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00:00Milan turns 25, two days after Milan-Livorno 4-2, a match played on December 14, 1924.
00:10It had been 17 years since the Red-Black team won the Scudetto.
00:15In that match on Milan's 25th birthday, he scored three goals,
00:21Rodolfo, Rudi for the friends, Ostromann.
00:25Born in Pola in 1903, when the city of Istria was still under the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
00:32In Milan, the Istrian bomber would then have scored 33 goals in 74 matches played over four seasons.
00:40With Ostromann, with Cevenini V and with Sant'Agostino,
00:45the Red-Black attack was a bit like the cross of all Italian defences, according to historians of the time.
00:52Ostromann was a loyal fighter, he was never expelled,
00:56and when he was in Milan, he also wore the national blue shirt.
01:03If only he had accepted the pressures of the fascist hierarchies of the time,
01:08intending at all costs to change his last name, too German,
01:13in the most tricolor, in the most Italian, Pasqualini.
01:17Rudi declined the offer before the signing of the Patti Lateranensi
01:21and put a stone over his desire to play for Italy.
01:25For the 1924-25 season, that of the 25 Candeline del Milan,
01:31the coach was Vittorio Pozzo,
01:34who would then become legendary with the two world titles won in the following years with the Italian national team.
01:42To celebrate the half-century birthday,
01:45the Red-Black club gave the fans two top-level champions,
01:49compared to the level of the Milanese rose,
01:52trying to shake the atmosphere and to aim higher.
01:56Josef Banas, a Hungarian playmaker who also played in the Ferencvaros,
02:02was 30 years old at the time, it was the end of his career,
02:05but he had a very important international experience and many medals on his chest,
02:09which the then President of the Red-Black, Pirelli, liked.
02:15The other ace was Rudi Ostromann,
02:19from Poland, Austria, today Croatia,
02:22a powerful and technical gunner of a very high level,
02:25who was only 21 years old and promised an incredible career.
02:28Yet, even in the 1924-25 season,
02:31Milan failed to emerge from the gray area in which it seems to be deepened
02:35and closed the qualifying rounds in eighth place.
02:38100 years ago, Milan was called MFC,
02:42Milan Football Club, and played on the pitch of Viale Lombardia.
02:46The captain was Pietro Bronzini,
02:48born in 1898, nicknamed Omnibus,
02:52and entered the youth sector of Milan,
02:55immediately after the end of the First World War.
02:59Milan turns 50 the day after Milan-Sampdoria 5-1,
03:05a match played on December 15, 1949.
03:09It had been 42 years since the Red-Black team won the Scudetto.
03:14In that match on Milan's 50th birthday,
03:17the first goal was scored by Enrico Candiani,
03:20one of the very few Italian players who played
03:23in both Milan, Inter and Juventus.
03:27Then, in that 5-1 against Samp,
03:29a double by Nils Lidholm and another double by Renzo Burini.
03:35The story of Liddas, the Swedish baron, is universal.
03:38He is known all over the world for his football.
03:41And so here he is, Renzo Burini.
03:44He was not as famous as Lidholm,
03:46not as devastating as Nordahl,
03:48not as celebrated as Green,
03:50but he scored like no one else.
03:5287 goals in 190 games with Milan.
03:55Practically a yes and a no.
03:58Dry dribbling, shooting with both feet,
04:01better if running.
04:02Burini was the fourth man,
04:04the boy from Bottega at the service of Grenolli,
04:07the Swedish trio that changed the fate of the Red-Black team.
04:11For many years, Renzo Burini was the grandfather of the Milanese,
04:14before he died at 92 in 2019,
04:18the Friulian who landed in 1947,
04:22at the end of the war,
04:23and to think that as a child he was an Inter fan.
04:26At the beginning, in addition to playing for Milan,
04:29Burini worked as a mailman.
04:31He was one of the boys who brought the Scudetto to Milan
04:34after 44 years,
04:36and also the Latin Cup,
04:37the mother of the Champions Cup.
04:40Burini champion of Italy 44 years later,
04:42like Ciapin Bonomi,
04:44who came from Cassano D'Adda,
04:46like Carletto Annovazzi,
04:47Moro di Viale Umbria,
04:48Sandokan Silvestri.
04:50Burini also played in the national team,
04:5218 games including Italy B,
04:54without ever losing a game.
04:56And beware,
04:57thanks to a goal by Renzo Burini,
04:59the Milan of the Cacciavite
05:01beat the great Torino
05:03a year before the tragedy of Superga.
05:07They judged him good but shy,
05:09one who perhaps tended to disappear
05:11when the fight was hard on the pitch,
05:13something that the fans made him a little heavy.
05:16He suffered from it
05:17and so, once against Napoli,
05:19scored a goal at the UEA,
05:21starting from midfield,
05:22tripling three opponents
05:23and smashing the goalkeeper.
05:26The public shows the gesture
05:27that we can all imagine today,
05:29but the fans forgive him.
05:31With a laugh,
05:32it was the football of the time.
05:33Then he moved to Lazio,
05:34Burini, Cesena.
05:35For a while he trained,
05:37then he opened a restaurant.
05:38Time passed quickly,
05:39but the smile of Renzo Burini
05:41had always remained young.
05:43His son, Roberto Burini,
05:44remembers him.
05:46My father was a little reserved person,
05:49with few words.
05:51He didn't like to show off,
05:53but he gave importance
05:54only to the facts for his Milan.
05:56Maybe playing a minor role
05:58compared to Grenoli,
06:00to whom he was very attached,
06:02as with all his other teammates.
06:05I was struck by his words
06:07when he said that at the time
06:09they felt more attached
06:11to their team,
06:13not like now,
06:14when there are no more flags,
06:16who played in the mud of the times,
06:19in the fields of the times,
06:20and who went in the trams
06:21up to the Segesta square,
06:23then on foot to the San Siro stadium.
06:26All things that now
06:27no longer exist, unfortunately.
06:32Milan turns 75 years old
06:34the day after Cagliari-Milan 0-0,
06:37a match played on December 15, 1974.
06:40A year and a half later,
06:42the Coppa delle Coppe
06:43and the Coppa Italia
06:44won in 1973.
06:46A few months later,
06:47the Coppa delle Coppe final
06:49lost in 1974 in Rotterdam
06:52against the Germans
06:53of East Magdeburg.
06:56In that match
06:57of Milan's 75th birthday,
06:59tied in Sardinia,
07:01the owners of the house
07:02and the Rossoneri
07:03had practically exchanged the goalkeepers.
07:05The former Milanese
07:06William Vecchi
07:07between the poles of the Cagliari goal.
07:09The former Italian champion
07:10with Gigi Riva in 1970,
07:12Enrico Albertosi,
07:13between the poles of the Milan goal.
07:16It seemed fate
07:17that Milan's 75th birthday
07:19coincided with a match
07:21of the Rossoneri in Cagliari.
07:23Just in Cagliari,
07:24a circle that closed.
07:27A few months earlier,
07:28in the summer of 1974,
07:30it seemed, in fact,
07:31the good time.
07:33It really seemed
07:34the good time.
07:35After so many refusals
07:36and a gigantic story,
07:38Gigi Riva was on foot
07:40on the ferry
07:41that would have taken him
07:42from Sardinia
07:43to the Milan Rossonera.
07:46The newspapers wrote
07:47hammering
07:48of a great Milan offer
07:50decided to put in a corner
07:52the advance of Juventus,
07:54which already the year before
07:55had put on the plate
07:56two billion lire,
07:58without even being able
07:59to tear Gigi Riva from Cagliari.
08:02In the summer of 1974,
08:04Albino Butticchi,
08:05number one Rossonero,
08:06at the time,
08:07were the presidents
08:08to put the face
08:09on every negotiation,
08:10there were no sports directors.
08:12Butticchi was willing
08:13to deprive himself of Chiarugi,
08:14Calloni
08:15and one between
08:16Aldo Maldera and Sabadini,
08:18adding
08:19a bargain
08:20of 800 million lire.
08:23The new fact
08:24compared to the previous years
08:25was that Cagliari
08:27considered his monument
08:29charitable.
08:31Accepting the offer from Milan,
08:32the president
08:33Rossoblu, Arrica,
08:34who in those days
08:35had sold to Milan
08:36also Albertosi,
08:37would have given oxygen
08:38to the boxes
08:39and expanded the organic
08:40with three good players.
08:43There was only one detail left,
08:45not particularly
08:47negligible,
08:48it was necessary to convince
08:49Gigi Riva.
08:50There was talk of a mission
08:51of Butticchi
08:52to Appiano Gentile
08:53in the National Retreat,
08:55of a contract proposal
08:56of a hundred million per year,
08:58a stratospheric figure
08:59at the time,
09:00but also
09:01a decisive refusal
09:02for the player.
09:04From the courier of the evening
09:05he leaked a interview
09:06of Gigi Riva
09:07with a friend,
09:08if they give in to me
09:09a pandemonium will break out.
09:11Milan and Cagliari
09:12were forced
09:13to take action,
09:14what no one
09:15in that summer
09:16of 1974
09:17a few months before
09:18the 75 candles
09:19extinguished
09:20by Milan
09:21could imagine
09:22was that
09:23Gigi Riva's career
09:24was now at a standstill.
09:26Involved in the blue failure
09:27of the 1974 German World Cup,
09:29Riva played only
09:30eight times
09:31in the following season
09:3274-75
09:33because of an injury
09:34and on February 1, 1976
09:35at just 31 and a half years old
09:36he collapsed
09:37during another Cagliari-Milan
09:38due to the detachment
09:39of the tendon
09:40of his right foot
09:41and the injury
09:42of his right foot.
09:44In the end,
09:45Milan won
09:46due to the detachment
09:47of the tendon
09:48of the adductor.
09:49It was his last game
09:50against the team
09:51that was closest
09:52to taking him away.
09:56Milan becomes
09:57a century
09:58and turns 100
09:59on December 16, 1999
10:02in the middle
10:03of the two games
10:04played in San Siro
10:05with the shirt
10:06striped
10:07very tight
10:08in that month
10:09of December
10:1025 years ago.
10:12Milan-Turin
10:132-0
10:14with Reti
10:15of Birof
10:16and Shevchenko
10:17on December 11, 1999
10:19and Milan-Regina
10:202-2
10:21with Shevchenko's double
10:22on December 19, 1999.
10:26Already in May 1999
10:28the company
10:29had reached
10:30with Dynamo Kiev
10:31an agreement
10:32for the transfer
10:33to Milan
10:34of the young
10:35Ukrainian striker
10:36Andriy Shevchenko
10:37one of the revelations
10:38of the two previous
10:39European seasons
10:40and head
10:41of the Champions League
10:421997-98
10:45The purchase
10:46of the player
10:47will prove
10:48to be a smart move
10:49so much so
10:50that the Ukrainian
10:51striker
10:52will be decisive
10:53for the fate
10:54of the Red-Black team
10:55for seven years
10:56and in December 2004
10:57will also win
10:58the Ballon d'Or
10:59always with
11:00the Milan shirt.
11:02Other arrivals
11:03of the Centenary season
11:04are those of
11:05Diego De Ascentis
11:06José Antonio Chamot
11:08José Mari
11:09Taribo West
11:10but above all
11:11Rino Gattuso
11:12and Serginio.
11:14These last purchases
11:15will be two
11:16of the most precious
11:17elements of the team
11:18during the season.
11:20On the front
11:21of the departures
11:22instead to be remembered
11:23that of Giorgio Weah
11:24which
11:25less and less used
11:26by the technician
11:27Zaccheroni
11:28decides to move
11:29to Chelsea
11:30during the Calcio Mercato
11:31of January 2000.
11:33Despite the excellent
11:34performances of Sheva
11:35Milan does not
11:36keep the expectation.
11:37In August
11:38the first goal
11:39of the season is missing
11:40from the League Super Cup
11:41lost against Parma-San Siro.
11:43In the Champions League
11:44round
11:45he only wins
11:46one game out of six.
11:47In the decisive match
11:48against the Turks
11:49of Galatasaray
11:50despite being
11:51in advantage 2-1
11:52and now qualified
11:53a few minutes
11:54from the end
11:55Milan is first
11:56reached
11:57and then surpassed
11:58by the owners of the house
11:59Turks.
12:00Milan is thus eliminated
12:01already in the first round
12:02which qualifies
12:03to the first two places
12:04Hertha Berlin
12:05and Chelsea.
12:06The third place
12:07in the table also escapes
12:08in that round
12:09to the UEFA Cup
12:10which then
12:11will win
12:12under the guidance
12:13of Fatih Terim
12:14future coach
12:15of Milan.
12:16The devil
12:17would then close
12:18in third place
12:19a championship
12:20disputed in alternate phases
12:21in 1999-2000
12:2211 points
12:23from Lazio
12:24champion
12:25never succeeding
12:26in the centenary year
12:27to really enter
12:28in the fight
12:29to the top
12:30between Lazio
12:31and Juventus
12:32both defeated
12:33by the Rossoneri
12:34in the course
12:35of the tournament.
12:36The positive note
12:37remains
12:38the victory
12:39of Andriy Shevchenko
12:40who with 24 goals
12:41won the scoring
12:42in his first year
12:43in Italy
12:44a feat
12:45achieved
12:46before
12:47only
12:48to Michel Platini.
12:49December 11, 1999
12:50Milan
12:51on the pitch
12:52with the shirt
12:53of the centenary
12:54and the Rossoneri
12:55beat 2-0
12:56Turin
12:57to San Siro
12:58with the cross
12:59of San Giorgio
13:00on the chest
13:01the goals
13:02of Oliver Bierhoff
13:03and Andriy Shevchenko.
13:04They were special moments
13:05so much that
13:06five days
13:07before the match
13:08the fans
13:09of Milan
13:10took to the ground
13:11a cover
13:12entirely dedicated
13:13to the Rossoneri
13:14with the photo
13:15of Herbert Chielpin
13:16the title
13:17was on the
13:18hundredth
13:19birthday
13:20of the club
13:21Milan
13:22at the time
13:23Italian champion
13:24in charge
13:25Herbie
13:26goes to Milan
13:27with the photo
13:28of Chielpin.
13:29The shirt
13:30centenary
13:311999
13:32home
13:33remains still
13:34an icon
13:35of vintage football
13:37The shirt
13:38of the centenary
13:39number 120
13:40made by Puma
13:41was then
13:42a limited edition
13:43sold only
13:441899 pieces
13:45exactly
13:46like the year
13:47of the foundation
13:48of the original
13:49Milan Football
13:50and Cricket Club
13:51The Rossoneri
13:52wore this
13:53special shirt
13:54during the
13:55league game
13:56of December 15
13:572019
13:58at home
13:59in San Siro
14:00against Sassuolo
14:01Just on the
14:02birthday
14:03a match
14:04finished
14:05The logo
14:06main sponsor
14:07and technical sponsor
14:08were all
14:09gold
14:10On the back
14:11of the shirt
14:12another logo
14:13with the two
14:14reference dates
14:151899
14:16and 2019
14:17and then
14:18just tilt
14:19slightly
14:20the head
14:21to see it
14:22on the red and
14:23black lines
14:24was present
14:25the historical
14:26sentence
14:27of the main
14:28founder
14:29Herbert Chielpin
14:30We are going
14:31to be
14:32a team
14:33of devils
14:34the slogan
14:35that is
14:36spreading
14:37among the fans
14:38and that the
14:39players wore
14:40on December 15
14:41against Genoa
14:42united the
14:43wide red and
14:44black lines
14:45with
14:46the badge
14:47that pays
14:48homage
14:49to the first
14:50official emblem
14:51of the club
14:52that was
14:53at the
14:54foundation
14:55in 1899
14:56for Milan
14:57Football
14:58and Cricket Club
14:59This
15:00reference to
15:01tradition
15:02reflect
15:03and four in the world.