2023-06-12 19:40:54
Silvio Berlusconi, passed away today at the age of 86, was president of Milan between 1986 and 2017, in the so-called “golden age” of the Italian club at the head of which he won 29 titles in 31 years, and was currently the owner of the Monzateam that promoted to Serie A in 2022.
In Berlusconi’s 31 years as president, Milan won two Intercontinental Cups (1989 and 1990); I raise five times the Champions League (88-89; 89-90; 92-94; 02-03; and 06-07), and obtained a Club World Cups (2007) when they beat Boca Juniors in Japan 4-2, although they had lost an intercontinental final against Xeneize in 2003.
He also conquered nine times the Italian League (87-88; 91-92; 92-93; 93-94;95-96;98-99;03-04, 2010-2011 y 2021-2022).
During his management, the “rossonero” club was awarded the European Super Cup five times (1989, 1990, 1994, 2003 and 2007) and was Coppa Italia champion (2002-2003) with «Il Cavaliere» as mandamás.
In those “golden” years and riddled with titles, players of the stature of the Italians shared a squad at Milan Franco Baresi and Paolo Maldini, and the dutch Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard and Marco Van Basten, among other figures led by the historic coach Arrigo Sacchi.
Forever part of our history, eternally in the hearts and minds of every Rossonero.
The President of our history. In the heart, in memory, in eternity. pic.twitter.com/cyMyctQGAw
— AC Milan (@acmilan) June 12, 2023
Milan’s era of footballing glory helped Silvio Berlusconi to make the “leap” into Italian politics in which it was four times Prime Minister of his country (1994-1995; 2001-2005, 2005-2006 and 2008-2011) and senator since 2002, as well as having been the founder of the Forza Italia party in 1994.
After those good football days, Berlusconi (who continued to be “honorary president”) decided sell 99.93% of Milan in 2017 to a company with Chinese capital, which paid some 740 million euros, as it was known then.
«30 years ago I bought Milan for love. I am selling it for an even greater act of love », declared Berlusconi when announcing the sale of the club that he led for more than three decades.
????️ The story of an era ❤️????
????️ Berlusconi and Milan, a wonderful story ❤️????
#AlwaysMilan pic.twitter.com/lU8XGge7nE
— AC Milan (@acmilan) June 12, 2023
Today, upon learning of his death, Milan AC published a statement on its official Twitter account expressing “the deep sadness of the club for the death of the unforgettable Silvio Berlusconi”and communicated his “deepest condolences” to his family, friends and associates.
«Tomorrow we will dream of new ambitions, we will create new challenges and we will look for new victories that are within us, in all of us who share this adventure of joining our lives to a dream called Milan. Thank you Mr. President!”add the text of MIlan.
Berlusconi’s story at Monza
Berlusconi, considered one of the “richest men in the world” with a 6,600 million euros as a fortune According to Forbes magazine, he decided -after separating from Milan- to remain linked to football, one of his undeniable passions, and bought in 2021 the modest club Monzalocated in the homonymous city in northern Italy, less than 20 kilometers from Milan.
Through a company owned by him (Fininvest), he began to realize his last sporting dream: see Monza in Serie A of Italian football. After playing an agonizing play-off against Pisa, Berlusconi’s new team that in 2018 he played in Serie C, reached the promotion to the highest category just a year ago.
Thanks for everything, President. pic.twitter.com/g3FPSjJLw4
— AC Monza (@ACMonza) June 12, 2023
Finished the recent season -won by Napoli- the Monza finished in 11th. place and will continue to compete in 2023-2024 in Serie A.
In the Berlusconi era, players of the German’s experience arrived at Monza Jerome Boateng and from Italian Mario Balotelliamong others, who with their experience and quality helped the vertiginous growth of the club that with the promotion excited a city better known for Formula 1 than for football.
Like Milan, Monza today made public its condolences for the death of Berlusconi, in a text that bears the signature of Adriano Galiani, Berlusconi’s right-hand man at the club: «It is a void that can never be filled; forever with us. Thank you for everything, President.
The memory of Ancelotti
For his part, the Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti, remembered him as a “fundamental” person for his career as a footballer and coach and expressed his “infinite gratitude” to the leader.
“Today’s sadness does not erase the happy moments spent together”, wrote Ancelotti, former player (1987-1992) and former coach (2001-2009) of the “rossonero” club on his Twitter account.
Today’s sadness doesn’t erase the happy moments spent together. There remains infinite gratitude to the president, but above all to an ironic, loyal, intelligent, sincere man, fundamental in my adventure as a football player first, and then as a coach. Thanks President. pic.twitter.com/aRLSxxzUVz
— Carlo Ancelotti (@MrAncelotti) June 12, 2023
The current DT of Real Madrid also stressed: «There remains infinite gratitude to the president, but above all to an ironic, loyal, intelligent, sincere man, fundamental in my adventure as a footballer first, and then as a coach”, he added, concluding with a “Thank you, President”.
no doubt that the mark left by Berlusconi in Milan, one of the biggest clubs in Europe, it will be difficult to match. With lights and shadows, loved or hated, the businessman takes a large part of the contemporary history of Italian football.
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