All white on the night
Friday 4 May, 2007

Milan have opted to wear their white away shirts in the Champions League Final against Liverpool later this month.

The Italian team were drawn by UEFA as the home side which gave them the right to wear their famous black and red shirts.

However, Milan have decided to go for their second strip and allow Liverpool to dress in their red jerseys – just like in Istanbul two years ago.

Milan did consider their white strip a lucky omen priot to their penalty shoot-out loss to the Premiership side in the 2005 finale.

Before then the San Siro giants had won four European Cups in white against Benfica in 1963 and 1990, versus Steaua Bucharest in 1989 and Juventus in 2003.


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i don't know about this. i'd really like to see us in our true colours

They were talking about it before the Man United game, making the point more to move the final to another country.

The same with me...

I thought after the Liverpool final, this silly "all white tradition" has come to an end...

It wasnt the white shirt that let the 3 goals in... it was us

I know...but I ment that after we were beaten for the first time in a final wearing all white, this superstition would end...

it's not superstition anymore... this decision shows character!! 

That's a gutsy call to wear the all white strip again after what happened two years ago!

I remember how Italy chose to wear the all white away strip when they were designated the home team for the Euro 2000 final against France, because they wore all blue against France in 1998 when they lost on penalties and they considered that to be unlucky.

I actually like this decision by Milan. I wonder how much of it has to do with the club confronting the demons of 2005? It's almost making the statement that Milan acknowledges what happened two years ago but is going to put that right.