[Fillipo Simone]

AC MILAN 1978/1979

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Campione d'Italia 1979; Albertosi, Chiodi, Morini, Bigon, Sartori, Rigamonti;
(from left to right) Collovati, Boldini, De Vecchi, coach Liedholm, Bet, Maldera, Capello, second coach Gasparini;
Carotti, Buriani, Rivera, Antonelli, Baresi, Novellino

Notable players:

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Milan players - apps./goals

Aldo Maldera 30/9
Enrico Albertosi 30/0
Franco Baresi 30/0
Walter Novellino 30/4
Ruben Buriani 29/1
Walter De Vecchi 28/5
Fluvio Collovati 27/0
Alberigo Bigon 26/12
Stefano Chiodi 24/7
Roberto Antonelli 21/5
Aldo Bet 17/0
Giorgio Morini 14/1
Simone Boldini 14/1
Gianni Rivera 13/1
Fabio Capello 8/0
Giovanni Sartori 7/0
Alberto Minoia 2/1
Antonio Rigamonti 1/0


Milan season stats:

Finished 1st (44 points; second placed Perugia 41)
Milan's 10th scudetto - lo scudetto della stella
17 W/10 D/3 L
goal diff. - 46:19 (best attack in the leage, second best defense after Perugia)
biggest win - Milan-Cantanzaro 4:0; Milan-Fiorentina 4:1

other league stats:

Perugia's best ever finish - 2nd in Serie A
Capocannonieri - Bruno Giordano (Lazio)
Perugia's defense finished up conceeding only 16 goals, leaded by Antonio Ceccarini

(IMG:http://espndeportes-assets.espn.go.com/2003/photos2007/0519/a_GianniRivera_vt.jpg) Milan captain and legend Gianni Rivera ended his career with this scudetto

(IMG:http://www.magliarossonera.it/immagini/capitani/baresi8788.jpg) Soon to be Milan-captain Franco Baresi's second season with the Rossoneri

So, thank's to Tennie's Sacchi-Milan post we got to the idea to make more threads. Initially the Capello thread was next to be made, but I wanted to test the idea with you and so I decided to start with one that is a bit more simple.

Any additional info, questions, adds, etc. go here or you can PM me. All the talks about the former players (well except Capello and Baresi who got their own threads) and the Italian-football 70ties...please here!

This post has been edited by Fillipo Simone: Nov 21 2008, 05:47 PM

[Fillipo Simone]

29/11/2008 16:52

Former Milan Player Petrini Reveals Culture Of Doping

A former Milan player has admitted he and other players in Milan were subject to doping in the 1960's and 70's.
Sixty-year-old Carlo Petrini says that he and others were part of a culture of doping at the Rossoneri that was forced upon them by the then management, in a time when the long term affects of performance enhancers were largely unknown.

The former player revealed, “As well as being given medicine, I was also a victim of doping. I say victim, because to me that's what I was.”

Petrini told Sky Sport 24, “The first time, the doctor, masseur and coach came into the dressing room. The doctor had a vial in his hands which looked like a bottle of Orangina with a soft stopper. At that time disposable syringes didn't exist so big glass syringes that were boiled up along with the needles were used. That day, the needle went into the vial five times before being injected into five different thighs.”

Petrini continued, “It was only afterwards that we realised what we'd been given because whether it was running, jumping, or going for goal we had energy to burn. We felt fresh and just didn't run out of energy. Every day there were injections going around.”

Petrini, who in 2001 published a book in which he slammed past doping practices in the game, said, “Sometimes your tongue was so swollen it filled the entire mouth. We had to run around with our mouths open. At the end of the match we thought it would end there, but you had so much energy left you couldn't sit still. At three or four in the morning, when fatigue started to set in, you'd fall asleep on the spot.”

Petrini said his reason for speaking out is the lack of accountability from the club's past management.

Peter Pedroncelli

Well it's the same management that brought us to being relegated. But...is he talking of Nereo Rocco - mentioning the coach??