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AC Milan in 1989

Era: The Sacchi Revolution

25 stories and 84 matches from the Milan Club Adelaide history museum, in the order they happened.

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The stories of 1989

1989

I quattro riferimenti — the four reference points

Sacchi taught that each player must constantly read four riferimenti (reference points) at once: the ball, the space, the opponent, and his own team-mates — in that order of priority. Position was never dictated by marking a man but by the relationship among those four elements, so that the team's shape held whether it had the ball or not. This inversion of Italian man-marking orthodoxy meant a Milan defender might leave 'his' opponent to protect a zone, trusting a team-mate to cover. Sacchi insisted the system made ordinary players extraordinary and mediocre teams great, arguing that organisation, not individual talent, was the true multiplier — that there were no phenoms, only the game.

Sources

  • Arrigo Sacchi — 'Il calcio secondo me'
  • Guerin Sportivo
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport

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1989

Il gioco totale all'italiana — pressing as an act of courage

Sacchi openly drew on the Dutch totaalvoetbal (total football) of Rinus Michels and the Ajax he admired, yet insisted his was a distinctly Italian synthesis: the collective movement of the Dutch married to Italian tactical rigour and defensive intelligence. He framed pressing not as physical harassment but as a moral and cultural choice — 'il coraggio' (the courage) to seek the ball high up the pitch and take responsibility for the game rather than hide behind it. His Dutch trio of Gullit, Van Basten and Rijkaard supplied the quality, but Sacchi maintained that the Italians — Baresi, Costacurta, Maldini, Tassotti, Donadoni — were the true engine of the mechanism, the reparti whose synchronised discipline made the whole idea breathe.

Sources

  • Arrigo Sacchi — 'Il calcio secondo me'
  • it.wikipedia.org — Storia dell'A.C. Milan
  • Gianni Brera

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c. 1989

Abolishing the free man: Baresi and the flat offside line

At the heart of Sacchi's revolution lay a heresy: Franco Baresi, a born libero, was reinvented as a line-holding, ball-playing central defender who stepped up in unison with his colleagues to spring the offside trap. Milan's back four of Tassotti, Baresi, Costacurta and Maldini moved as a single sliding bar, squeezing play and catching forwards offside again and again — a mechanism unthinkable in the sweeper-worshipping Italy of the day. Baresi became the conductor of this flat line, reading danger a half-second early and lifting his arm to leave strikers stranded. Doing away with the free man behind the defence was perhaps the most radical break Sacchi made with catenaccio dogma.

Sources

  • Arrigo Sacchi interviews
  • Franco Baresi profiles
  • Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid

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1980s

Franco Baresi, 'Piscinin' — the little one who ruled as libero

In Milanese dialect the young Franco Baresi was nicknamed 'Piscinin' (the little one), a name that stuck from his slight, frail-looking teenage arrival at Milanello. As his mastery of the libero role came to redefine defending, the Italian press settled on the reverent 'il Capitano' (the Captain) and drew constant comparisons with Franz Beckenbauer's regal sweeping. Gianni Brera and the Gazzetta praised his sense of positioning as pure 'geometria' (geometry), the sweeper who could hold a back line on the halfway stripe with a raised arm.

Sources

  • it.wikipedia.org — Storia dell'A.C. Milan
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport
  • Gianni Brera

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late 1980s

Ruud Gullit, 'il Tulipano Nero' (the Black Tulip)

The Italian press dubbed the dreadlocked Dutchman Ruud Gullit 'il Tulipano Nero' (the Black Tulip), fusing his Surinamese-Dutch origins with the flower of Holland. Guerin Sportivo also nodded to his all-round power with the tag of a modern 'tuttocampista' (a complete midfield-to-attack player). Fans at San Siro adored the joy he radiated, and his dedication of the 1987 Ballon d'Or to the imprisoned Nelson Mandela only deepened the mythology around 'il Tulipano Nero'.

Sources

  • Guerin Sportivo
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport
  • it.wikipedia.org — Storia dell'A.C. Milan

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1989

Sandro Ciotti: the gravel-voiced bard of the rossonero Sundays

Sandro Ciotti, unmistakable for the hoarse, sandpaper timbre that made his voice one of the most imitated in Italy, became a defining radiocronista of 'Tutto il calcio' from the 1960s from 1960 all the way to 1996, narrating countless Milan matches with erudite wit and coined phrases. A former footballer, lyricist and cinephile, he brought a literary flourish to the microphone, and his hand-offs with colleague Enrico Ameri became part of the national soundscape. For milanisti of the Rocco and Serie B years, Ciotti's rasp was the very sound of Sunday afternoon.

Sources

  • Sandro Ciotti, radiocronaca, 'Tutto il calcio minuto per minuto'
  • it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandro_Ciotti
  • il Giornale, 'Sandro Ciotti, la voce rauca che accarezzava i sogni degli italiani'
  • Tutto il calcio minuto per minuto (RAI Radio)

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1989

The Rossoneri Go Global

As Arrigo Sacchi and Silvio Berlusconi's immortals conquered Europe at the close of the 1980s, the club's fame burst far beyond Italy and new Milan Clubs sprang up across the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania. What had begun as a domestic federation matured into the hub of a worldwide movement, its colours now flown from cities that had never seen San Siro. The great side of Gullit, van Basten and Rijkaard turned the Diavolo into one of the planet's most supported clubs.

Sources

  • La Gazzetta dello Sport
  • Forza Milan! magazine
  • Associazione Italiana Milan Club (AIMC) network records

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late 1980s

Two Superpowers: Maradona's Napoli and Sacchi's Milan

For a few incandescent seasons at the close of the 1980s, Serie A staged a duel between arguably the two best teams on earth: Diego Maradona's Napoli, with Careca and Giordano, and Sacchi's Milan, marshalled by Baresi and Maldini behind Gullit, Van Basten and Rijkaard. Between 1987 and 1990 they traded blows for the scudetto before Italy's most fervent crowds, the cauldron of the San Paolo against the majesty of San Siro. It was less a regional grudge than a clash of footballing philosophies and superstars — the rivalry that defined the era's Italian game.

Sources

  • Diego Maradona (dir. Asif Kapadia, 2019 documentary)
  • Diego Maradona, 'El Diego' (autobiography)
  • Guerin Sportivo

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1988-1990

Demolishing the Bundesliga: Milan's Statement Nights vs German Power

Across Sacchi's European campaigns Milan repeatedly measured themselves against German opposition, whose disciplined Bundesliga sides were the continent's other benchmark of organisation. The Rossoneri's willingness to press high and attack even in Germany reframed the old caricature of catenaccio Italy as purely defensive. These meetings with clubs like Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen became tests of whether Milan's beautiful aggression could survive Teutonic resilience, and more often than not Milan passed. The German rivalry was less about hatred than about mutual respect between two footballing cultures obsessed with structure.

Sources

  • Arrigo Sacchi interviews
  • Guerin Sportivo (1988-1990)

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1 March 1989

Goalless in Bremen

The quarter-final took Milan to the Weserstadion to face Otto Rehhagel's Werder Bremen, the reigning Bundesliga champions, in the chill of a north-German March. Sacchi's side conceded nothing in a tense 0-0 first leg, bringing the tie back to San Siro on their own terms — a clean sheet that typified the meanest defence in Europe.

Sources

  • RSSSF – European Champions' Cup 1988-89
  • UEFA official archives
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport archives

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15 March 1989

Van Basten's penalty fells Werder Bremen

A quarter-final of suffocating tension was settled by a single, hotly disputed penalty at San Siro: Marco van Basten converted from the spot and Milan advanced 1-0 on aggregate while Werder's protests raged. It was the tightest passage of the knockout rounds decided inside ninety minutes — and the springboard for the 5-0 apocalypse against Real Madrid that followed.

Sources

  • RSSSF – European Champions' Cup 1988-89
  • UEFA official archives
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport archives

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19 April 1989

La notte magica: Milan 5-0 Real Madrid

La notte magica: Milan 5-0 Real Madrid

After a 1-1 draw at the Bernabéu, Sacchi's Milan produced what many still call the greatest single performance in the club's history. On 19 April 1989, under a curtain of rain at San Siro, Real Madrid were dismantled 5-0 in the European Cup semi-final — Ancelotti's long-range opener followed by goals from Rijkaard, Gullit, van Basten and Donadoni — as the Dutch-driven pressing machine engulfed the Spanish champions, 6-1 on aggregate. The Italian press reached for the register of the sublime: La Gazzetta dello Sport and Guerin Sportivo hailed a "notte magica" and cast the performance as football raised to art, the clearest vindication of Sacchi's pressing gospel. Writers returned for years to that evening as the aesthetic high-water mark of the era, the match that made "il Milan degli olandesi" — the Milan of the Dutchmen — a byword for beauty. It announced this Milan as the finest team on earth and sent them to Barcelona to crush Steaua Bucharest 4-0 for the first of back-to-back European crowns.

— MATCH SHEET — Milan XI: G. Galli; Tassotti, Costacurta, Baresi (c), Maldini; Colombo, Rijkaard, Ancelotti, Donadoni; Gullit, Van Basten Coach: Arrigo Sacchi Scorers: Ancelotti 18', Rijkaard 25', Gullit 45', Van Basten 49', Donadoni 58' After a 1-1 draw at the Bernabéu, Milan advanced 6-1 on aggregate — one of the most celebrated pressing performances in European Cup history.

Sources

  • La Gazzetta dello Sport
  • Guerin Sportivo
  • Arrigo Sacchi — Il calcio secondo me
  • Tutto il calcio minuto per minuto (RAI radiocronaca)
  • RAI telecronaca
  • Arrigo Sacchi, 'Il calcio secondo me'

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April 1989

Spain Absorbs the 5-0: Marca, AS and a New European Order

After a 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu, Milan dismantled Real Madrid 5-0 at San Siro on 19 April 1989 in the European Cup semi-final — Ancelotti, Rijkaard, Gullit, Van Basten and Donadoni scoring against a Madrid side then in the middle of an era of consecutive league titles built around the Quinta del Buitre. The Spanish sports press, from the Madrid dailies Marca and AS to the sports pages of El Pais, had to process not merely a defeat but a demonstration: Spain's dominant club overwhelmed by pressing, positional aggression and speed. The coverage marked a turning point in how Spanish print media wrote about Italian football, replacing the old defensive stereotype of catenaccio with respect for Sacchi's proactive machine. From that spring, Milan featured in the Spanish press as the measure of European club excellence.

Sources

  • Spanish sports press coverage, April 1989 (Marca, AS, El Pais)

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24 May 1989

Bruno Pizzul narrates the Barcelona masterpiece

When Sacchi's Milan dismantled Steaua Bucharest 4-0 at Camp Nou, the images belonged to the players but the sound belonged to Bruno Pizzul, RAI's warm Friulian baritone. Measured where others screamed, Pizzul narrated the great European nights of the Sacchi and Capello years — from Barcelona 1989 to Athens 1994 — with a courtesy and calm that made the triumphs feel almost serenely inevitable. For a generation of Italians, his voice is inseparable from the memory of the Immortals.

Sources

  • RAI broadcast archive, European Cup final, 24 May 1989
  • RAI broadcast archive, Champions League final, 18 May 1994

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24 May 1989

La Rosea and the Grande Milan of '89

When Sacchi's Milan dismantled Steaua Bucharest 4-0 at the Camp Nou on 24 May 1989, La Gazzetta dello Sport's pink pages crowned the performance as the arrival of a footballing masterpiece, the braces of Gullit and Van Basten splashed across a jubilant rosea. The press cast this Milan not merely as champions of Europe but as artists, and the magazine covers of that spring — Gullit's dreadlocks, Van Basten's volleys — became the defining iconography of the era. It was the moment Italian journalism began writing about the rossoneri in the language of aesthetics rather than of results.

Sources

  • La Gazzetta dello Sport (archivio storico), May 1989
  • Guerin Sportivo special issues

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24 May 1989

1989 European Cup Final: Milan 4-0 Steaua Bucuresti

1989 European Cup Final: Milan 4-0 Steaua Bucuresti

On a golden night at the Camp Nou, AC Milan won their first European Cup in twenty years and their third overall, dismantling Steaua Bucharest 4-0. The Dutch masters ran riot: Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten scored two apiece, their headers and movement a masterclass that announced Arrigo Sacchi's side to the world. After the barren years, the Rossoneri were champions of Europe once more, and a dynasty had been born. Campioni d'Europa.

— MATCH SHEET — Milan XI: G. Galli; Tassotti, Costacurta, Baresi (c), Maldini; Colombo, Rijkaard, Ancelotti, Donadoni; Gullit, Van Basten Coach: Arrigo Sacchi Scorers: Gullit 18', 38' and Van Basten 27', 46' (Milan) Substitutions: Gullit → Virdis (second half). Gullit and Van Basten scored two apiece before a Camp Nou packed with an estimated 80,000-plus travelling Milanisti; Baresi lifted the club's third European Cup.

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Serie A 1988-89

1988-89: Kings of Europe — Steaua swept aside 4-0

Milan reclaimed the European Cup after twenty years, demolishing Steaua Bucharest 4-0 in the Barcelona final with two goals each from Gullit and Van Basten, after the legendary 5-0 semi-final destruction of Real Madrid at San Siro. Frank Rijkaard's arrival completed the Dutch trio, and Milan also lifted the inaugural Supercoppa Italiana, beating Sampdoria. In the league Milan finished third behind Inter's record-breaking champions, but nobody doubted who owned the continent.

Sources

  • RSSSF Italian championship archives
  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio (Panini)
  • magliarossonera.it

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13 September 1989

The Defence Begins: Milan 4–0 HJK Helsinki

The holders opened the defence of their European crown at San Siro against the Finnish champions HJK Helsinki, and the gulf between Sacchi's machine and its first-round opposition was apparent within minutes. Milan pressed high, compressed the pitch and won 4–0, effectively deciding the tie in a single evening. It was the first step on the road that would end in Vienna eight months later.

Sources

  • RSSSF – European Champions' Cup 1989–90
  • UEFA official archives
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport archives

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27 September 1989

Job Finished in Helsinki

Two weeks later, in the chill of Helsinki's Olympic Stadium, Milan completed the formality with a controlled 1–0 win to go through 5–0 on aggregate. The rossoneri managed the game at training-ground tempo, conceding nothing to the Finnish champions across the full 180 minutes of the tie. The reward was a second-round draw that made all of Europe sit up: Real Madrid, again.

Sources

  • RSSSF – European Champions' Cup 1989–90
  • UEFA official archives

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18 October 1989

Real Madrid Return to San Siro: Milan 2–0

Barely six months after the 5–0 that had entered legend, Real Madrid were drawn back to San Siro — this time in the second round, with the tie alive and everything to prove. There was no repeat of the annihilation, but the pattern was familiar: Milan's press strangled the Spanish champions and the holders took a 2–0 first-leg lead. Madrid left Milan beaten by the same team, in the same stadium, for the second year running.

Sources

  • RSSSF – European Champions' Cup 1989–90
  • UEFA official archives
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport archives

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1 November 1989

Resistance at the Bernabéu

In the return leg at the Santiago Bernabéu, Real Madrid threw everything at the champions and got their reward — a 1–0 win on the night — but never the second goal that would have turned the tie. Baresi marshalled his line through wave after wave of white shirts, and Milan advanced 2–1 on aggregate. It was a different kind of masterpiece from the 5–0: not spectacle, but the cold assurance of a side that knew exactly how much it needed to give.

Sources

  • RSSSF – European Champions' Cup 1989–90
  • UEFA official archives
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport archives

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23 November 1989

Super Cup 1989, first leg: Van Basten answers at the Camp Nou

Sacchi's European champions travelled to face Cruyff's Cup Winners' Cup-holding Barcelona in the Camp Nou, and the two great projects of late-eighties football traded blows to a 1-1 draw. Marco van Basten scored for Milan, Guillermo Amor for Barcelona, leaving the tie perfectly poised for the return at San Siro. It was the opening act of a winter in which Milan would sweep every prize on offer.

Sources

  • RSSSF — European Super Cup 1989
  • UEFA official archives
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport archives

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December 1989

World Soccer Names Milan the World's Team

London-based World Soccer, founded in 1960, was for decades the principal English-language window on the game beyond Britain, and in the pre-Internet age its dispatches were how most anglophone readers followed Serie A at all. At the close of 1989 — a year in which Milan won the European Cup and the Intercontinental Cup — the magazine named Milan its World Team of the Year and Arrigo Sacchi its Manager of the Year. Its features on the Dutch trio, on Baresi's defensive line and on Sacchi's pressing gave English-speaking readers a tactical vocabulary for a team few of them could watch live. World Soccer's treatment of Milan in this era helped prime the British appetite for Italian football that television would later satisfy.

Sources

  • World Soccer magazine archives and annual awards

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7 December 1989

Super Cup 1989 won: Evani settles it at San Siro

In the return leg at San Siro, Alberigo Evani — Sacchi's quiet craftsman of the left flank — scored the only goal to beat Barcelona 1-0 and take the tie 2-1 on aggregate. It was Milan's first European Super Cup, avenging the loss to Ajax sixteen years earlier, and ten days later Evani would strike again in Tokyo to win the Intercontinental Cup. The immortals were collecting everything.

Sources

  • RSSSF — European Super Cup 1989
  • UEFA official archives
  • AC Milan club records
  • uefa.com

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17 December 1989

1989 Intercontinental Cup: Milan 1-0 Atlético Nacional (a.e.t.)

Sacchi's European champions traded the Atlantic for the Pacific in December 1989, flying east to Tokyo to meet Atlético Nacional of Medellín in the Toyota-sponsored Intercontinental Cup. On a cold night at the National Stadium, Milan ran into the eccentric brilliance of René Higuita, who repelled them for nearly two full hours as the contest stretched deep into extra time. With a penalty shoot-out looming, Alberigo Evani stepped up in the dying moments and bent a free kick past the Colombian wall — one swing of a left boot that settled it 1-0 and returned the Intercontinental Cup to Milan for the first time since 1969. Victory in that unfamiliar Japanese theatre made Milan champions of the world and opened the club's modern chapter of coronations staged far from home.

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Every match of 1989

  1. Friendly: Mottese 0-6 Milan

    5 January 1989 · Season 1988-89 (friendly match): Milan beat Mottese 6-0 at Motta Visconti on 5 January 1989. Reti: 1' Mannari, 30' Evani, 50' Virdis, 67' e 83' Albertini, 88' Cappellini.

  2. Serie A: Cesena 1-0 Milan

    8 January 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 12: Milan lost to Cesena 0-1 away on 8 January 1989. Venue: Manuzzi, Cesena. Reti: 69' Holmqvist CESENA. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, Mussi, Rijkaard, Costacurta, Baresi II, Donadoni (59' Virdis), Ancelotti, Van Basten, Gullit, Evani — All.: Sacchi.

  3. Serie A: Milan 4-0 Como

    15 January 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 13: Milan beat Como 4-0 at San Siro on 15 January 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 3' Van Basten, 60' Gullit, 75' rig. Virdis, 79' aut. Maccoppi MILAN. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, P. Maldini, An. Colombo (78' Albertini), Costacurta, Baresi II, Donadoni (65' Virdis), Rijkaard, Van Basten, Gullit, Evani — All.: Sacchi.

  4. Serie A: Roma 1-3 Milan

    22 January 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 14: Milan beat Roma 3-1 away on 22 January 1989. Venue: Olimpico, Roma. Reti: 7' Tassotti, 11' Voeller, 30' Van Basten, 79' Virdis ROMA. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, P. Maldini, An. Colombo (79' Mussi), Rijkaard, Baresi II, Evani, Ancelotti (66' Costacurta), Van Basten, Gullit, Virdis — All.: Sacchi.

  5. Friendly: Lecco 0-5 Milan

    26 January 1989 · Season 1988-89 (friendly match): Milan beat Lecco 5-0 at Lecco on 26 January 1989. Reti: 3', 35' e 37' Virdis, 54' Mussi, 59' Donati.

  6. Serie A: Milan 0-0 AC Pisa

    29 January 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 15: Milan drew with AC Pisa 0-0 at San Siro on 29 January 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Milan XI: G. Galli, Mussi, P. Maldini, An. Colombo, Costacurta, Baresi II, Evani, Rijkaard, Van Basten, Gullit, Virdis — All.: Sacchi.

  7. Friendly: Bustese 0-9 Milan

    2 February 1989 · Season 1988-89 (friendly match): Milan beat Bustese 9-0 at Busto Garolfo on 2 February 1989. Reti: Mannari (4), Virdis, Donadoni, rig. Virdis, Cappellini, Baresi II.

  8. Serie A: Ascoli 0-2 Milan

    5 February 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 16: Milan beat Ascoli 2-0 away on 5 February 1989. Venue: Del Duca, Ascoli Piceno. Reti: 37' e 67' rig. Van Basten ASCOLI. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, P. Maldini, Ancelotti, Costacurta, Baresi II, Donadoni, Rijkaard, Van Basten, Gullit, Evani — All.: Sacchi.

  9. Friendly: Seregno 1-5 Milan

    9 February 1989 · Season 1988-89 (friendly match): Milan beat Seregno 5-1 at Seregno (MI) on 9 February 1989. Reti: 2' Gullit, 14' Van Basten, 18' Gullit, 43' Van Basten, 65' Russo, .....

  10. Serie A: Milan 1-1 Bologna

    12 February 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 17: Milan drew with Bologna 1-1 at San Siro on 12 February 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 72' rig. Van Basten, 90' aut. Baresi II MILAN. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, P. Maldini, Ancelotti, Costacurta, Baresi II, Donadoni, Rijkaard, Van Basten (88' Mussi), Gullit, Evani (85' Virdis) — All.: Sacchi.

  11. Serie A: Fiorentina 0-2 Milan

    19 February 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 18: Milan beat Fiorentina 2-0 away on 19 February 1989. Venue: Comunale, Firenze. Reti: 45' An. Colombo, 78' Ancelotti FIORENTINA. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, P. Maldini, An. Colombo, Costacurta, Baresi II, Donadoni, Ancelotti, Van Basten, Gullit, Evani — All.: Sacchi.

  12. Serie A: Milan 6-1 Pescara

    26 February 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 19: Milan beat Pescara 6-1 at San Siro on 26 February 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 19' Virdis, 49' Tita, 50' Rijkaard, 65' e 67' Gullit, 82' Virdis, 85' aut. Gasperini MILAN. Milan XI: G. Galli, Costacurta, P. Maldini, An. Colombo (71' Viviani), Rijkaard, Baresi II, Donadoni (68' Mannari), Ancelotti, Virdis, Gullit, Evani — All.: Sacchi.

  13. Friendly: Solbiatese 1-5 Milan

    2 March 1989 · Season 1988-89 (friendly match): Milan beat Solbiatese 5-1 at Solbiate Arno (VA) on 2 March 1989. Reti: Virdis (2), Mannari (2), Perina, .....

  14. Serie A: Lazio 1-1 Milan

    5 March 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 20: Milan drew with Lazio 1-1 away on 5 March 1989. Venue: Olimpico, Roma. Reti: 24' Van Basten, 35' rig. Sosa LAZIO. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, P. Maldini, Ancelotti, Rijkaard, Baresi II, Donadoni, Evani, Van Basten, Gullit, Virdis (46' An. Colombo) — All.: Sacchi.

  15. Serie A: Milan 4-0 Juventus

    12 March 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 21: Milan beat Juventus 4-0 at San Siro on 12 March 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 12' aut. Tricella, 14' Evani, 69' e 86' Mannari MILAN. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, P. Maldini, An. Colombo, Rijkaard, Baresi II, Donadoni (70' Costacurta), Ancelotti, Van Basten, Gullit, Evani (59' Mannari) — All.: Sacchi.

  16. Serie A: Milan 1-1 Hellas Verona

    19 March 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 22: Milan drew with Hellas Verona 1-1 at San Siro on 19 March 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 15' Pacione, 17' Gullit MILAN. Milan XI: G. Galli, Costacurta, P. Maldini, An. Colombo (68' Virdis), Rijkaard, Baresi II, Mannari (46' Donadoni), Ancelotti, Van Basten, Gullit, Evani — All.: Sacchi.

  17. Friendly: Solbiatese 0-2 Milan

    24 March 1989 · Season 1988-89 (friendly match): Milan beat Solbiatese 2-0 at Solbiate Arno (VA) on 24 March 1989. Reti: 43' Albertini, 50' Virdis.

  18. Friendly: Pro Sesto 1-3 Milan

    29 March 1989 · Season 1988-89 (friendly match): Milan beat Pro Sesto 3-1 at Sesto San Giovanni (MI) on 29 March 1989. Reti: 48' Virdis, 49' Pozzi, 57' Evani, 82' Marta.

  19. Serie A: Atalanta 1-2 Milan

    2 April 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 23: Milan beat Atalanta 2-1 away on 2 April 1989.

  20. Serie A: Milan 0-0 Napoli

    9 April 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 24: Milan drew with Napoli 0-0 at San Siro on 9 April 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, Costacurta (46' Mussi), An. Colombo, Rijkaard, Baresi II, Donadoni, Ancelotti, Van Basten, Gullit (58' Virdis), Evani — All.: Sacchi.

  21. Serie A: Lecce 1-1 Milan

    16 April 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 25: Milan drew with Lecce 1-1 away on 16 April 1989. Venue: Via del Mare, Lecce. Reti: 5' Benedetti, 26' Virdis LECCE (date recorded as 1989-04-15 by magliarossonera). Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, Costacurta, An. Colombo (63' F. Galli), Rijkaard, Baresi II, Evani, Ancelotti, Van Basten (76' Mannari), Gullit, Virdis — All.: Sacchi. (date recorded as 1989-04-15 by magliarossonera)

  22. Friendly: Varese 0-4 Milan

    26 April 1989 · Season 1988-89 (friendly match): Milan beat Varese 4-0 at Varese on 26 April 1989. Reti: 7' An. Colombo, 11' aut. (Varese), 43' Ancelotti, 70' Cappellini.

  23. Serie A: Inter 0-0 Milan

    30 April 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 26: Milan drew with Inter 0-0 away on 30 April 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, P. Maldini, An. Colombo, Costacurta, Baresi II, Donadoni (65' F. Galli), Rijkaard (70' Viviani), Van Basten, Ancelotti, Virdis — All.: Sacchi.

  24. Friendly: Oggiono 0-5 Milan

    4 May 1989 · Season 1988-89 (friendly match): Milan beat Oggiono 5-0 at Oggiono on 4 May 1989. Reti: 33' Donadoni, 39' rig. Van Basten, 74' Albertini, 79' Mannari, 83' Cappellini.

  25. Serie A: Milan 2-1 Torino

    7 May 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 27: Milan beat Torino 2-1 at San Siro on 7 May 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 47' An, Colombo, 74' Van Basten, 89' Bresciani MILAN. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, P. Maldini (34' F. Galli), An. Colombo, Costacurta, Baresi II, Donadoni, Viviani (61' Mussi), Van Basten, Ancelotti, Virdis — All.: Sacchi.

  26. Friendly: Bagnatica 0-5 Milan

    12 May 1989 · Season 1988-89 (friendly match): Milan beat Bagnatica 5-0 at Bagnatica (BG) on 12 May 1989. Reti: Mannari (3), Mussi, Ancelotti.

  27. Serie A: Sampdoria 1-1 Milan

    14 May 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 28: Milan drew with Sampdoria 1-1 away on 14 May 1989. Venue: Marassi - Ferraris, Genova. Reti: 36' Pari, 45' Rijkaard SAMPDORIA. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, Costacurta, An. Colombo, F. Galli (46' Lantignotti I), Baresi II, Mussi, Rijkaard, Van Basten, Donadoni, Virdis (79' Mannari) — All.: Sacchi.

  28. Serie A: Milan 0-0 Cesena

    21 May 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 29: Milan drew with Cesena 0-0 at San Siro on 21 May 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Milan XI: G. Galli, Mussi, P. Maldini, An. Colombo (72' Lantignotti I), F. Galli, Costacurta, Mannari (58' Gullit), Rijkaard, Van Basten, Ancelotti, Evani — All.: Sacchi. (date recorded as 1989-05-20 by magliarossonera)

  29. Serie A: Como 1-1 Milan

    28 May 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 30: Milan drew with Como 1-1 away on 28 May 1989. Venue: Sinigaglia, Como. Reti: 6' Annoni, 13' Baresi II COMO. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, P. Maldini, An. Colombo, F. Galli, Baresi II, Mannari, Rijkaard (55' Lantignotti I), Van Basten (74' Cappellini), Ancelotti, Evani — All.: Sacchi.

  30. Serie A: Milan 4-1 Roma

    4 June 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 31: Milan beat Roma 4-1 at San Siro on 4 June 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 3' Tassotti, 41' Massaro, 53' aut. Tempestilli, 56' Van Basten, 83' Baresi II MILAN. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, P. Maldini (65' Mussi), An. Colombo, F. Galli, Baresi II, Evani, Rijkaard, Van Basten, Ancelotti, Virdis (18' Lantignotti I) — All.: Sacchi.

  31. Friendly: Reggiana 0-0 Milan

    8 June 1989 · Season 1988-89 (friendly match): Milan drew with Reggiana 0-0 at Reggio Emilia on 8 June 1989.

  32. Serie A: AC Pisa 0-2 Milan

    11 June 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 32: Milan beat AC Pisa 2-0 away on 11 June 1989. Venue: Arena Garibaldi, Pisa. Reti: 33' e 50' Van Basten PISA. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, Costacurta (70' W. Bianchi), An. Colombo, F. Galli, Baresi II, Lantignotti I (65' Mussi), Ancelotti, Van Basten, Evani, Mannari — All.: Sacchi.

  33. Serie A: Milan 5-1 Ascoli

    18 June 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 33: Milan beat Ascoli 5-1 at San Siro on 18 June 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 11' Evani, 15', 23' e 55' Van Basten, 76' Casagrande, 88' aut. P. Benetti MILAN. Milan XI: Pinato, Tassotti, Mussi (71' W. Bianchi), An. Colombo, Costacurta, Baresi II, Lantignotti I, Rijkaard, Van Basten, Evani, Mannari (74' Cappellini) — All.: Sacchi.

  34. Friendly: Milan 0-0 Brasile

    22 June 1989 · Season 1988-89 (friendly match): Milan drew with Brasile 0-0 at Monza (MI) on 22 June 1989.

  35. Serie A: Bologna 1-4 Milan

    25 June 1989 · Season 1988-89, matchday 34: Milan beat Bologna 4-1 away on 25 June 1989. Venue: Dall'Ara, Bologna. Reti: 3' Mannari, 36' Van Basten, 59' Marronaro, 76' An. Colombo, 87' rig. Van Basten BOLOGNA. Milan XI: Pinato, Tassotti, Costacurta, An. Colombo, F. Galli (71' Mussi), Baresi II, Mannari, Rijkaard (84' Lantignotti I), Van Basten, Ancelotti, Evani — All.: Sacchi.

  36. Signed: Daniele Massaro (from Roma)

    30 June 1989 · Daniele Massaro joined Milan from Roma on 30 June 1989 (End of loan), per Transfermarkt player records.

  37. Departed: Corrado Giannini

    1989-90 season window · Corrado Giannini left Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  38. Departed: Davide Pinato

    1989-90 season window · Davide Pinato left Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  39. Departed: Fabio Lago

    1989-90 season window · Fabio Lago left Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  40. Departed: Fabio Viviani

    1989-90 season window · Fabio Viviani left Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  41. Departed: Giuseppe Galderisi

    1989-90 season window · Giuseppe Galderisi left Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  42. Departed: Graziano Mannari

    1989-90 season window · Graziano Mannari left Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  43. Departed: Massimiliano Cappellini

    1989-90 season window · Massimiliano Cappellini left Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  44. Departed: Matteo Villa

    1989-90 season window · Matteo Villa left Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  45. Departed: Pietro Paolo Virdis

    1989-90 season window · Pietro Paolo Virdis left Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  46. Departed: Roberto Marta

    1989-90 season window · Roberto Marta left Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  47. Departed: Roberto Mussi

    1989-90 season window · Roberto Mussi left Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  48. Departed: Walter Bianchi

    1989-90 season window · Walter Bianchi left Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  49. Signed: Andrea Pazzagli

    1989-90 season window · Andrea Pazzagli joined Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  50. Signed: Daniele Massaro

    1989-90 season window · Daniele Massaro joined Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  51. Signed: Diego Fuser

    1989-90 season window · Diego Fuser joined Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  52. Signed: Giovanni Stroppa

    1989-90 season window · Giovanni Stroppa joined Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  53. Signed: Giuseppe Galderisi

    1989-90 season window · Giuseppe Galderisi joined Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  54. Signed: Marco Simone

    1989-90 season window · Marco Simone joined Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  55. Signed: Massimiliano Cappellini

    1989-90 season window · Massimiliano Cappellini joined Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  56. Signed: Rufo Emiliano Verga

    1989-90 season window · Rufo Emiliano Verga joined Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  57. Signed: Stefano Borgonovo

    1989-90 season window · Stefano Borgonovo joined Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  58. Signed: Stefano Carobbi

    1989-90 season window · Stefano Carobbi joined Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  59. Signed: Stefano Salvatori

    1989-90 season window · Stefano Salvatori joined Milan in the 1989-90 season (window date approximate; fee as recorded by Transfermarkt).

  60. Friendly: Monza 1-1 Milan

    2 August 1989 · Season 1989-90 (friendly match): Milan drew with Monza 1-1 at Brianteo, Monza on 2 August 1989. Reti: 21' Rijkaard, 90' Bivi.

  61. Friendly: Padova 1-1 Milan

    6 August 1989 · Season 1989-90 (friendly match): Milan drew with Padova 1-1 at Appiani, Padova on 6 August 1989. Reti: 14' Borgonovo, 85' Mingatti.

  62. Friendly: Milan 3-1 Galatasaray

    9 August 1989 · Season 1989-90 (friendly match): Milan beat Galatasaray 3-1 at Rigamonti, Brescia on 9 August 1989. Reti: 21', 25' e 29' Borgonovo, 58' rig. Colak.

  63. Friendly: Milan 0-0 Nacional Montevideo

    13 August 1989 · Season 1989-90 (friendly match): Milan drew with Nacional Montevideo 0-0 at A. Picchi, Livorno on 13 August 1989.

  64. Friendly: Pisa 1-2 Milan

    19 August 1989 · Season 1989-90 (friendly match): Milan beat Pisa 2-1 at Arena Garibaldi, Pisa on 19 August 1989. Reti: 1' Stroppa, 3' Been, 38' rig. Baresi II.

  65. Serie A: Cesena 0-3 Milan

    27 August 1989 · Season 1989-90, matchday 1: Milan beat Cesena 3-0 away on 27 August 1989. Venue: Manuzzi, Cesena. Reti: 7' Stroppa, 10' Borgonovo, 44' Massaro CESENA. Milan XI: G. Galli, Costacurta, P. Maldini, An. Colombo, F. Galli, Baresi II, Stroppa, Ancelotti (68' Evani), Borgonovo (52' Donadoni), Rijkaard, Massaro — All.: Sacchi.

  66. Serie A: Milan 0-1 Lazio

    3 September 1989 · Season 1989-90, matchday 2: Milan lost to Lazio 0-1 at San Siro on 3 September 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 41' aut. P. Maldini MILAN. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, P. Maldini, An. Colombo (46' Evani), F. Galli, Baresi II, Donadoni, Ancelotti, Borgonovo, Rijkaard, Massaro (66' Simone) — All.: Sacchi.

  67. Serie A: Atalanta 0-1 Milan

    6 September 1989 · Season 1989-90, matchday 3: Milan beat Atalanta 1-0 away on 6 September 1989. Venue: Comunale, Bergamo. Reti: 29' Ancelotti ATALANTA. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, P. Maldini, An. Colombo (67' Fuser), F. Galli, Baresi II, Stroppa, Ancelotti, Massaro, Evani, Simone (82' Salvatori) — All.: Sacchi.

  68. Serie A: Milan 3-1 Udinese

    10 September 1989 · Season 1989-90, matchday 4: Milan beat Udinese 3-1 at San Siro on 10 September 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 45' Ancelotti, 48' Balbo, 66' Massaro, 83' Rijkaard MILAN. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, P. Maldini, Fuser (46' Rijkaard), Costacurta, Baresi II, Stroppa, Ancelotti, Borgonovo, Evani, Massaro (70' Simone) — All.: Sacchi.

  69. Serie A: Genoa 1-1 Milan

    17 September 1989 · Season 1989-90, matchday 5: Milan drew with Genoa 1-1 away on 17 September 1989. Venue: Marassi - Ferraris, Genova. Reti: 73' Aguilera, 77' Rijkaard GENOA. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, P. Maldini, Ancelotti, F. Galli, Baresi II, Stroppa, Rijkaard, Simone, Evani (70' Fuser), Massaro (37' Lantignotti I) — All.: Sacchi.

  70. Serie A: Milan 1-1 Fiorentina

    24 September 1989 · Season 1989-90, matchday 6: Milan drew with Fiorentina 1-1 at San Siro on 24 September 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 2' Tassotti, 66' Dell'Oglio MILAN. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, P. Maldini, Fuser (65' An. Colombo), F. Galli, Baresi II, Stroppa, Rijkaard, Borgonovo (73' Evani), Ancelotti, Simone — All.: Sacchi.

  71. Serie A: Napoli 3-0 Milan

    1 October 1989 · Season 1989-90, matchday 7: Milan lost to Napoli 0-3 away on 1 October 1989.

  72. Friendly: Pro Patria 0-6 Milan

    5 October 1989 · Season 1989-90 (friendly match): Milan beat Pro Patria 6-0 at Busto Arsizio on 5 October 1989. Reti: 10', 27' e 33' rig. Van Basten, 40' Rijkaard, 80' e 90' Carobbi.

  73. Serie A: Cremonese 1-0 Milan

    8 October 1989 · Season 1989-90, matchday 8: Milan lost to Cremonese 0-1 away on 8 October 1989. Venue: Zini, Cremona. Reti: 9' Dezotti CREMONESE. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, P. Maldini, An. Colombo, Costacurta, Baresi II, Stroppa (63' Salvatori), Rijkaard, Van Basten, Evani, Borgonovo (46' Simone) — All.: Sacchi.

  74. Friendly: Bellinzona 0-3 Milan

    12 October 1989 · Season 1989-90 (friendly match): Milan beat Bellinzona 3-0 at Comunale, Bellinzona (Svizzera) on 12 October 1989. Reti: 23' Ancelotti, 60' Tassotti, 62' Simone.

  75. Serie A: Milan 1-0 Roma

    22 October 1989 · Season 1989-90, matchday 9: Milan beat Roma 1-0 at San Siro on 22 October 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 82' Van Basten MILAN. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, Salvatori, Fuser (72' Stroppa), P. Maldini, Baresi II, Simone (46' Borgonovo), Ancelotti, Van Basten, Donadoni, Evani — All.: Sacchi.

  76. Serie A: Ascoli 1-0 Milan

    29 October 1989 · Season 1989-90, matchday 10: Milan lost to Ascoli 0-1 away on 29 October 1989. Venue: Del Duca, Ascoli Piceno. Reti: 41' Casagrande ASCOLI. Milan XI: G. Galli, Tassotti, Fuser, An. Colombo, P. Maldini, Costacurta, Simone (56' Massaro), Ancelotti, Van Basten, Donadoni (56' Stroppa), Evani — All.: Sacchi.

  77. Serie A: Milan 3-2 Juventus

    5 November 1989 · Season 1989-90, matchday 11: Milan beat Juventus 3-2 at San Siro on 5 November 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 52' rig. Van Basten, 62' rig. De Agostini, 65' Schillaci, 78' Donadoni, 85' Van Basten MILAN. Milan XI: Pazzagli, Salvatori (70' Evani), P. Maldini, Fuser, Costacurta, Baresi II, Donadoni, Rijkaard, Van Basten, Ancelotti, Simone (46' Massaro) — All.: Sacchi.

  78. Friendly: Legnano 2-3 Milan

    15 November 1989 · Season 1989-90 (friendly match): Milan beat Legnano 3-2 at Legnano (MI) on 15 November 1989. Reti: 38' aut. Albertini, 66' Bongiorni, 68' Massaro, 71' e 90' Lantignotti I.

  79. Serie A: Inter 0-3 Milan

    19 November 1989 · Season 1989-90, matchday 12: Milan beat Inter 3-0 away on 19 November 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 52' Van Basten, 75' Fuser, 86' Massaro INTERNAZIONALE. Milan XI: Pazzagli, Tassotti, P. Maldini, Fuser, Costacurta, Baresi II, Donadoni, Rijkaard, Van Basten, Evani, Massaro — All.: Sacchi.

  80. Serie A: Milan 2-0 Lecce

    26 November 1989 · Season 1989-90, matchday 13: Milan beat Lecce 2-0 at San Siro on 26 November 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 59' rig. Van Basten, 78' Massaro MILAN. Milan XI: Pazzagli, Salvatori, P. Maldini, Fuser, Tassotti, Costacurta, Donadoni (88' Stroppa), Rijkaard, Van Basten, Evani, Massaro (85' Simone) — All.: Sacchi.

  81. Serie A: Milan 1-0 Bologna

    3 December 1989 · Season 1989-90, matchday 14: Milan beat Bologna 1-0 at San Siro on 3 December 1989. Venue: San Siro, Milano. Reti: 65' Donadoni MILAN. Milan XI: Pazzagli, Salvatori, P. Maldini, Fuser, Tassotti, Costacurta, Donadoni, Rijkaard, Van Basten, Evani (87' Carobbi), Massaro (89' Stroppa) — All.: Sacchi.

  82. Serie A: Sampdoria 1-1 Milan

    10 December 1989 · Season 1989-90, matchday 15: Milan drew with Sampdoria 1-1 away on 10 December 1989. Venue: Marassi - Ferraris, Genova. Reti: 65' Vierchowod, 70' Ancelotti SAMPDORIA. Milan XI: Pazzagli, Tassotti, P. Maldini, Fuser (46' Ancelotti), Costacurta, Baresi II, Donadoni, Rijkaard, Van Basten, Evani (66' Carobbi), Massaro — All.: Sacchi.

  83. Friendly: Reggiana 3-2 Milan

    23 December 1989 · Season 1989-90 (friendly match): Milan lost to Reggiana 2-3 at Reggio Emilia on 23 December 1989. Reti: 10' Massaro, 35' Gabriele, 50' De Vecchi, 68' Silenzi, 82' aut. Fantini.

  84. Serie A: Bari 0-1 Milan

    30 December 1989 · Season 1989-90, matchday 17: Milan beat Bari 1-0 away on 30 December 1989. Venue: Stadio Della Vittoria, Bari. Reti: 89' Van Basten BARI. Milan XI: Pazzagli, Tassotti, P. Maldini, Ancelotti, Costacurta, Baresi II, Donadoni, Rijkaard, Van Basten, Evani, Massaro (76' Fuser) — All.: Sacchi.