AC Milan has written memorable pages of history in the thirty-year presidency of Silvio Berlusconi. But not just limited to the history of the club, but regarding all the European football movement.
The Rossoneri have changed the way we perceive football thanks to the intuitions of the former president. Who in the summer in 1987 chose personally and without a doubt Arrigo Sacchi for the bench of his Milan. A excellent decision that would prove very fruitful for the following years. Also thanks to an enviable group of champions, the Italian technician twisted the tactical ideas of the era and revolutionized them, giving life to a team simply extraordinary capable of winning all that could be won.
Thus they entered the history of the beautiful game and never left. Today, in a special list drawn up by UEFA.com of the nine strongest European teams of all time, that of Milan is still there, along with other legendary squads such as the Barcelona of Pep Guardiola, Real Madrid of the Galacticos and Inter of Herrera. There is no sign of Juventus. Here is the official list below:
- Hungary 1950-56: the Magical Magyars
- Real Madrid 1956-60: the European pioneers
- Benfica 1960-62: Eusébio’s Lisbon marvels
- Inter Milan 1962-67: the ‘Grande Inter’
- Ajax 1971-73: the kings of ‘total football’
- Bayern 1973-76: Germany’s first world-beaters
- AC Milan 1988-90: Sacchi’s game-changers
- Real Madrid 1998-2002: the Galácticos
- Barcelona 2008-12: Guardiola’s greatest
