29:29I had to convince the coach
00:29:31to give me a few days
00:29:33before the start
00:29:35in Athens.
00:29:53I remember calling
00:29:55all four of the players
00:29:57and the only thing
00:29:59I realised was
00:30:01Marcel didn't want to play.
00:30:03I knew
00:30:05he wasn't convinced.
00:30:19Desai didn't want to play
00:30:21but we knew that
00:30:23and he didn't like
00:30:25the way we played.
00:30:27The shots back and forth,
00:30:29the elastic.
00:30:31I think Marcel was terrified
00:30:33of having to play as a centre-back.
00:30:35He marked his centre-forward
00:30:37as a physically strong player
00:30:39and we had to evaluate
00:30:41other things.
00:30:43The team-mates, the ball,
00:30:45how it was, if it was covered
00:30:47or not, the position of the body
00:30:49on the side.
00:30:51We had years of training
00:30:53in those details
00:30:55and we were assaulted
00:30:57because it came later.
00:30:59Marcel said that Milan's defence
00:31:01had to be very thoughtful
00:31:03and I don't want to keep
00:31:05the thought of being
00:31:07diagonal, in line,
00:31:09the area, double.
00:31:11It's not that he didn't do it
00:31:13in that game,
00:31:15he didn't play well.
00:31:25At the end of the game,
00:31:27during the press conference,
00:31:29in front of the press,
00:31:31they asked me if I was worried
00:31:33and I said no, I'm happy
00:31:35because I understood everything.
00:31:37He had already understood it
00:31:39before the game, Fabio,
00:31:41because he's too strong as a coach.
00:31:43To lose Marcel in midfield
00:31:45was a lot for us
00:31:47because it was a draw
00:31:49and you saw it in the final.
00:31:51It was an inhuman draw.
00:31:53If we lost the two midfielders,
00:31:55we couldn't lose
00:31:57the protection of the two midfielders.
00:31:59He had a reaction
00:32:01that he rarely had.
00:32:03He was usually very tough
00:32:05but after the defeat
00:32:07he said,
00:32:09guys, today I understood
00:32:11that we're very strong,
00:32:13we'll win the Champions League final.
00:32:15That too, if someone had
00:32:17any doubts,
00:32:19it gave us even more
00:32:21confidence.
00:32:23We were favourites.
00:32:25Everyone was negative,
00:32:27except us,
00:32:29because we had a great ability
00:32:31to recover.
00:32:33I remember the day
00:32:35after the game in Florence,
00:32:37everyone was silent.
00:32:39Everyone was recharging their batteries,
00:32:41getting ready.
00:32:43Maybe it was also a good thing
00:32:45that we didn't win that game
00:32:47because it raised our doubts
00:32:49but above all,
00:32:51the responsibility, the professionalism,
00:32:53the seriousness,
00:32:55it was like recharging the batteries.
00:32:57Every training session
00:32:59was like going to Athens to play.
00:33:01The first training session,
00:33:03I understood, I missed that formation,
00:33:05I missed that way of playing,
00:33:07I spent the whole week
00:33:09working with the defence,
00:33:11with Tasotti on the right,
00:33:13Filippo Galli and Maldini on the centre
00:33:15and Panucci on the left.
00:33:17There was a lot of concentration.
00:33:19I remember seeing pictures
00:33:21of the training session two days before
00:33:23and I saw myself in these pictures
00:33:25disfigured but it was for the concentration,
00:33:27for the attention to the details.
00:33:29In the end, since he was complaining a lot,
00:33:31we took the car that printed the numbers,
00:33:33we put the number 5 on it
00:33:35but we put it on the normal shirt,
00:33:37on the jacket.
00:33:39So he went around Milan on the eve
00:33:41a few days before with the number 5
00:33:43and said, look, no one takes it away from you,
00:33:45Marcelo gave the signal that you don't have to play,
00:33:47he gave the signal that you want to play at all costs.
00:33:49Then there was always the fear,
00:33:51I think it was like that,
00:33:53at least knowing me,
00:33:55that the coach could change his mind.
00:33:57Capello was a bit of a monkey,
00:33:59he said he would win in Italy
00:34:01but abroad he wouldn't win.
00:34:03For him, that final,
00:34:05maybe more than for us,
00:34:07because we had already won other finals,
00:34:09but for him it was perhaps even more important.
00:34:11An actor, in my opinion,
00:34:13must constantly set goals
00:34:15and study to improve.
00:34:17A general who leads his warriors,
00:34:21because a final is a battle.
00:34:37The most beautiful challenge,
00:34:39the most awaited final,
00:34:41is the one that takes you to the Olympics.
00:34:49Milan-Barcelona 1994,
00:34:51I think it was probably
00:34:53the match, the final,
00:34:55the most beautiful
00:34:57of my 27 years,
00:34:59in short,
00:35:01spent with the Red and Black jersey.
00:35:03Not having experienced it on the pitch,
00:35:05perhaps it moved me even more.
00:35:07Next to me was Captain Baresi,
00:35:09who was perhaps more tense than me
00:35:11and, as a consequence,
00:35:13we charged each other.
00:35:15I was in the national team
00:35:17and we asked CT for permission,
00:35:19who was Sacchi at the time,
00:35:21and we managed to get to Athens by plane.
00:35:23I'm sure that one week with Sacchi
00:35:25that trip to Athens was a liberation
00:35:27because Sacchi at that time
00:35:29was physically massacring us.
00:35:31Having Franco and Billy with us
00:35:33certainly made us understand
00:35:35even more if we needed it,
00:35:37how that group was united.
00:35:39People who play, people who don't play,
00:35:41to get everyone involved
00:35:43in some way,
00:35:45to the highest point
00:35:47that you can reach
00:35:49with your club.
00:35:51Good evening from the Olympic Stadium in Athens.
00:35:53The final of the Champions Cup
00:35:55is about to begin
00:35:57between the two teams
00:35:59predicted for Christmas Eve,
00:36:01Milan and Barcelona.
00:36:03One of the most beautiful emotions
00:36:05is when the waiting ends.
00:36:07The beginning is the most beautiful thing.
00:36:09I always looked at the crowd
00:36:11because every time I go on the pitch
00:36:13I always look for my mum.
00:36:15I need to see her and say hello.
00:36:17My mum said hello
00:36:19and then I saw the whole crowd.
00:36:21I saw that the ones from Barcelona
00:36:23were better
00:36:25but the ones from Milan were a mess.
00:36:27We said to ourselves
00:36:29that we would sell our skin.
00:36:31It's clear that on the pitch
00:36:33you have to deal with the ones
00:36:35who are next to you.
00:36:37For four or five days
00:36:39there were tears on my shoulder
00:36:41because Franco noticed
00:36:43that he was more tense than me.
00:36:45The beginning was incredible.
00:36:47Capello studied
00:36:49everything in the smallest details.
00:36:51He turned off the construction
00:36:53of Gioco Blaugrana
00:36:55and surprised them by leaving.
00:36:57The absence of two columns
00:36:59like Baresi and Costa Curta
00:37:01was a black box.
00:37:03I think Milan won that game
00:37:05tactically.
00:37:07There were three fundamental things.
00:37:09Not letting Koeman play,
00:37:11not letting Guardiola play
00:37:13so they were constantly pressed
00:37:15and leaving the ball to Ferrer.
00:37:17It was the weak point.
00:37:19Leaving immediately
00:37:21because, as always,
00:37:23Barcelona's defences have never been the best.
00:37:25Capello's approach
00:37:27was perfect
00:37:29and it worked the way it had to.
00:37:31They were lost
00:37:33by the initial attitude
00:37:35of my team-mates in the first five minutes.
00:37:37They understood that there was
00:37:39a strong team in front of them.
00:37:41A few minutes later,
00:37:43I remember seeing
00:37:45that in a sprint
00:37:47Donadoni was 5 metres behind Ferrer.
00:37:49It was a very clear difference
00:37:51in tone, intensity
00:37:53and physicality.
00:37:55Daniele, after three minutes,
00:37:57was in front of everyone.
00:37:59I think I didn't have
00:38:01a moment of peace
00:38:03playing right-back
00:38:05because Massaro
00:38:07was pressing me the whole game.
00:38:09Savicevic was pressing
00:38:11Guardiola in a crazy way.
00:38:13I had the feeling
00:38:15that Barça's players
00:38:17arrived two seconds later
00:38:19to the ball
00:38:21than Milan's players.
00:38:23Filippo Galli,
00:38:25I didn't play much
00:38:27but that performance
00:38:29really got me into the Olimpico.
00:38:31I would be a hypocrite
00:38:33if I said it wasn't my best performance.
00:38:35Playing in the final
00:38:37of the Champions League
00:38:39was a dream come true.
00:38:41Finally,
00:38:43I felt
00:38:45a bit like a hero.
00:38:47That game
00:38:49was a bit like
00:38:51getting back
00:38:53to my roots.
00:38:55I thought I had been
00:38:57taken away
00:38:59because of the injuries
00:39:01and also because
00:39:03of how good I was.
00:39:05Filippo Galli
00:39:07was lucky
00:39:09to have had Lidon
00:39:11and Sacchi
00:39:13before I came to Milan.
00:39:15He was like Franco,
00:39:17like Billy,
00:39:19like everyone
00:39:21who worked hard
00:39:23not to be surprised on the pitch.
00:39:25Someone called me the fifth Beatles.
00:39:27When I was called
00:39:29I tried to be as good
00:39:31as these four monsters.
00:39:45Romario had already surprised me
00:39:47in the 1993 edition
00:39:49because I was on the ball.
00:39:51I remember
00:39:53waiting for a moment
00:39:55and I was surprised
00:39:57by his speed.
00:39:59The ball was bouncing
00:40:01and he was as fast as
00:40:03a few other players.
00:40:05That mentally prepares you
00:40:07for what you have to face.
00:40:09There was only one time
00:40:11when Romario had a ball
00:40:13and Filippo Galli
00:40:15touched the ball
00:40:17and that was the only
00:40:19dangerous ball
00:40:21created by Barcelona.
00:40:37He managed to
00:40:39score that goal
00:40:41and then we had
00:40:43our super Seba Rossi
00:40:45who could have scored.
00:40:47I remember that Seba
00:40:49turned to me and said
00:40:51let him score
00:40:53in 90 minutes.
00:40:55You can't complain
00:40:57on the pitch
00:40:59but it's also a matter of mentality.
00:41:01None of them had the time
00:41:03to play
00:41:05a single ball
00:41:07so it was a match
00:41:09dominated by every point of view.
00:41:11Paolo helped me a lot
00:41:13because I anticipated the movement
00:41:15and he closed the ball
00:41:17so we were ready.
00:41:19He could have risked the early
00:41:21knowing that there was
00:41:23a central defender.
00:41:25I always scored
00:41:27because I had Billi,
00:41:29Paolo or Franco.
00:41:31Cristian was a man of character.
00:41:33He didn't get emotional
00:41:35and he was always ready.
00:41:37I never saw him in trouble.
00:41:39I'm a quiet person
00:41:41so I needed to understand
00:41:43what Stoichkov was doing
00:41:45and where I was taking the ball.
00:41:47I did that all my career
00:41:49when I met players like him.
00:41:51They started with Stoichkov on the right
00:41:53and Begiristain on the left
00:41:55from my side.
00:41:57I never thought of a woman
00:41:59like I thought of him that week.
00:42:01I watched all the games
00:42:03and what he did.
00:42:05I wanted to
00:42:07surprise him
00:42:09and make it a great game.
00:42:11At some point, after 20 minutes
00:42:13the players changed
00:42:15their minds.
00:42:17They changed.
00:42:19I thought I was doing a good job.
00:42:21If I touched the ball
00:42:23it would explode.
00:42:25I was full of balls.
00:42:27We could have played
00:42:29for another five hours
00:42:31and they wouldn't have scored.
00:42:33We were mentally stronger than them.
00:42:35Cappella formed the pair
00:42:37to give us a point of reference.
00:42:39At Barcelona, if you possess the ball
00:42:41you end up losing
00:42:43the distance
00:42:45between the players.
00:42:47My reference point
00:42:49was Pep Guardiola
00:42:51who was the brain
00:42:53of a philosophy
00:42:55like that of Barcelona
00:42:57and possession.
00:42:59Tiki Tak was mentioned later.
00:43:01He started
00:43:03all the dangerous actions
00:43:05and put Albertini
00:43:07on Guardiola.
00:43:09I think that
00:43:11little detail
00:43:13decided the game.
00:43:15It was a competitive game
00:43:17against a great player
00:43:19of the same age.
00:43:21We played with the same number.
00:43:23He took the number 4
00:43:25and I played with the number 3.
00:43:27We had a parallel career
00:43:29in two big clubs and teams
00:43:31with the same role
00:43:33as the two promising young players
00:43:35of European football.
00:43:37It was a personal game.
00:43:41The most beautiful night
00:43:43of all has the flavour
00:43:45of redemption.
00:43:47Daniele Massaro
00:43:49becomes one of the greats
00:43:51and chants to the gods.
00:44:03I think it was
00:44:05the icing on the cake
00:44:07of an incredible year.
00:44:09I followed Dejan's action
00:44:11and after years and years
00:44:13he told me I wanted to shoot
00:44:15but I was in the right place
00:44:17at the right time.
00:44:19Daniele was
00:44:21a great forward
00:44:23who knew how to shoot
00:44:25with both feet perfectly.
00:44:27It was clear that it was an advantage
00:44:29because Barcelona
00:44:31was designed to
00:44:33grow and develop.
00:44:35Every goal
00:44:37showed all the concentration
00:44:39anger and meanness.
00:44:41I had a football
00:44:43with an advertisement
00:44:45I was 20 years old
00:44:47and if I could fly
00:44:49I did.
00:44:51There is the image
00:44:53after the goal
00:44:55where my teammates
00:44:57go under the curve
00:44:59and I go with the other.
00:45:01It started where the fans
00:45:03felt the most
00:45:05but after 15 minutes
00:45:07there was an overtaking
00:45:09for the passion of the fans.
00:45:11I think
00:45:13everyone understood
00:45:15what could be done.
00:45:17When you go
00:45:19in a dribbling
00:45:21in a contrast
00:45:23when you have a technical opponent
00:45:25and you come out
00:45:27most of the time
00:45:29the winner
00:45:31that was fundamental.
00:45:39On this opening
00:45:41I checked the ball
00:45:43and I aimed
00:45:45and I was able to jump
00:45:47in a clear and decisive way.
00:45:53I could see Daniele's movement
00:45:55and he was very good
00:45:57to find the right space.
00:46:01I saw the air
00:46:03and I countered
00:46:05and he decided
00:46:07to raise his head
00:46:09to be in the right position.
00:46:11Cruyff's face
00:46:13when he turned
00:46:15to his opponent
00:46:17he said
00:46:19he shouldn't have gone like that.
00:46:21He was surprised
00:46:23and shocked
00:46:25by what happened.
00:46:27It was a very difficult position
00:46:29for someone
00:46:31who is not from Manchester.
00:46:33It was a very difficult position
00:46:35for someone
00:46:37who is not from Manchester.
00:46:39It was a very difficult position
00:46:41for someone
00:46:43who is not from Manchester.
00:46:45It was a very difficult position
00:46:47for someone
00:46:49who is not from Manchester.
00:46:51He had already scored
00:46:53many important goals
00:46:55but those two goals
00:46:57brought him
00:46:59to the top of Milan's history.
00:47:01The first match
00:47:03The first match
00:47:05I remember
00:47:07was
00:47:0928th May 1969
00:47:114-1 Milan Ajax
00:47:133 goals by Pierino Prati
00:47:153 goals by Pierino Prati
00:47:17That's why I'm
00:47:19linked to that number.
00:47:21One day I said to my brother
00:47:23I'd like to go down in history
00:47:25and score a goal
00:47:27in a Champions League final.
00:47:29I'm not as good as Prati
00:47:31who scored three goals.
00:47:33I'm not as good as Prati
00:47:35who scored three goals.
00:47:43Even between the first and second half
00:47:45we were doing something exceptional
00:47:47and we didn't want to throw it away.
00:47:49The famous football
00:47:51until the referee whistled
00:47:53the end.
00:47:55But 2-0 was a good advantage.
00:47:57We didn't want to give up
00:47:59and we didn't think we'd win.
00:48:11The best goal
00:48:13was Marcel's comeback.
00:48:15The triumph
00:48:17was the match of the century.
00:48:23Two goals ahead
00:48:25but not everything.
00:48:27Knowing the value of the opposition
00:48:29I knew the quality
00:48:31of the players was so high
00:48:33that as soon as you relax
00:48:35for five minutes, they turn the match around.
00:48:37But there's a moment
00:48:39when time crystallises in Athens.
00:48:41The moment when the myth breaks.
00:48:43Even after 2-0
00:48:45they believed
00:48:47in each other.
00:48:49If you score 2-1
00:48:51in a 2-0 game
00:48:53I think you have hope.
00:48:55But after the third goal
00:48:57the game was over.
00:48:59They had no hope
00:49:01because it was impossible
00:49:03to score three goals against AC Milan.
00:49:11After that duel
00:49:13with Nadal
00:49:15now maybe
00:49:17it would be a foul.
00:49:19I saw Zaretta
00:49:21coming out.
00:49:27A gust of wind
00:49:29and the breeze from the Balkans.
00:49:31You won't believe it
00:49:33but when I touched the ball
00:49:35I saw it in the net.
00:49:37I saw it right away.
00:49:39When I touched it
00:49:41I saw where it went.
00:49:43I turned around and celebrated.
00:49:45I don't know why.
00:49:47After 30 years I'm not crazy.
00:49:49In that position
00:49:51he could have scored
00:49:53or tried to score.
00:49:55If you've seen Dejan's talent
00:49:57you can expect everything.
00:49:59When I scored
00:50:01I was already in midfield.
00:50:03I was convinced of that.
00:50:05Only those who don't know him
00:50:07can think that
00:50:09he couldn't have thought of that.
00:50:11He's always been
00:50:13a very instinctive player.
00:50:15He's one of the most direct players
00:50:17I've ever played with.
00:50:19He took the ball
00:50:21and dribbled it straight
00:50:23with the back of his foot.
00:50:25Then he scored
00:50:27or tried to score.
00:50:29Savicevic is a great player
00:50:31technically.
00:50:33He played a great game
00:50:35and he deserved to score
00:50:37because it was a great goal.
00:50:39Great talent
00:50:41on important occasions
00:50:43gives you more.
00:50:45Savicevic
00:50:47only did magic.
00:50:49It's in his DNA.
00:50:51That's when we understood
00:50:53we could win.
00:50:55The genius goal
00:50:57with that wonderful ball
00:50:59on Zubizarreta.
00:51:01It's a fairy tale.
00:51:03If you think about it
00:51:05our president
00:51:07became president of the council.
00:51:09He loved me
00:51:11and wanted to take me to Milan.
00:51:13I was special to him
00:51:15every time I came to Milan.
00:51:17Silvio Berlusconi
00:51:19got a great job
00:51:21and I dreamt
00:51:23of giving him
00:51:25a big present
00:51:27and I think I did well.
00:51:29It was in the papers
00:51:31if you're a genius you'll prove it tomorrow.
00:51:33It was one of his jokes.
00:51:35The only thing
00:51:37he didn't see in person
00:51:39because he was in Parliament.
00:51:41You can't win like that
00:51:43with a good result.
00:51:451-0, 2-0, 3-0.
00:51:47For whom?
00:51:49For us. For Milan.
00:51:51After the game
00:51:53we were all happy.
00:51:55I congratulated him
00:51:57and he congratulated me.
00:51:59Cruyff's world
00:52:01is upside down.
00:52:03His incredible vision is all that's left.
00:52:05But it's not over.
00:52:07He's still there.
00:52:09Desai
00:52:11becomes everything
00:52:13a footballer dreams of being.
00:52:15A protagonist
00:52:17in the game of the century.
00:52:19Barcelona reduced to playing
00:52:21like a provincial team.
00:52:25Milan's goal
00:52:27with Savicevic.
00:52:31Desai.
00:52:33Albertini.
00:52:35Desai.
00:52:37Goal! 4-0.
00:52:39I'll always remember that.
00:52:41I was falling
00:52:43and I said, if Marcel goes deep
00:52:45even if it's not his best feature
00:52:47because he's always behind
00:52:49we can go there.
00:52:51Marcel always said
00:52:53we score few goals.
00:52:55We're midfielders, we score few goals.
00:52:57We have to score an important goal.
00:52:59And in the end he scored
00:53:01in the Champions League final with great joy.
00:53:03Cruyff, as we know
00:53:05said unpleasant things
00:53:07to the club,
00:53:09to the coach,
00:53:11especially to Marcel.
00:53:13He was even more angry.
00:53:15They didn't know they'd made a mistake
00:53:17saying those things.
00:53:19Cruyff told his players
00:53:21don't worry about Desai.
00:53:23The only thing you have to worry about
00:53:25is Desai.
00:53:27It was a submission.
00:53:29I think it was one of the best
00:53:31Desai's games
00:53:33I've ever seen.
00:53:35It was a monster performance
00:53:37by Desai
00:53:39to show
00:53:41the club and the coach
00:53:43weren't wrong.
00:53:45He was considered a rough
00:53:47Desai.
00:53:49A woodbreaker.
00:53:51Maybe the link
00:53:53between Barcelona's presumption
00:53:55and Milan's humility.
00:53:57It was a force,
00:53:59a tension
00:54:01that was truly unique.
00:54:03Cappello
00:54:05keeps his hands in his pockets
00:54:07because there, in that fabric
00:54:09sewn by his trousers,
00:54:11he holds Barcelona tight
00:54:13without letting it breathe.
00:54:15I asked Fabio Cappello
00:54:17many times
00:54:19why he didn't celebrate
00:54:21and he always said
00:54:23he knew Barcelona's strength.
00:54:25I didn't want to leave
00:54:27the tension of the game.
00:54:29I didn't want to lose
00:54:31the focus of the game.
00:54:33I didn't want to lose
00:54:35the focus of the game.
00:54:37That's why I was always there
00:54:39with my hands in my pockets
00:54:41without celebrating.
00:54:43Fabio never celebrated a lot.
00:54:45He was always worried
00:54:47about what could happen.
00:54:49In fact, he always called someone
00:54:51to tell them to be careful.
00:54:53I think he was very happy
00:54:55but he never wanted
00:54:57to celebrate.
00:54:59He was very calm
00:55:01and he knew
00:55:03that he would be part of the story.
00:55:05I think he only
00:55:07relaxed on 4-0.
00:55:09I was with my hands in my pockets
00:55:11but they were with their heads
00:55:13on the pitch.
00:55:15It was a symbiosis.
00:55:17I think he would have liked to play
00:55:19but he lived it as a protagonist
00:55:21because he was able to achieve
00:55:23what all the coaches
00:55:25wanted and wanted
00:55:27in their careers.
00:55:29I think that's Fabio Capello's
00:55:31masterpiece.
00:55:35He didn't want to change me
00:55:37on 4-0.
00:55:39I was struggling to walk.
00:55:41He didn't do it anymore.
00:55:43He made expressions
00:55:45near our bench
00:55:47that were painful.
00:55:49Then I said,
00:55:51Italo!
00:55:53He touched us.
00:55:55He touched us on the bench.
00:55:57We were all cheering
00:55:59because another one of us
00:56:01came on and the game was over.
00:56:03There aren't many players
00:56:05who can say
00:56:07that they played the final.
00:56:09It's the referee's final whistle
00:56:11that announces
00:56:13a stunning victory
00:56:15for Milan 4-0.
00:56:17The Dream Team
00:56:19that plays football
00:56:21in a final
00:56:23that already took pictures
00:56:25with the trophy
00:56:27were devastated.
00:56:29We crushed them.
00:56:31I remember
00:56:33an image of him
00:56:35on his knees
00:56:37with his hands
00:56:39covering his head.
00:56:41It was the cover
00:56:43we gave the next day.
00:56:45It was a picture
00:56:47of disappointment.
00:56:49It's sad
00:56:51because
00:56:53you can always lose.
00:56:55It's possible in football
00:56:57that you can lose a game
00:56:59but a final so important
00:57:01to have the image
00:57:03we had
00:57:05in this game
00:57:07I think it's hard.
00:57:09A very successful result
00:57:11for a team like Barça in a final.
00:57:13It was a final game.
00:57:154-0. We were proud.
00:57:17It will stay with us
00:57:19in the history of football
00:57:21and the Champions League.
00:57:23The feeling of total satisfaction
00:57:25after winning a game
00:57:27that was one of the
00:57:29most difficult
00:57:31of our games.
00:57:33What did I think after the win?
00:57:35The joy of my wife.
00:57:37Because
00:57:39after we lost
00:57:41against Marseille
00:57:43in Monaco
00:57:45the coach
00:57:47made some comments
00:57:49that he didn't like.
00:57:51I was almost moved
00:57:53by that strength.
00:57:55I was almost moved
00:57:57because I didn't think
00:57:59I could be a part
00:58:01of such a strong team.
00:58:03That team
00:58:05paved the way
00:58:07for Barcelona.
00:58:09Humiliating Barcelona
00:58:11against Di Cruyff
00:58:13It was like watching
00:58:15the end of Buzz Spencer and Terence Hill.
00:58:17You know when they all get beaten?
00:58:19They arrive at 7-8
00:58:21Buzz Spencer and Terence Hill get beaten.
00:58:23I think they were devastated.
00:58:25They didn't think
00:58:27that such a strong hurricane
00:58:29would pass.
00:58:31After the game
00:58:33it was a strange feeling.
00:58:35I didn't feel like
00:58:37a part of that team.
00:58:39I realized what they had done
00:58:41and it was a step
00:58:43in the right direction.
00:58:45When I got back to the airport
00:58:47with Franco
00:58:49I realized how proud I was
00:58:51to be a part of that team.
00:58:53But in the hour and a half
00:58:55after the game
00:58:57I was admired
00:58:59and conquered
00:59:01by that team.
00:59:05One thing I remember
00:59:07is that I held that cup
00:59:09for a few seconds.
00:59:11I did the last step
00:59:13and I saw Gagliani
00:59:15and I gave him a five.
00:59:17I lifted it
00:59:19and immediately after
00:59:21I passed it to Paolo.
00:59:23I don't know,
00:59:25maybe it's part of my character.
00:59:27I remember Franco
00:59:29saying some very nice words
00:59:31that he was very happy for me
00:59:33and that I had the opportunity
00:59:35to lift the cup.
00:59:37I think he deserved it.
00:59:39I remember that moment
00:59:41when I came in after the game
00:59:43and now that I look back
00:59:45I can't help laughing
00:59:47during the first half
00:59:49and afterwards.
00:59:51I think Milan
00:59:53became a myth that night.
00:59:55I think it was
00:59:57the epitome of everything.
00:59:59Fortunately,
01:00:01we didn't have a sponsor
01:00:03for the shirt
01:00:05because otherwise
01:00:07it would have been
01:00:09very touching.
01:00:11They were there
01:00:13every year
01:00:15from the oratory
01:00:17and I have to thank them.
01:00:19I think I didn't sleep that night
01:00:21because I was full of energy
01:00:23and adrenaline.
01:00:25It was like a river.
01:00:27I, Angelo Carboni
01:00:29and Vamba
01:00:31all went to Ushimbo
01:00:33to go to the disco
01:00:35and we ended up
01:00:37in the middle of the crowd.
01:00:39We forgot the cup
01:00:41and Gagliani went to get it.
01:00:43Maybe we drank a little.
01:00:45We ended up in the disco
01:00:47at 6 in the morning
01:00:49with our luggage
01:00:51and Gagliani
01:00:53who didn't know where we were.
01:00:55In the morning
01:00:57from the hotel
01:00:59to the Athens airport
01:01:01where the elephants
01:01:03were waiting
01:01:05for us
01:01:07with the Milan flags.
01:01:09It was like a flowerbed.
01:01:11If we had won the league
01:01:13and the cup
01:01:15we would have put on an earring
01:01:17that we put on
01:01:19when we came back to Milan
01:01:21but it only lasted a week
01:01:23and then I left for the World Cup
01:01:25so I didn't feel like
01:01:27wearing an earring
01:01:29For the events
01:01:31that have characterized my life
01:01:33not only as a sportsman
01:01:35I always wanted to keep
01:01:37an object.
01:01:39That day
01:01:41I didn't know what to take
01:01:43because Massaro had taken the ball
01:01:45and the shirts
01:01:47none of my teammates wanted to give them.
01:01:49I'm not a great collector
01:01:51but the shirt
01:01:53of the final
01:01:55is with me.
01:01:57They didn't give it to me.
01:01:59So I attached myself
01:02:01to this jacket
01:02:03that I still have.
01:02:05The jacket with which I presented myself
01:02:07is the only picture of me
01:02:09while I hold my hand
01:02:11before all my teammates arrive
01:02:13and I still have that jacket.
01:02:15The shirt and the cup
01:02:17I have them in my office
01:02:19and I look at them every day
01:02:21because I'm very proud of them.
01:02:23In that match
01:02:25every time
01:02:27I watch it on TV
01:02:29it feels like the first time I see it
01:02:31because it was so beautiful
01:02:33that I always see it.
01:02:35Unforgettable, yes.
01:02:37For us players
01:02:39and for the fans
01:02:41who were in Athens
01:02:43and saw the match live
01:02:45I think it will stay with us forever.
01:02:47I think we are remembered
01:02:49for how we won
01:02:51not only for what we won
01:02:53but also for the fact
01:02:55that no Milan fan
01:02:57will be able to forget it.
01:02:59In terms of show,
01:03:01quality of play,
01:03:03domination of the opponent
01:03:05there is no doubt that
01:03:07Milan-Barcelona will stay in history.
01:03:09That was a magical year
01:03:11with a super magical final.
01:03:13To turn it around in that way
01:03:15to win it in that way
01:03:17with that score
01:03:19was the apotheosis.
01:03:21History will not be erased.
01:03:23Indelible.
01:03:24Exceptional.
01:03:26Wonderful.
01:03:27An achievement.
01:03:28A special Milan.
01:03:29And the perfect final.
01:03:38Milan is the European champion
01:03:40for the fifth time in its history.
01:03:43Milan-Barcelona 4-0.
01:03:46All or nothing.
01:03:48To Athens.
01:03:49In the land of the gods.
01:03:51The apotheosis.
01:04:19Milan-Barcelona 4-0.
01:04:22All or nothing.