Farewell to ‘Il Cavaliere’, builder of a legendary Milan

Silvio Berlusconi He passed away this Monday at the age of 86, a victim of leukemia that forced him to keep going in and out of the hospital in recent months. The former Prime Minister of Italy and former owner of Milan He was unable to make it past this final step through the clinic.

In addition to his political career and several scandals, Berlusconi, ‘Il Cavaliere’ will be remembered on a sporting level for being the builder of a Milan of legend at the end of the 80s and in the 90s, mainly, without forgetting the one that also succeeded at the beginning of this century. They had 20 years of success until the last decade of his term was dominated by economic problems and the ‘Calciopoli Case’.

From his arrival to take charge in 1986, after the club went through difficult times in the early 1980s after the ‘totonero’ scandal until he sold the entity in 2017, the ‘rossonero’ team won 29 titles. Of them five are outstanding European Cups or Champions Leaguethose in 1989, 1990, 1995, 2003 and 2007. He also has three Intercontinental Cups either Club World Cups (1990, 1991 and 2008), five European Super Cups (1990, 1991, 1995, 2004 and 2008), eight italian leagues (1998, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2004 and 2011), one Italian Cup (2003) and seven Italian Super Cups (1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2005, 2012).

Legendary Coaches and Players

Under his command he had legendary coaches, such as Arrigo Sacchi, Fabio Capello and Carlo Ancelottiand exceptional players such as Tassoti, Baresi, Costacurta, Maldini, Rijkaard, Ancelotti Donadoni, Van Basten, Dida, Cafu, Gullit, Gattuso, Kaká, Seedorf, Weah, Pirlo, Inzaghi, Baggio, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Shevchenko, Ibrahimovic… and much more.

Promoted to Monza

After selling the Milan, Berlusconi bought in 2018 the Monza, which is in the third category of Italian football. He got him to finally climb on A serieswhere this season he achieved permanence.