On December 16, 1899, a group of fans gathered in a room of the Du Nord Hotel established a sports club - Milan Football and Cricket Club. The founder is: Alfred Edwards. After a hundred years of ups and downs, it has developed into one of the greatest football clubs in the world today.
The early AC Milan team
The full name of early AC Milan was called "Milan Cricket and Football SERIE A" (Milan Cricket--Football Association), referred to as "AC Milan" . As the charm of football continued to expand, it soon became the most popular project in the club and the local area. In 1905, the club was officially renamed "Milan Football Club". In 1906 and 1907, AC Milan won the Italian National Championship for two consecutive years. It is worth mentioning that AC Milan was also the second team in Italian history to win the national championship (the first was Genoa).
In 1908, the Swiss and Italian players in AC Milan (Milan) announced their separation from the team because they were dissatisfied with the team and established the current Inter Milan team, also known as "Inter." This has continued to this day. , became the greatest and most dazzling city derby in world football - the "Milan Derby". In the 2000-01 season against Inter Milan, AC Milan defeated their opponent with a score of 6-0, which was also the largest victory in the history of Milan Derby. The headquarters of AC Milan is located in the "Sansiro District" of Milan, Italy. In the west of Milan, because AC Milan's main stadium is built in the San Siro District, the stadium is called the "San Siro Stadium" by AC Milan fans, and the property rights belong to it. At the City Hall of Milan.
After the end of World War II, the Italian Football League resumed. In 1947, in order to improve the quality of the league, the Football Association reopened its foreign aid policy. Milan finally ushered in its first golden era - the Swedish "Three Leagues". Swordsman" era.
January 22, 1949, is one of the most important days for Milan fans. Gunnar Nodal, the third of the three Swedish Nordal brothers, swept the 1948 London Olympics and won the championship. Dahl officially joined Milan. He was born on October 19, 1921. He is 1.74 meters tall and weighs 92 kilograms. His strong physique makes defenders frightened and difficult to stop. Although he only participated in the second half of the 1948-49 season, he proved himself like a tiger, playing 15 times and scoring 16 goals. Milan finally finished third in the league.
The fun has just begun, and then Milan introduced Gunnar Glenn and Niels Liedholm. This is the most famous "Gre-No-Li" combination in football history, because the three Everyone is from Sweden, so they are also called the "Swedish Troika". From then on, the most brilliant chapter in the history of Milan was played. In the new 1949-50 season, Milan scored 57 points in 38 league games with 27 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses, finishing runner-up behind Juventus by 5 points. Nordahl played 37 times and scored 35 goals, a record that no one can match. However, this is far from Milan's ultimate goal, it will only be the driving force for progress.
After the 1958 World Cup, Milan made another move and hired José Altafini, the main center of the world champion Brazilian team from the Brazilian Palmeiras team. He was born in July 1938. On the 24th, he was called an "art tank" and a "combination of a lion and a rabbit." From these nicknames, it is not difficult to see his style and characteristics. He is technically outstanding but also powerful, and has extremely comprehensive abilities. The Milan team re-established the "new troika". In the 1958-59 season, in 34 games, 20 wins, 12 draws and 2 losses, scoring 84 goals, conceding 32 goals and accumulating 52 points, they regained the league championship (Milan's 7th league championship). Tafini scored 28 goals in 32 appearances. In the following two seasons, Milan finished third and runner-up respectively.
The time to part ways finally came. In the summer of 1960, Uruguayan striker Schiaffino moved to Roma.
Swedish hero Lidholm announced his retirement in 1961 after playing for Milan for 12 years. He played in 359 league games, scored 81 goals, won 4 league championships and 2 Latin Cup championships. In 1976, the former captain returned to Milan again and won the league championship three years later. This is a story for another time. His retirement marks the end of the era of Sweden's "Three Musketeers", and Milan will usher in another era.
Enter the glorious AC Milan team
Gianni Rivera was born in Alessandroa on August 26, 1943. He has been fond of football since he was a child. He was 13 years old. At that time, he was discovered by coach Pedroni and joined the second division team of Alessandroia Football Club. The team specially assigned a coach for him and taught him every move. At the age of 15, he participated in 8 youth league games. He was soon discovered by Milan, who had a lot of money at the time (in fact, Milan had always had a lot of money), and poached him for a sky-high price of US$182,000. For the sake of his future, the original club had to reluctantly part with him.
At that time, Rivera was thin and not tall. He was as quiet as a virgin off the court and as powerful as a tiger on the court. His technical movements were very beautiful, he controlled the ball steadily, passed the ball accurately, and dribbled past people like nothing. In a human realm, he has wonderful shooting skills in the penalty area and excellent heading skills. The young boy has won the joy of everyone in Milan with his extraordinary skills, well-behaved personality and sensitive awareness of football. It was his arrival that ushered in another spring for Milan.
The beginning of the 1960-61 season was unfavorable, finishing second behind Juventus. In the 1961-62 season, under the leadership of Altafini, Milan won the championship with 52 points, 3 points ahead of Juventus (Milan's 8th league championship). Rivera scored 20 goals and ranked first among scorers. In the same year, he was selected for the Italian national team and performed well.
The 1962-63 season was an important year in the history of Milan. The team devoted all its energy to the European competition and finally ranked third in the league. However, the hard work paid off and Milan once again entered the Champions League. finals. On May 22, 1963, at Wembley Stadium in London, the opponent was the Portuguese Benfica team led by "Black Panther" Eusebio. At the time, the Milan team had the "South American Troika" composed of Peruvian marking defender Victor Benitez, Brazilian midfielder Dino Sanni and striker scoring machine Altafini, but Eusebio failed in the first half. In the 18th minute, he dribbled the ball past Trapattoni and broke the deadlock first. At the beginning of the second half, it was Rivera's turn to perform. Two wonderful passes in the 58th and 66th minutes helped Altafini score twice. Milan finally turned defeat and dominated European football for the first time (Milan's first Champions League).
At the same time, Milan qualified for the Intercontinental Cup (the predecessor of the Toyota Cup, held at home and away). At that time, their opponent was the Brazilian Santos team led by football king Pele. Milan won 4-2 at home, and led 2-0 away from home but lost 4 goals in a row (the same mistake happened again in the Milan Champions League a few years later). Two days later in the play-offs, Milan lost 0-1 in the Intercontinental Cup.
Due to Rivera's outstanding performance, he ranked second in the selection of the best European players that year. The first place was the famous former Soviet goalkeeper "Octopus" Yashin, and Rivera was not yet a player at that time. to 20 years old.
Perhaps he became famous too early, or perhaps he carried too many expectations. In the following seasons, Rivera's performance was average. The team's performance continued to decline, finishing third in the 1963-64 season and runner-up the following year, but fell to seventh in the 1965-66 season. In the 1966-67 season, despite winning the FA Cup (Milan's first FA Cup), the league was only Ranked 8th, captain Cesar Maldini (Old Maldini) spent his entire life in the military and returned home. Rivera's performance in the 1966 World Cup was mediocre and he was criticized.
At this critical moment, the team owner recalled the coach Nereo Rocco who led Milan to win the Champions League for the first time. Milan recovered in the 1967-68 season. Under Rocco's guidance, they scored 53 goals in 30 league games, 18 wins, 10 draws and 2 losses, conceding 24 goals and accumulating 46 points. They regained the championship (Milan's 9th league championship), leading the league. 2 people scored 9 points.
In the European arena, there were also triumphant songs and good news. In 1968, Rotterdam of the Netherlands defeated Hamburg of Germany 2-0 to win the European Cup Winners' Cup (Milan's first Cup Winners' Cup). This year another legend came to the world, he is the King of Milan - Paolo Maldini (Little Maldini, there will probably be little Maldini).
In the following 1968-69 season, they won the runner-up in the league, passed the Champions League all the way, and reached the final again. Their opponent was the upstart European Ajax team led by Cruyff, the genius of the generation. On May 28, 1969, at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Spain, Milan defeated its opponents cleanly with a score of 4 to 1 and won the Champions League (Milan's second Champions League). Among them, Prati performed in the 10th, 39th and 75th minutes. Hat-trick, Somani added the icing on the cake in the 66th minute. A few years later, Milan once again fooled Cruyff's European dream team, Barcelona, ??4-0 in the Champions League. Maybe Milan is Cruyff's eternal nightmare, but it is his three protégés. Created another brilliance of Milan, this is a story for later. At the end of the same year, Milan defeated the Argentine University of La Plata team led by Bilardo Veron (the father of current Argentine star Veron) with a total score of 4 to 2, and won the Intercontinental Cup for the first time (Milan's first Intercontinental Cup ).
It was because of these outstanding performances that Rivera was named European Footballer of the Year in 1969. In the subsequent 1970 World Cup, he faced West Germany in the semi-finals and the two sides tied 3-3. It was a critical moment. , Rivera went into battle and scored a key goal to send away the West German team.
Just when Milan was winning, the Football Association once again imposed restrictions on foreign players. The Rossoneri suffered great losses. They only finished fourth in the league in the 1969-70 season, and fell short in each of the three seasons from 1970-73. They finished second in three years, but won two FA Cups in the two seasons of 1971-73 (Milan's second and third FA Cups), and were crowned European Cup Winners' Cup champions again in the 1972-73 season (Milan's second Cup Winners' Cup).
In the 1973-74 season, Milan failed to defend the European Cup Winners' Cup and dropped to seventh place in the league. The famous coach Rocco resigned and returned to his hometown after reaching his sixties (62 years old). Although Rocco is gone, he has brought endless glory to Milan and left a large number of outstanding coaches in world football. These include: Luigi Radice, who led Turin to the league title in the 1975-76 season, Albertino Bianchi, who led Napoli to the league title in the 1989-90 season, and Nevio, the head coach of Parma in the 1992-96 season. ·Scala, who won the European Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup, and Super Cup, was dismissed because he was unable to participate in the Champions League. His replacement was the former Milan coach and current Chelsea coach Ancelotti. And Cesar Maldini, the head coach who led the Italian national team to win the European championship at the age of 21,
The AC Milan team fell into a trough
Time goes back to May 8, 1960 , in a northern town called Travagliato, Italy, a peasant family has a little boy. Time flies like a shuttle, 10 years later. The boy started his football career at a local club. On the football field, he is a bit shy and even timid, but he has good skills and a broad vision. At the age of 14, he came to Milan on the recommendation of a friend and participated in two tests in a row. The first time he played as a defender and the second time as a free agent. He received unanimous praise from Trapattoni, Vitali, Rivera, etc., and since then He has an indissoluble bond with the Red and Black Army. The head coach at the time, Liedholm, recognized him as a thousand-mile horse at a glance. He was less than 18 years old and entrusted him with important tasks. He asked the defense general Turone to make way for him and served as a free agent in April 1978. On March 23, he started his debut performance in Serie A, defeating Verona 2-1. He is the world's greatest steel defender, the embodiment of integrity, and the symbol of loyalty-Franco Baresi.
However, as fate would have it, Rivera retired at an advanced age, and the Football Association once again restricted foreign players. In 1980, the team won third place, but after the season it was revealed that the Milan boss was suspected of participating in football lottery fraud, and the players were suspected of cheating. Gambling and match-fixing scandals forced Lazio to be demoted to Serie B by the Football Association.
After being relegated, most of the team's players have moved on to other places, but Baresi stayed because he adhered to a life motto - a good man does not have two masters. In the 1980-81 season, Milan won the championship in the Second Division and returned to the ranks of the First Division. However, due to lack of strength, they only ranked 14th in the 1981-82 season and fell into the quagmire of the Second Division again. However, this time Baresi once again chose loyalty. He said a very simple and very touching words: "I am a player of AC Milan, and I am determined to stay!" After a season of hard work, Milan once again won the title of Serie B champion. Returning to Serie A, Milan began to embark on the road of revitalization and completely got rid of the nightmare that it was unbearable to look back on.
His character and skills deeply impressed Enzo Bearzot, the head coach of the Italian national team at the time. In the end, Italy won its third World Cup. In the 1982 Spanish World Cup, Italy won the championship. Two things are jaw-dropping. The first is that Rossi was selected for the national team just after serving a two-year ball ban, scoring 6 goals and winning the title of top scorer and best player; the other is that Baresi, a player in the second division. Selected into the national team, the Italian team became the second team to win three world championships after Brazil.
The rising AC Milan team