Milan and Crvena Zvezda will play on December 11 at San Siro in the Champions League, and the Rossoneri celebrate 125 years since their founding on December 16.
The most famous common link, the fan idol of the "rosso-nera" who was called the Genius, is the Montenegrin footballer Dejan Savićević - the first star of both clubs in conquering the Old Continent.
Today, in an extensive interview with Savićević, "Gazeta delo sport" published some lesser-known details from the time of one of the biggest victories - 4:0 in the Champions League final in 1994, against Johan Cruyff's Barcelona!
Two goals by Masar, a European goal for the strikers and the longest lob in the history of Milan by Dejan Savićević and a goal by Marcelo Desai.
"We were absolute outsiders in Athens, Cruyff invited people to come and enjoy his team's fantastic game, but... But I was invited by President Berlusconi the night before the game - Dejan, for two years I have been helping you and defending you, if you are a genius , prove it," says Savićević, among other things, and emphasizes that he was a favorite of the great president
"He loved me! They invited me to the celebration of 125 years of that club with an incredible history, but I am busy with my obligations in the Association and will not go," said the president of FSCG.
He admits in the interview that he could have done more:
"Oh, the devil didn't give me peace, maybe I could have done more. My heart remains "red-black". And now I watch Atalanta the most - I like that football, if they score more goals," explained Genije, top 10 in "Kalć" at the beginning 90s of the last century.
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