UCL Final - Milan vs. Liverpool... Athens, May 23rd

Originally Posted by Tony29.

1.If Milan was 5th in serie A then they would have played in UEFA Cup next year.

2. Goalkeepers : Facchin, Offredi
Defenders : Antonelli, Darmian, Grimi
Midfielders : Guerci, Di Genarro
Attackers : Ronaldo, Borriello

These players weren't among the 25 registered AC Milan players. But 6 of them were on B list and i don't know if they took a medal.

Ronaldo and Grimi weren't on any list, just like Borriello, but Borriello was among the 25 players in the first half of CL so maybe he did get a medal at the end.

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how about storari and fiori? do they get the medal? or one of them did not get one?

Btw, maybe i'm too late, but i must express my admiration for Kui and his predictions in last year.
Milan will be the new champions of Europe was something he said and sticked to it since Celtic-Milan match in February.
The impressive thing about this prediction is that not only he said it as a fan, but he really ment it and had some good reasons to believe so.

You're the boss Kui !

Yes, Kudos to Kui!! He never lost faith, he never lost hope, and remained a beacon to all of us who faltered along the way.

Props to Kui!!! Bless mi don!! Bless!!

Yeah, and I feel really smart for agreeing with him instead of just dismissing his comments as overly confident and pointless. I think he can predict the future, because I remember last season he didn't even bother watching the Barca games, as if he knew we were going to lose.

hurrah...we won again!!!!!!!!
da ghost of istanbul is buried 4 ever
we r in seventh heaven now!!!!!!

According to a Wikipedia....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champions_league_winners

Paolo Maldini 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007
Maldini has the most wins of any currently active player. Captain in 2003 and 2007
Alessandro Costacurta 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007 was not in the 18 in 2007.
Clarence Seedorf 1995, 1998, 2003, 2007
Seedorf is the only player to have won the trophy with three different clubs.
Massimo Oddo 2007
Marek Jankulovski 2007
Kaká 2007
Željko Kalac 2007
Cafu 2007
Giuseppe Favalli 2007
Alberto Gilardino 2007
Daniele Bonera 2007 Was not in the 18 in 2007.
Yoann Gourcuff 2007 Was not in the 18 in 2007.
Ricardo Oliveira 2007 Was not in the 18 in 2007.
Marco Storari 2007 Was not in the 18 in 2007.
Valerio Fiori 2003, 2007 Was not in the 18 in 2003 or 2007.
Dario Simic 2003, 2007 Was not in the 18 in 2003 or 2007.
Dida 2003, 2007
Alessandro Nesta 2003, 2007
Kakha Kaladze 2003, 2007
Gennaro Gattuso 2003, 2007
Andrea Pirlo 2003, 2007
Serginho 2003, 2007
Massimo Ambrosini 2003, 2007
Filippo Inzaghi 2003, 2007
Cristian Brocchi 2003, 2007


Actually, I don't understand what it means by was not in the 18. Are they talking about the team list in the finals?

Guys, I dreamed we won CL next year for 8th time! There were only 2 "minor" mistakes in my dream...
1. Sheva played for us!
2. We played the final against Bayern Munchen....
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Anyway, this isinteresting, from acmilan.com


MILAN - Ricardo Kakà has moved into the top three in the Milan goalscoring charts for the Champions League after finishing top scorer in this season's competition:

JOSE' ALTAFINI (Milan) Top goalscorer Champions Cup 1962-63 - 14 GOALS
MARCO VAN BASTEN (Milan) Top goalscorer Champions Cup 1988-89 - 9 GOALS
ANDRIY SHEVCHENKO (Milan) Top goalscorer Champions League 2000-01 - 9 GOALS
ANDRIY SHEVCHENKO (Milan) Top goalscorer Champions League 2005-06 - 9 GOALS
RICARDO KAKA' (Milan) Top goalscorer Champions League 2006-07 - 10 GOALS

Jose Altafini finished top scorer in the competition in 1963 and Marco Van Basten in 1989. Below are the lists of Rossoneri goalscorers in Europe's premier competition:

ROSSONERI CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GOALSCORING CHART 1958 TO 1991
ALTAFINI 20 goals
VAN BASTEN 10
PRATI 8
RIVERA 7
GRILLO - BARISON 6
BEAN - GULLIT 5
SCHIAFFINO - DANOVA - SORMANI 4
C.GALLI - LIEDHOLM - MORA - PIVATELLI - COMBIN - RIJKAARD - VIRDIS - MASSARO 3
BARUFFI - ROSSANO - SANI - LODETTI - BORGONOVO 2
MARIANI - BERGAMASCHI - CUCCHIARONI - FERRARIO - GERMANO - FORTUNATO 1
HAMRIN - ROGNONI - ANCELOTTI - DONADONI - EVANI - SIMONE - CARBONE 1

ROSSONERI CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GOALSCORING CHART 1992 TO 2007
SHEVCHENKO 33 goals
INZAGHI 25
KAKA' 21
SIMONE 14
MASSARO 7
VAN BASTEN - SEEDORF - CRESPO 6
ALBERTINI - SAVICEVIC - JOSE' MARI 5
PIRLO - PAPIN - WEAH - BIERHOFF - TOMASSON 4
BOBAN - MALDINI - PAPIN - RIJKAARD - PANUCCI 3
DESAILLY - LEONARDO - COCO - SERGINHO - RIVALDO - GILARDINO 2
ERANIO - TASSOTTI - LAUDRUP - A.ORLANDO - RADUCIOIU - STROPPA - R.BAGGIO - DAVIDS 1
DUGARRY - LOCATELLI - GIUNTI - COMANDINI - HELVEG - GATTUSO - STAM - AMBROSINI - GOURCUFF 1
(In bold still playing for Milan)

So Kaka' needs 13 more CL goals to be our all time CL top scorer! Im sure he can make it! ( I will not say " if he stays", this is understood ). And Pippo needs 8 to make Sheva's record even... So, we need to reinforce and go after all the records in the next 2 years to come!

Originally Posted by Ryo

Actually, I don't understand what it means by was not in the 18. Are they talking about the team list in the finals?

Yeah, my guess it's like a playoff roster in the NBA that reduces the number of players on the bench from the regular season. That's probably why Favalli came on at the end of the match in Athens instead of Billy having a sentimental CL send-off as well.

To confirm my thoughts about how lucky that first goal really was...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m1itQzMkFQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyXeWypbe8w

nice find, dev ... while watching the above clips, I couldn't stop thinking of Tony's signature

Originally Posted by zlatanov

nice find, dev ... while watching the above clips, I couldn't stop thinking of Tony's signature

lmao, so very true

I love that freekick lol, Pirlo kicks the ball at Pippo and hits him and somehow it goes in. I think only Pirlo (with his passing/freekick skills and vision) and Pippo (with his errm...Pipponess) can do that

his Pipponess???? that's an awesome concept!!

Originally Posted by ACMILAN1983

lmao, so very true

I love that freekick lol, Pirlo kicks the ball at Pippo and hits him and somehow it goes in. I think only Pirlo (with his passing/freekick skills and vision) and Pippo (with his errm...Pipponess) can do that

well, let's hope it never comes down to Pippo slotting the ball home with those 'cause that would mean 1 sub less for Carlo to have available

Originally Posted by SANT

his Pipponess???? that's an awesome concept!!

And his fans are Pippoites.

thanks Ryo, so it means poor borriello doesnt get the medal!
i still dont understand why milan extended fiori's contract for another year!