He Milan dream again Italy’s biggest club by history and track record yesterday qualified for the quarterfinals of the Champions League after leaving Tottenham by the wayside. 60 years after winning the first of its 7 Champions (1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003 and 2007), the Lombard team is back in the quarterfinals. The last time it reached this stage was in the 2011-12 season.
It was in a double clash against Leo Messi’s Barça that ended goalless in the first leg, at San Siro, and 3-1 at Camp Nou with a ‘double’ from the Argentine striker. Since then, Milan has experienced a nightmare in Europe, the result of sporting and non-sporting problems related to financial fair play and so on.
That Milan squad that reached the quarterfinals in 2012 was led from the bench by Massimiliano Allegri and consisted of Abbiati, De Sciglio, Zambrotta, Flamini, Gattuso, Nesta, Seedorf, Ibrahimovic, Aquilani, Boateng, Mexès, Alexandre Duck and company . A great team
Source: La Verdad
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