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10 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Before my era but my dad absolutely crows at the mention of Van Basten, Gullit, Rijkaard, Maldini, Baresi etc.

 

From '88 to '91 we played the most beautiful football I have ever seen... then Capello arrived, we continued to win but we were less beautiful to watch.

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13 minutes ago, Curva Sud Milano said:

 

From '88 to '91 we played the most beautiful football I have ever seen... then Capello arrived, we continued to win but we were less beautiful to watch.

I had a big poster of van Basten from the European Cup final against Steaua on my wall back then. Special time.

 

On that note, van Basten is surely one of the greatest players I've ever seen. He was so unplayable that it's not too far off to say that they had to kick him into early retirement

 

 

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3 hours ago, Wallsendmag said:

 

Remember when he played for us in a pre season friendly (against Reading I think). He was absolutely sublime. Best player on the pitch by a mile!

 

Too easy for some players.Steve Howey on a podcast was on about Gullit frustrated at players not being able to chest and deliver 60yard pinpoint volley passes 

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53 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

I had a big poster of van Basten from the European Cup final against Steaua on my wall back then. Special time.

 

On that note, van Basten is surely one of the greatest players I've ever seen. He was so unplayable that it's not too far off to say that they had to kick him into early retirement

 

 

In terms of atmosphere it was an unforgettable final. Communism hadn't fallen yet and since there were no Romanian fans all the tickets went to us. 90,000 Rossoneri at the Nou Camp and 30,000 outside the stadium without tickets. We Ultras alone made 120 pullman.

The best final, however, was in '94 against Romario's Barca, Koeman and Stoichkov... we had Baresi and Costacurta suspended and a week before Cruijff said that Milan had no chance, couldn't win... 4-0 and they never saw the ball . Thanks Cruijff for motivating us.

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12 hours ago, Curva Sud Milano said:

 

And Donadoni, Ancelotti, Tassotti...an unrepeatable team. They would have easily won against the Milan of the mid-2000s.

Only comparable club team to that Milan team is Barcelona in their pomp but I'd back Milan over them. Best in my lifetime

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12 hours ago, Steve Charlton said:

 

Too easy for some players.Steve Howey on a podcast was on about Gullit frustrated at players not being able to chest and deliver 60yard pinpoint volley passes 

 

Put himself on as a sub in a friendly at Reading and ran the show didn't he? Probably could have still been playing. 

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3 hours ago, macphisto said:

Only comparable club team to that Milan team is Barcelona in their pomp but I'd back Milan over them. Best in my lifetime

 

Maybe Cruiff's Ajax  but I've never seen them play; anyway they were playing in a non-competitive Dutch league.

Here we played against Platini's Juve, Maradona's Napoli, Vialli/Mancini Sampdoria, and Matthaus' Inter... a player like Zico came to Italy to play for Udinese, as if Mbappé play for Fulham today.

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22 minutes ago, High Five o said:

Seria A was the shit back in the days, just loved watching it. 

 

Fun fact about Maradona... I don't remember the year but it was Milan-Napoli at San Siro (Maradona's first year in Italy and his first time at San Siro).

In those years the players would enter an hour before the match to see the pitch firsthand and they'd come in wearing their club uniforms, so jacket and tie and "wedding" shoes. Napoli enters and 80,000 people are booing like crazy. There's a ball near the bench. Maradona picks it up, dribbles it a few times, then kicks it perpendicularly above his head  but very, very high. When the ball comes back to his foot he repeats the same thing without the ball hitting the pitch... I didn't count, but I think he did it eight or nine times... San Siro went completely silent. I turned to my friend and he turned to me without saying a word....we couldn't believe it.

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2 minutes ago, Curva Sud Milano said:

 

Fun fact about Maradona... I don't remember the year but it was Milan-Napoli at San Siro (Maradona's first year in Italy and his first time at San Siro).

In those years the players would enter an hour before the match to see the pitch firsthand and they'd come in wearing their club uniforms, so jacket and tie and "wedding" shoes. Napoli enters and 80,000 people are booing like crazy. There's a ball near the bench. Maradona picks it up, dribbles it a few times, then kicks it perpendicularly above his head  but very, very high. When the ball comes back to his foot he repeats the same thing without the ball hitting the pitch... I didn't count, but I think he did it eight or nine times... San Siro went completely silent. I turned to my friend and he turned to me without saying a word....we couldn't believe it.

Gary Lineker tells a similar story about him here:

 

 

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15 minutes ago, Checko said:

Gary Lineker tells a similar story about him here:

 

 

 

Here he was doing exactly what you see starting from minute 1.10...but in a jacket and tie and with wedding shoes !!!

Knowing the character, I think he did it as if to say "you're booing me? Now I'll show you who I am."

 

 

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On 31/10/2025 at 17:55, Vinny Green Balls said:

I had a big poster of van Basten from the European Cup final against Steaua on my wall back then. Special time.

 

On that note, van Basten is surely one of the greatest players I've ever seen. He was so unplayable that it's not too far off to say that they had to kick him into early retirement

 

 

 

 

 

Van Basten is my favourite striker of all time. He scored designer goals. 

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