AC MILAN were crowned champions of Europe after their 2-1 win over Liverpool at Athens on the 23rd of May in the Champions League Final.
Captain Paulo Maldini won his 5th European title & he looks as if he could win a few more. Inzaghi was the man of the match for the 2 goals he scored that managed to seal it for Milan. Liverpool managed to get a goal from Dirk Kuyt in the dying minutes of the game, but it was far too late.
It was an awesome match, with Liverpool being the more dominating side till the first goal by Milan. Obviously Liverpool had more number of chances at Milan's goal, but they never looked like scoring. Milan was not their usual best with Kaka not getting more of the ball, something i bet Liverpool had planned on implementing.
The match was no where near to the drama of the 2005 final where Liverpool had managed to overcome a 3-0 half time deficit and win it all in penalties.
Everyone was expecting revenge for Milan, and that is what happened. Milan played with asingle goal - score goals and beat Liverpool, do not give them a chance to fight back.
Italy has joined Spain as the most successful country in the history of the European Champion Clubs' Cup after this match to move Serie A on to eleven victories in total. Spain reached that mark last year in Paris when FC Barcelona came from behind to beat Arsenal FC 2-1 and add their second crown to the nine won by their great rivals Real Madrid CF, a collection including successes in the first five editions of club football's blue-riband event. Madrid stand alone as the most-titled team in the competition, although the Rossoneri are within two triumphs of that tally after Filippo Inzaghi's first-half strike saw off Liverpool in the Greek capital. FC Internazionale Milano and Juventus are the other Italian sides to have reigned in Europe, each on two occasions.
Contributed by: Mylod
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