Liverpool FC Forum

[mike72]

I think Liverpool of '84 could've beaten Milan of '87-'90.  That team had so much skill and experience...who else could've gone to Roma and won the European Cup there?  The answer is...nobody

[RAFABENITEZ]

can someone please set out th two team starting 11 back then??

[JBG]

Arrigo Sachi, the manager of that side, is apparently Benitez' idol.

I read somewhere that guys like Mourinho and Benitez see Sachi as the greatest manager of modern times.

[Dalglish]

I lean towards Milan as well. A truly awesome side and proved on the big European Stage how good they really were.

Liverpool's 87 side was something to behold as well but may well have found Milan too good on the day.

One things for certain though, it's going to be one unforgettable game in a fortnight when these two cklubs do it for real

[JohnnyAldridge fan]

Aldo hattrick! oh ye of little faith! 

[azriahmad]

Milan, IMHO was a shade better given the pedigree of the players they had.

However, Capello's Milan was tactically superior despite having less talents at his disposal (if memory serves me right, Gullit was often injured then and van Basten had kept Papin as a sub). They went one whole season undefeated and emerged as Champions of Serie A, but lost out to Marseille in the CL. The following season, they demolished a heavily fancied and very attack minded Barca 4-0 with Dejan Savicevic scoring a wonder goal from the half-way line!

[Starbridge42]

Milan I'd have to say.  I've seen footage of both teams (though never a full match from either sadly) but given the reputations of the sides in their own leagues, and the reputations of the players themselves Milan would edge it for me probably 3-2 or something similiar