OP‑ED: THE FIRST SPARK OF PASSION

I remember the moment that made me fall in love with AC Milan as if it were yesterday. It was 28 May 1969, at the time I was seven years old and lived in Brindisi, in Puglia, and my mother asked if I’d like to go out for ice cream. I immediately noticed that the roads were almost deserted, but it took me a moment to figure out why. All of a sudden we heard a ruckus from a nearby window "Pratiiiii... Pratiiiii... Pratiiii" – the commutator was enthusiastically describing how the Rossoneri were thrashing Ajax in the European Cup final at the Santiago Bernabeu and Pierino Prati had scored a hat-trick. That was the moment the club entered my heart and, at 56, I still remember that moment as if it had happened yesterday.

by Giovanni Panzarini 

Giovanni's is a love story that has lasted through the years, beginning in 1969 with one of the highest moments in the history of our AC Milan. The Bernabeu, Prati's hat-trick, our second European Cup. An unforgettable, triumphant moment in the history of our beloved club. 

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