Exactly one year without Silvio Berlusconi. Having passed away at the age of 86 after a long battle with leukemia, the memory of ‘Cav’ is still alive. Of his love of him for the Milan spoke his brother Paolo, who in an interview with ‘Il Giorno’ revealed which were the champions he loved most in his long and successful adventure at the helm of the Rossoneri club.
The great Milan of Silvio Berlusconi in the words of his brother
Thirty-one years of presidency and the world of football revolutionized. Triumphs, stars, the obsession with the ‘game’: This Berlusconi’s Milan. And when at brother Paolo when asked if it is possible to identify a possible heir to the former Prime Minister, he replies: “Many presidents will certainly arrive who will make their own history because it wasn’t my brother who invented football. But the one who won the most was and always will be Silvio: certainly innovative, starting from the invention of Arrigo Sacchi to the intuition of Capello and Ancelottione of those who continues to win.”
Which champions did Berlusconi love most?
We then talk about the champions who have illuminated Milanello over the course of the era Berlusconi. “When I think back to the players we had at Milan it all seems incredible to me, in one season there were three Ballon d’Or winners in the squad” continues Paolo in the columns of Il Giorno. Then he reveals which stars the Knight and founder of Forza Italia had a weakness for. “ I would say that Shevchenko and Kaka they were the champions with whom my brother built a special relationship, then others who followed his political “mission” such as Weah and Kaladze. But it’s not right to make a list because there were so many players that my brother liked.”
With Berlusconi, Milan won everything: 29 trophies in 31 years
“I remember when he said that he wanted to make Milan the strongest team in the world and everyone started laughing…” says Paolo Berlusconi again. His adventure with the Rossoneri began in 1986. The Milan of the three Dutchmen Gullit, Van Basten and Rijkaard led by Arrigo Sacchi against Diego Armando Maradona’s Napoli. From there the rise of a Devil capable of raising 29 trophies to the sky, including eight league titles and five Champions Leagues. And, again, six Italian Super Cups, five European Super Cups, three Intercontinental Cups and one Italian Cup. In 2017 the farewell to the Rossoneri club and in 2018 another undertaking, this time with Monza. Yes, in four years it has brought the Brianza from Serie C to Serie A for the first time in their history.
