Over the last 40 years, the Bianconeri and the Rossoneri have often played in Torino in March. Let’s revive some of the best games between the two teams.
1- 14th MARCH 1976: JUVENTUS 1-1 AC MILAN
In this season, Torino and Juventus are the two teams dominating the league. AC Milan, who will then come third not that much behind the two Turin sides, in March still have the chance to fight for the title. The Rossoneri, though, have to beat Juve away. At the break, the Red and Blacks are leading 1-0 thanks to Sabadini‘s goal. In the second half, Juve level the game through Capello. In the final minutes of the match, the young Red and Black talent, Francesco Vincenzi, gets sent off for arguing with the referee, Agnolin. That Juve v AC Milan game, in March 1976, was the only game played in Turin with Giovanni Trapattoni facing Juve as AC Milan’s manager.
JUVENTUS 1-1 AC MILAN
JUVENTUS: Zoff, Gentile, Tardelli, Cuccureddu, Spinosi, Scirea, Damiani (70′ Anastasi), Causio, Gori, Capello, Bettega. Coach: Parola.
AC MILAN: Albertosi, Sabadini, Anquilletti, Turone, Bet, Maldera, Gorin, Benetti, Vincenzi, Bigon, Chiarugi. Coach: Trapattoni.
Referee: Agnolin.
Goals: 30′ Sabadini (M), 60′ Capello (J).
Sent-off: 85′ Vincenzi.
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2- 13th MARCH 1977: JUVENTUS 2-1 AC MILAN
Nereo Rocco had only just been appointed as AC Milan’s coach, replacing Pippo Marchioro and with the Rossoneri in the relegation zone. His adventure with the Red and Blacks started with a defeat in Perugia. But the Paròn bounced back with four points in three games, a record which back in the ’76-’77 campaign were a pretty positive result with a two-point win. But good old Juventus was back on our path. The enemy of all time. In the 5th round of the second half of the season, with AC Milan in black socks, a rarity at the time, the Rossoneri take the lead in the third minute through Scirea‘s own goal. But Rocco’s boys start playing a nervous match and the team falls apart with 5 minutes to go to the break after Juve find the goal for 1-1 with Boninsegna who makes no mistake from the spot. In the end, also Causio will score. In the post-match interview, the manager had his say on the referee’s decisions: “The penalty? I’m sure I’ll read about it in your newspapers tomorrow”. To be noticed that the Juve player Romeo Benetti, former Rossonero until the previous season and Gianni Rivera ignored each other for the entire match and afternoon.
JUVENTUS 2-1 AC MILAN
JUVENTUS: Zoff, Cuccureddu, Gentile, Furino, Morini, Scirea, Causio, Tardelli, Boninsegna, Benetti, Bettega. Coach: Trapattoni.
AC MILAN: Albertosi, Anquilletti, Maldera, Turone, Bet, Morini (33′ Sabadini), Gorin, Capello, Bigon, Rivera, Calloni. Coach: Rocco.
Referee: Barbaresco.
Goals: 3′ Scirea o.g. (M), 38′ Boninsegna (pen.) (J), 40′ Causio (J).
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3- 14th MARCH 2004: JUVENTUS 1-3 AC MILAN
In that game, Ancelotti‘s AC Milan kicked out Marcello Lippi’s Juventus from the race for the title. In the reverse fixture, it was a stalemate (1-1) at San Siro, but before the match in Turin, the Rossoneri were top of the table. Everyone knew that to really have a great chance of winning the title, they could not lose in Turin. And so it happened, with AC Milan dominating the game especially in the second 45′, with a brace from Seedorf which followed Shevchenko‘s goal in the first half. Among the best was Cafu. After the match, Adriano Galliani will coin the term “I Meravigliosi” (The Magnificient) for his players, fresh from the European success in Manchester and who had in their destiny the title number 17 of their history.
JUVENTUS: Buffon, Thuram, Ferrara, Legrottaglie, Pessotto (57′ Miccoli), Camoranesi, Conte, Tacchinardi, Appiah, Nedved, Di Vaio. Coach: Lippi.
AC MILAN: Dida, Cafu, Nesta (12′ Costacurta), P. Maldini, Pancaro, Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf (80′ Rui Costa), Kakà, F. Inzaghi (69′ Ambrosini), Shevchenko. Coach: Ancelotti.
Referee: Collina.
Goals: 25′ Shevchenko (M), 64′ Seedorf (M), 76′ Seedorf (M), 82′ Ferrara (J).
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4- 12th MARCH 2006: JUVENTUS 0-0 AC MILAN
The match was tense and nervous. AC Milan players take the field but not with the usual calm for many reasons and in the second half, Gattuso gets sent off by De Santis. The pitch was in poor conditions and the teams could not play at their best. The Rossoneri were coming off 5 consecutive wins in the league, but 4 days before the match against Juve in Turin, the team had played a tough match in Champions League against Bayern Munich, at San Siro.
JUVENTUS: Buffon, Zebina, Thuram, Cannavaro, Chiellini, Mutu, Emerson, Vieira, Nedved, Trezeguet, Ibrahimovic (46′ Del Piero). Coach: Capello.
AC MILAN: Dida, Stam (14′ Costacurta), Nesta, Kaladze, Serginho, Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf (79′ Ambrosini), Kakà, Shevchenko, F. Inzaghi (67′ Gilardino). Coach: Ancelotti.
Referee: De Santis.
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5- 5th MARCH 2011: JUVENTUS 0-1 AC MILAN
It’s the famous Saturday night match with Rino Gattuso scoring the winning goal, beating his friend Gigi Buffon, wearing the Captain’s armband. A goal for the title for AC Milan. But also a goal scored for charity. The super Red and Black fan Mario Volanti, patron of Radio Italia, promised Gattuso a donation of 30,000 Euro to Fondazione Milan if he scored the winning goal. A promise that he kept without hesitation. That was one of the last games played by Marek Jankulovski for AC Milan, the last one with the player in the starting line-up. At the end of the match, Juventus fans protested against the team and the manager, Delneri.
JUVENTUS: Buffon, Sorensen, Barzagli, Chiellini, Traoré (85′ Bonucci), Krasic, Marchisio, Felipe Melo, Martinez, Toni (63′ Iaquinta), Matri (81′ Del Piero). Coach: Delneri.
AC MILAN: Abbiati, Abate, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Jankulovski, Gattuso, Van Bommel, Flamini, Boateng (46′ Robinho), Ibrahimovic, Cassano (71′ Seedorf). Coach: Allegri.
Referee: Rizzoli.
Goal: 68′ Gattuso.
