🎥 OTD 2003: Milan gained their sixth UCL in dramatic style vs Juventus 💪
Whereas Juventus are the undisputed kings of the home recreation, they’ve by no means been in a position to match as much as Milan in Europe.
On this present day in 2003, the Rossoneri reminded the Outdated Girl of this in probably the most dramatic style at Outdated Trafford.
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In what was the primary and solely all-Italian Champions League remaining thus far, it lived as much as the billing with no objectives after 120 minutes resulting from good defending, in addition to some great goalkeeping from Gianluigi Buffon specifically.
For a rustic that had suffered penalty heartache at each World Cup 1994 and 1998, a shootout felt an ironic method to determine which Italian facet could be Europe’s greatest, and so it proved with a principally shambolic set of spot kicks.
Milan held their nerve simply that bit higher, with Andriy Shevchenko clinching their sixth European title with an especially cool penalty.
Milan’s penalty luck would famously run out two years later, with Sheva the autumn man in Istanbul, however six Champions Leagues grew to become seven in 2007.
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The 2003 title was additionally the primary of 5 for Carlo Ancelotti, who slightly fittingly did not win in Europe with Juve however did twice with Milan.
📸 Alex Livesey – 2003 Getty Pictures