Re: AC Milan fan club
LA CORUÑA
Departure fixed on Tuesday. It is the third match in Galicia for Milan. The first, on December 2000, with Alberto Zaccheroni in charge and the team looking to continue their positive series after a victory at Bari, a draw at the Olimpico with title-challangers Lazio, a home-win against Napoli and the important success at Udinese. Milan were staying in a hotel on a beach facing onto the ocean. They have won the Champions League first-group stage after facing Leeds, Barcelona and Besiktas and in the second-group stage they had started with a 2-2 home draw with Galatasaray. Deportivo were feared: Djalminha in top form, Mauro Silva, the lord of midfield, Makaay and Tristan, a goalscoring twin-pair. But at the end Milan came off best: Thomas Helveg scored the decider and many goalscoring chances to double, with Alessandro Costacurta having a great performance. A different story from what happened after the 2001 success, when Milan were knocked out one step from the quarter-finals, the Rossoneri capitalized on the stunning 0-4 success at the 'Riazor' on September 2002 to clinch the final triumph at the Old Trafford on May 28. It was a great night for Pippo Inzaghi who was crowned the best Italian goalscorer in the European Cups. Just like Costacurta two years earlier, Alessandro Nesta had a convincing display at Deportivo in the middle of the Rossonero rearguard. The diary is going to be updated soon. The previous instalments are important, but nothing worth a knock-out tie, a game which can itself lead to the Champions League semi-finals, leaving aside the first-leg result. It is the third time, but it is just like the first one for the enthusiasim and the desire to win.