25 Years of Silvio Berlusconi at AC Milan ~ Jasper Rain

Friday, February 24, 2012

25 Years of Silvio Berlusconi at AC Milan

Apart from being the Prime Minister of Italy and third richest man in the country, Silvio Berlusconi also owns AC Milan – the most officially recognized international title. Recently, Silvio Berlusconi has celebrated his 25 years in helm of AC Milan. Thursday, 20th of February 1986, is an important day in history of Associazione Calcio Milan when businessman Silvio Berlusconi bought the club after a fascinating negotiation with the former owner Giuseppe Farina. Buying Milan in danger of bankruptcy-bound and scandal-ridden, the successful businessman who owns the Fininvest group with six thousand employees, “is the ideal solution for the future of Milan”. 25 marvelous years has passed, let's see the most memorable moments of the Silvio Berlusconi and the club.

Silvio Berlusconi came to the Milanello training center by his Agusta 109 helicopter on a snowy March 1, 1986 after he bought the club from former President Giuseppe Farina.

At that time, the club owned such talent footballers including Franco Baresi (R) and Daniele Massaro

AC Milan marked the first trophy under the Silvio Berlusconi era in the 1987/1988 Serie A after winning a team of Diego Maradona, Ciro Ferrara and Careca.

As a brilliant strategy, the Italian Entreprenuer hid the new coaches Arrigo Sacchi and Fabio Capello. It was the time when AC Milan turned into the golden age with 7 European titles, 2 Intercontinental Cups and 5 UEFA Champions League tournaments.

Fabio Capello later moved to the giant Real Madrid. Then, he returned to Serie A for AC Milan at a deal in the 1997/1998 season. However, AC Milan unfortunately went up to the 10th position in the list among 18 teams.

In summer of 2007, A.C. Milan signed an 8.5-million-euro deal with Leonardo from Paris Saint Germain. Leonardo quickly became the most prominent part of the team thanks to his intelligence as well as his liking, both outside and on the field.

The 1990s seemed to be the return of AC Milan. The club won the European Cup in 1989 and kept it up in the following year.

Paolo Maldini became a legendary defender to the Italian people.

After sacking Fatih Terim due to poor results, Silvio Berlusconi appointed Carlo Ancelotti as Milan manager in 2001. Under Ancelotti\\\'s reign, Milan won the 2003 Champions League and the Scudetto in 2004.