A fourth-place finish in Serie A and the defeat in the Champions League final had left a bitter taste in the mouth. Fabio Capello's side thus went into 1995/96 full of desire for redemption. A big transfer window saw the arrivals of Roberto Baggio and George Weah, who - with Dejan Savićević - revolutionised the Rossoneri's attack. The team got off to a good start in the league and started to pull away following a home victory over title-holders Juventus on matchday 6. The Rossoneri were top at the midway stage, one point ahead of Fiorentina and three ahead of Parma. AC Milan extended their lead in the back half of the season and celebrated Scudetto number 15 as early as April, following a 3-1 win over Ranieri's Fiorentina. That was the final stand of the Invincibles: at the end of the season, after four league titles and one Champions League, Fabio Capello left the Club for Real Madrid.
There's no Champions League in the Rossoneri's season. Instead, they embark on a promising journey in the UEFA Cup. Their European campaign kicked off with 8 goals scored in the first round against Poland's Zagłębie Lubin (4-0 at San Siro, 4-1 away), setting the stage for another double victory in the next round, this time against French opposition, Strasbourg (0-1 in France, 2-1 in Milan). Sparta Prague were next up. In the round of 16, two goals at home from Weah followed by a goalless draw away, sent AC Milan through. Their UEFA Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals against Bordeaux. In the return leg, led by the emerging star Zinedine Zidane and Christophe Dugarry, the French side overturned the 2-0 lead AC Milan managed at San Siro.
