The Rebirth Of AC Milan, Italy’s Most Storied Soccer Club
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Wondery
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🗓️ 23 September 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
AC Milan is one of the most successful clubs in European soccer history. The Italian giants won 7 European titles and changed the way soccer was played on the continent on more than one occasion. Over the past decade, the once indomitable team has fallen on hard times. Two failed ownership bids and poor financial management meant the club had to completely revamp the way it did business. Fortunately, those new methods appear to be working. The Rossoneri made their much delayed return to the Champions League last week and are at the very top of Serie A. Today, we talk with The Athletic's James Horncastle about the fall -- and rise -- of one of Europe's greatest teams.
Read James Horncastle's story about AC Milan here: https://theathletic.com/2081869/2020/09/23/inside-ac-milan-waking-a-sleeping-giant/
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| 0:46.0 | Last week after a seven year absence and more than a decade of financial struggles, |
| 0:58.0 | one of Europe's most famous soccer clubs made its return to the Champions League. |
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| 1:09.0 | But just look at the score line. I'm gonna go on Milan one. |
| 1:14.0 | Today the Athletics James Horn Castle and how AC Milan, the club that was once owned by the Prime Minister of Italy, |
| 1:21.0 | the team that once changed the way soccer is played, is now rising again. |
| 1:26.0 | This is genuinely brilliant at Milan that all that history of that legacy is there to be reactivated. |
| 1:33.0 | They just have to little by little be competitive again. |
| 1:37.0 | From Wondry and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:39.0 | It's Thursday, September 23rd and this is the lead. |
| 1:46.0 | So James, I want to start with AC Milan's Champions League game against Liverpool last week. |
| 1:51.0 | First, can you just walk us through what happened on the field? |
| 1:54.0 | So as you say, first time in a, in too long that Milan are back in this competition. |
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