When AC MIlan Was The GOLDEN Standard

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AC Milan are one of the most successful teams to grace football. And there is a good reason for that. One of those reasons is 1988 to 1996.
A period of unprecedented success. A Golden age.
Transcript and sources: footballiconic.com
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00:00 - Introduction
01:08 - “A Team Of Devils”
05:16 - A Polarising Saviour
10:25 - Arrigo Sacchi: “Mr Nobody”
17:26 - The Super League
20:06 - Fabio Capello: "Not your mate"
25:36 - Never the Same
Background music:
@pinkxo (Prod Pink)
Producer: Tinashe Chipako
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@GIBBO4182 Ай бұрын

One of the greatest club teams of all time. Simple as that

@jordanschlansky4093 Ай бұрын

People talk about MSN, BBC etc as dominant trios. AC Milan had all 3 top spots on Ballon D'or with their players in 1988. I think it speaks for itself which trio is the best in history.

@john-olivierlukama1548 Ай бұрын

Tbf, 2 of the top 3 spots always seemed to be secured, so it's kinda hard for a trio to dominate when their direct competition are on their own level

@dagitt5536 Ай бұрын

what about barca in 2010

@taracanyon1 Ай бұрын

Red Star Belgrade were leading AC Milan 2--1 aggregate in 2nd leg of European Cup 1987/88 match was abandoned 2nd half due to thick fog in Belgrade..Red Star were just as good as Milan in this era; by 1990 they were even better won the World Club Cup before war in Yugoslavia

@BIadelores 27 күн бұрын

Same for Messi Iniesta Xavi

@ezraezra2928 26 күн бұрын

Fun Fact: If you don't know, all 3 top spots on Ballon d'Or for Barcelona in 2010 were actually La Masia products. This is the reason why it's the greatest football youth academy in the world.

@Freehardy Ай бұрын

I was born in 1970, and grew up here in Scotland. During the initial period of this domination by Milan, there was no cable/satellite TV, let alone internet. You would only know of this team through newspapers, radio, clips and chat on TV, and the only live games you would see, would be the European games against English opposition, or the European Cup final. The team, as you rightly say were mythical. This changed with the Champions League, with a lot more live games, on ITV at the time, as well as a highlights package every week, then a season or 2 later, Channel Four broadcasting live Serie A games, along with a fairly comprehensive highlights and round up/magazine show each week. This somewhat removed the mysticism, but i do feel honoured to have been around during this period, witnessing the latter 75% of this era on TV here in the UK. They were so fucking cool as well. The long sleeved Milan top of that era was truly revered. So stylish at the time, with the collar and long sleeve. Maldini very much personified this coolness. such a graceful, athletic, Adonis of a man, who was just so fucking good at football. I hadn't really considered Berlesconi's wider impact on the European game, and how football was consumed at the time. I guess when I talk about witnessing the latter 75% of this era, here in the UK (on terrestrial TV), i am clearly attesting to Berlesconi's immediate and clearly pioneering impact. Great Vid. This team were so revered at the time. Possibly more so than Pepe's Barcelona for fans of my vintage. For me, 2 reason's. the first i alluded to, in that there just wasn't access to watching their games during the early period, lending to this mythical aura they assumed, and secondly, there wasn't a stand out player. Yes, they were world great's, but no single player had the influence Messi had on Barcelona's period of eminence in Spanish and European Football.

@sameerk7151 Ай бұрын

as a liverpool fan THESE DAYS i enjoy this type of content way more FROM FOOTBALL ICONIC 😅😅

@mazzae6084 Ай бұрын

Miss these kinds of videos. Like the OG days.

@SamWinchester000 Ай бұрын

Yeah, there are still so many History videos to be made about so many different great clubs. Love, how he is slowly covering the history of world football, as well as always doing a little comprehensive guide to the full history of every club. Every iconic club deserves a video like this. I think I've actually waited for a long time for a video about an Italian club, as he has done several for the big Premier League clubs, for Barcelona and Madrid, and even for Bayern and Dortmund.

@evanwilliams3821 Ай бұрын

ac milan in the 90s and the early 2000s was such an amazing era for the club. I'm an Arsenal fan but I'll always love milan for the rich history

@nxymar-rosoccer8715 27 күн бұрын

this is me exactly

@bramharms72 Ай бұрын

Poor Costacurta doing double the work for a single paycheck. (16:26)

@caddy8886 Ай бұрын

I was looking for this comment 😅

@kefakevin33 Ай бұрын

He's so good in efootball 24 that I wouldn't be surprised if he played two positions 😂😂😂

@fnordywings1344 Ай бұрын

For those wanting more Ancient Milan content, the channel balón has a great video

@Hartwik Ай бұрын

Endorsing this a 100 times

@ezraezra2928 Ай бұрын

I even watched it. It's a great video. He covered the Milan's golden team up until the 2007 UCL triumph.

@eichel4116 28 күн бұрын

The balon channel is fucking goated

@ezraezra2928 28 күн бұрын

@@eichel4116 I just checked that channel. Not only he provided a full video about the greatest teams, but also the story of GOAT footballers (only CR7, Messi, and Cruyff that's already made right now).

@eichel4116 27 күн бұрын

@@ezraezra2928 i watched every single video of him... its a bless

@PRCOM Ай бұрын

I remember when Italian football was the best league and every Sunday we would watch it on channel 4. Great memories

@J3335 Ай бұрын

Listening to that theme tune on youtube still makes me smile... Memories of coffee, newspapers, sun and 'exotic' football.

@chubbyboyalex7828 Ай бұрын

Bro no joke I was just looking for videos about prime Milan yesterday

@dudescrawny5859 Ай бұрын

Check out Sylvio Berlusconi's Milan by Balon-english

@Kamva-nm8bt Ай бұрын

I miss these type of videos bring them back this is why I subscribed to the channel BRING THEM BACK

@SlickMaverick254 Ай бұрын

the 05/06 Milan deserves a shout as well. Had unbelievable talent at the time as well.

@HolyPire Ай бұрын

Gullit, Baresi..... and so on... I was glued to the tv.... and I am from Dresden, Germany.... awsome fotball to watch

@christiankabano8502 Ай бұрын

I'm an AC Milan fan since I was a kid in the 2008-09 season which saw Kaka leave and Maldini retire😢. Luckily they won Serie A in 2011, but all went downhill between 2012 and 2020. There is a small revival since they won Serie A in 2022, but nothing like what they would have been between 1988-1996, they seemed to have absolutely been the clubs that brought football into the modern age. The period between 1988-1996 and 2003-2007, the club was also really good in the UCL. A big part of this success I think lies with the support Berlusconi gave the club that was about to be bankrupt, the revolutionary tactics of Sacchi and Capello and also an all-star side with guys like Maldini, Baresi, Tassotti, Costacurta, Ancelloti, Savicevic, Rijkaard, Guulit and Van Basten. As a Milan fan, I really hope such good days come back again in my lifetime.

@bluefin39 Ай бұрын

As an Ac Milan fan I feel you brother 🤝.

@j.m.verlaat9449 28 күн бұрын

Milan isn’t my club, Madrid is, but I hold so much love and respect for your club as a European giant. I long for the day that Milan is front and center competing with us again in Europe, football is better that way

@halamadridpatriotsnationgo1057 26 күн бұрын

@@j.m.verlaat9449 Real Madrid and AC Milan: The King and Prince of the UCL!

@romanleo8931 Ай бұрын

Why is man posting during a game

@takudzwazendera4881 Ай бұрын

Broo 😂

@Oripave Ай бұрын

He probably scheduled the video

@sameerk7151 Ай бұрын

PROBABLY tired of watching united playing like this 😭😭

@darnellengelbrecht4400 Ай бұрын

Porque esta historia está demasiado importante - this is way too important to be of ignored. No guesses for who I support…

@ItzSinatraa Ай бұрын

LMAOO mud united

@pequenodan1923 Ай бұрын

I still can't believe that my grandpa's club, Vélez Sarsfield, won their (only) Intercontinental against this almighty AC Milan in 1994, 2-0... I don't know how much English people know about Carlos Bianchi, the manager of that humble team that won against all odds the Libertadores, the Intercontinental and even demolished the biggest teams of Argentina like River Plate and especially Boca Juniors. Such manager eventually went to Boca and made them win against the Galácticos of Real Madrid (2000) and Carlo Ancelotti's Milan (2003)

@Nine5Vader Ай бұрын

AC Milans Team of 2005-06 still has highest FIFA Rating of all time, the lowest rated player in the team was 87🤏🏾🔥

@tocomple243 22 күн бұрын

Imagine thinking FIFA ranking are a reliable source😢

@magnus9003 Ай бұрын

To all my fellow Rossoneri, Forza Milan⚫️🔴, glory days are to come!

@Wallacenawa Ай бұрын

Forza Milan ❤🖤

@hankagura5355 Ай бұрын

You are dead in the water and you know it Milan will never be the same, Forza Juve.

@escape2nirvana Ай бұрын

@@hankagura5355lol you mean corruption fc

@magnus9003 Ай бұрын

@@hankagura5355 Your time literally tied 0-0 with Torino and threw away the 2nd place 🤥 Juve should try not breaking the rules

@ludvighelt746 Ай бұрын

Forza Milan, per sempre❤️🖤

@petar.stoyanov Ай бұрын

When I started watching the 1995 CL final between Ajax and AC Milan - I was a neutral. By the end of the game I was a Milan fan. I've been one ever since, through highs and lows.

@justvibingman496 Ай бұрын

Some of my favorite players come from the 2000s era of AC Milan, they were THE team to beat

@stdew07 Ай бұрын

Milan is not just a club, it's an entire VIBE ❤🖤❤️🖤

@k27ism Ай бұрын

Underrated comment

@prafulshrestha7980 Ай бұрын

Loved the video. Ac milan were monsters

@fivestarman5130 Ай бұрын

If Liverpool didn't have such ridiculous plot armour in 2005 you could very much make the case that the 2002/03 - 2006/07 team would've been their golden age Two Ballon d'Or winners in Shevchenko and Kaka alongside 2 UCL's from 3 finals. Maldini still in the squad in the twilight years of their career, two Italian 2006 world cup winners at the centre of their midfield with two of the most prestigious footballing nations making up key parts of the team such as Kaka, Cafu, Dida for Brazil and Stam and Seedorf for the Netherlands

@andrewwalledge6101 Ай бұрын

Remember watching Football Italia on C4 (UK) every Sunday. Loved that Milan team, particularly Maldini. The fact Van Basten was forced out of the game by other players kicking the **** out of his ankles was criminal.

@dondamon4669 Ай бұрын

Every player gets kicked in the ankles he just had weak ankles and didn't change his game

@andrewwalledge6101 Ай бұрын

@@dondamon4669 he did have weak ankles, which was why they kicked him there. Not sure how you could change your game to avoid it as a striker though. Sad that he had to retire before he was even thirty.

@dylanparker130 Ай бұрын

Sunday afternoon Football Italia was magical. "Go-oooooooooo-lazo!" Or as child me heard it "Goal! Lazio!"

@hankagura5355 Ай бұрын

@@dondamon4669"didnt change his game" he is the biggest what if in history its not his fault he was bestowed with unlucky and horrible injuries dummy.

@iapple6496 Ай бұрын

@@dondamon4669his game wasn’t even that physical, literally just being on the field made his ankles a target and it was bullshit lol, just means they could never defend him

@simenstory3321 Ай бұрын

Hope to see more of these! Underdog tips for a new video; a look back at Rosenborg (Norwegian club) during the 90s and early 2000s. Won the domnestic league 13 seasons in a row and punched well above their weight in the Champions League for the entirety of this period as well, beating the likes of Real Madrid, AC Milan, Dortmund, Blackburn etc. The legend of when Rosenborg knocked AC Milan out of the CL, beating them at San Siro is perhaps the biggest tale of legends in Norwegian club football. They also beat Dortmund 3-0 away, Real 2-0 at home etc. etc. Some insane results, and being able to qualify consistently (remember, there was never any direct qualification for Norwegian clubs) for so many years (11 times from 95-2007) is nuts. There's also some gorgeous footage of home games in the Norwegian winter. Anyways, it's a great story - hope to see you dive into it one day!

@klubnord7465 Ай бұрын

That pronounciation really caught me off guard.. Made micah cry.

@callumhayes7502 Ай бұрын

What a team and what a CHANNEL! 🔥🔥🔥

@alfredlear4141 Ай бұрын

Baresi and Maldini jr are the outstanding partnership of defence

@AnthonyWoods-yh8wp 19 күн бұрын

Of all time 👍

@giodhuha6771 Ай бұрын

Not only AC Milan but also Serie A were on the golden age and no one could rival it.

@masmas6463 27 күн бұрын

true indeed .....I remember those days and I was pre teens lol the late 80's and 90's were just glorious .....3 euro cups and from 1989 - 1999 Italian clubs made nearly all the finals won them and sometimes with two Italian clubs in the finals which back then was just unheard of - 1990 was the 1st time ever one country won all the three euro cups and the year before we came close - I was born and raised in the UK to Italian parents . Great days indeed......now, sadly it is just not the same but Italy did win the Euro's even though Serie A has very few Italians playing in it lol so just goes to show that more Italians are needed....funny eh.

@robs9237 Ай бұрын

I think 80s to 90s Serie A was the strongest league ever

@ezraezra2928 Ай бұрын

Agreed. Even though Italian teams had some underachieving performances in Champions League during that period, they still won some CWCs and UEFA Cups. There were at least 1 Italian club in every UEFA Cup Finals between 1989 and 1999, except the 1996, with 4 of them being Serie A affairs (1990, 1991, 1995, 1998).

@sobrevalorado 16 күн бұрын

Strongest, sure, and the most doped, too

@FootballDrawn Ай бұрын

As a Milan fan, I really appreciate this video. Thank you, and brilliant video, as always ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

@nightmare9815 Ай бұрын

King Maldini 🤴 👑

@mysteriousM8 Ай бұрын

A great club that people now overlook

@darnellengelbrecht4400 Ай бұрын

No truer truth has ever been truthed

@KuphelileSwira Ай бұрын

I love these videos so much.... Informative

@badasstasticusbadass4908 Ай бұрын

Milan nowdays might not be even a shadow what they used to be, but... looking back at what they did and achieved, probabbly this is the club that influenced the Football world the most. Sure, Real Madrid might be the one with most Trophies, but that Milan side was something else entirely.

@SleEp1nGoD 27 күн бұрын

From AC Milan Hardcore Fan ...Thank you for this video . Made my day . Milan, Tu Sei Tutta La Mia Vita !

@avavybezrb7292 Ай бұрын

big fan i learn so much from u dude keep up ur success and its my first time being so early

@dennisgodman9732 Ай бұрын

That jockey quote 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@aayushpawar9937 Ай бұрын

Finally. I was waiting for one these, a video on past legacies

@NikhilRakesh Ай бұрын

Please more videos like this. I Love this bro. Thank you

@PCMT Ай бұрын

Amazing vid man.. Always appreciate the history

@fenixdelapenumbra Ай бұрын

This was an amazing video. Enjoyed watching such a well constructed summary of this Milan period. Thanks

@andresangarita3165 Ай бұрын

Thanks for this video mate, this day and age tv broadcasters and people in social media seem to forget what we once were and seeing you take the dedication to make a piece reminding us, even to us the rossoneri, how big our team was and to my eyes still is maybe without the flare it used to be. Sempre Forza Milan!❤🖤💪

@marianogorostiaga8549 Ай бұрын

Excelente laburo!!!

@nikolamilivojevic6495 Ай бұрын

Great work man. You're doing a fantastic job with these videos. Just continue to rock

@DanutPaul Ай бұрын

Between 1987 and 2007 this club rocked! 20 years of glory!

@astr0neer. Ай бұрын

Loved this!

@alvaradoarmando333 Ай бұрын

awesome video bro , good shit

@eojdaed96 Ай бұрын

Great new format, hope you keep making these historic videos in the future. Cheers

@sethvanpelt5707 Ай бұрын

The vibes from this era are unmatched

@mob_798 Ай бұрын

As a Milan fan I have to say that this video is really well done!

@humanbeing654 18 күн бұрын

as a Milan fan, i see what we are lacking today to come back at those levels... it's not only the manager or players, we lack a solid management doing the background job. Despite as an italian i feel disgust for the figure of Berlusconi, i must admit is ability on certain things. PS: thank you for remembering that we were great before the '80s as well

@_Justin_Case Ай бұрын

2:53 You didn't have to do him like that.😂

@Neoyorchese 9 күн бұрын

I grew up watching Milan and would never dare changing them for any other team despite the many downs. Forza Milan!

@EduardAlexandruStanciu Ай бұрын

awesome video, one of the best teams of all time.

@saianurag2781 Ай бұрын

16:21 Costacurta has been repeated in the illustration. Thanks for the video. Hope you do more of these

@adamaalto-mccarthy6984 Ай бұрын

Your best video yet

@smerfmerf9102 Ай бұрын

God damn it I love the vids

@Yami1300 Ай бұрын

Gianni Rivera is one of the most forgotten greats

@garbge8910 Ай бұрын

I needed to cope, thanks for the vid 🥲

@flankspeed 25 күн бұрын

Channel 4's 'Football Italia' programme on Sunday afternoon in the mid-90s was just bliss. In 94, I saw Milan beat Fiorentina 7-3 in one of the most spellbinding games ever played. It was Peak Football.

@kyriakos02 Ай бұрын

Yet again my man's cooking

@AdityaVishweshwaran Ай бұрын

unfortunate van basten had ankles of sand, could have been one of the greatest of all time

@Harry-tb8yo Ай бұрын

He IS one of the greatest of all time. Key player in one of the greatest squads of one of the greatest clubs of all time, key player of perhaps the best Dutch squad ever, winning three Balon d'Ors as a striker in a league with the best defenders. Fortunately for him the very best defenders were his teammates. Yes, he IS one of the greatest.

@darnellengelbrecht4400 Ай бұрын

This is a great video. I’m very biased as an AC Milan fan, but still

@davidfisher6356 Ай бұрын

The team of the century. The players in the squad would walk into any team in their position. Iconic,.epic all the fancy nouns imaginable. Loved watching channel four and Italian football was peak. Take me back.

@lollol-uz4xn Ай бұрын

The true best trio of football, it changes everything even how we still play football today (tanks Sacchi)

@MrZaricnak 25 күн бұрын

This is well done. Kudos from a pro writer 😉😎

@joseperes2184 Ай бұрын

Finally, thanks for throwing light on to some more SERIE A history. People need to know FORZA JUVE

@abcsteamerc5597 Ай бұрын

A 30 min video 🫠🫠 what did we do to deserve this

@boghianvalentin7687 26 күн бұрын

16:24 WOW! I knew Alessandro Costacurta was very good, but good enough to play two positions at the same time . 🤣🤣🤣

@onstructures Ай бұрын

Golden age of hair too

@darnellengelbrecht4400 Ай бұрын

😂

@catmink Ай бұрын

Growing up in the UK in the 90’s, we had Gazetta football on channel 4 to watch every Sunday. Serie A was by far the best league in the world at the time, and people of my generation generally had an Italian team that they adopted as their second, if not favourite team. The Milan team of the early to mid 90’s will always be one of my favourite teams ever, (Second only to Barnsley 96/97) 🙏😘

@gavomorg762 19 күн бұрын

My childhood dream team and Idol im Mr Marco Van Basten What a goal scrorer..This team had everything

@gm2407 Ай бұрын

@16:29 Tassoti being eclipsed by Costacurta. So good he plays two positions at once.

@petergmred2005 Ай бұрын

My favourite team to watch. Dutch players played at milan whilst 2 or 3 big name germans played for inter(rudi at roma). Great days

@thesheepofdeath1890 Ай бұрын

LESGOOOO MILAN EPISODE❤️🖤

@willcomrie2853 28 күн бұрын

Sacchi and Capellio's teams were something else.

@marcuspierantozzi 26 күн бұрын

That final between Milan and Barca was my first champions league final.

@babibau2781 23 күн бұрын

Good old days 😊. Everything was about Seri A back then.

@nabeel426 Ай бұрын

Tinashe don’t one on Marseille and Sampdoria in the 90’s

@bear_eater254 15 күн бұрын

Before Real Madrid there was Ac Milan...the true Royals of Europe.

@yanholliday8876 Ай бұрын

i'm not italian, i'm not even a rossonero, but capello's milan is my favorite team of all time, no question. gullit, van basten, rossi, maldini, baresi, costacurta, albertini, papin, desailly, savicevic, boban, massaro, simone, lentini, donadoni, tassotti, panucci (which capello would take with him at real).....this team was *scary* ... they were the galacticos of their time, a time *before* the bosman ruling.

@sobrevalorado 16 күн бұрын

You are mixing eras, Sacchi and Capello

@mostafanabil97 Ай бұрын

Berlusconi is the perfect personification of Two Face's saying in Dark Knight (You either die a hero lr live long enough to see yourself become the villain). He was a hero for the most of his time as Milan's owner but his ending was sad

@saidhammar5006 23 күн бұрын

I started watching football in the early 2000s and back then, and even up until the end of the decade, AC Milan was considered the biggest team in the Champions League, ahead of Real Madrid and Bayern Munchen.

@miztyck6335 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, it was awesome to know more about it and it was greatly scripted

@dylanparker130 Ай бұрын

20:02 "Terrible... yes.... but great" 😂

@rafikz77 Ай бұрын

16:29 Wow Costacurta is everywhere

@loshotrosha 4 күн бұрын

i was in San Siro at 89 when we beat Real Madrid 5:0 Sacci's immortals. Galli, Tassotti, Paolo Maldini, Colombo, Costacurta, Franco Baresi, Donadoni, Frank Rijkaard, Marko Van Basten, Root Gullit, Ancelotti.