The last league title secured by Capello's Invincibles
It’s a Scudetto that many Rossoneri fans look back on fondly. A Scudetto won against a Juventus side that reached the final of the Champions League, the Weah-Simone partnership, the love for Roberto Baggio. All in that one 1995/96 season where youngsters like Ambrosini, Coco and Locatelli all made their debuts for the first team. The league campaign got off to a good start and, after a 2-1 win over Juventus at San Siro on matchday six, everyone had the feeling that the season was going to be a good one for the Rossoneri. It was a key match, with the goals coming from Weah and Simeone, and after the game, Marcello Lippi revealed the following: “We arrived at the stadium 15 minutes late... we weren’t sure about the kick-off time...”.
AC Milan were in a neck-and-neck title race from start to finish, and there were times during the second half of the season where it looked like it might slip away: the Derby against Inter was lost and the fans threw eggs at the team bus a few days after the Rossoneri’s elimination from the UEFA Cup in Bordeaux. But on the same afternoon as those eggs were thrown, the Diavolo ran out 3-0 winners against Parma thanks to the brilliance of Baggio and Savićević, all that despite the lack of support from the stands in the first half. AC Milan were never going to be caught from there and went on to win their 15th Scudetto title on 28 April, beating Fiorentina 3-1 at home. 15 days later, the Diavolo signed off in style, thrashing Cremonese 7-1 in a celebratory atmosphere.
