Ambrosini's story: a little unlucky in past Super Cup finals, let's hope that Massimo is now on the right path.
Let's go back in time. Let's look back at Massimo Ambrosini's story! He almost made his debut in the Italian Super Cup 16 years ago. It was August 25th 1996 and Champions of Italy, Milan, had just moved on from Fabio Capello to Oscar Washington Tabarez (recent winner of the Copa America - congratulations!!) and they were hosting Claudio Ranieri's Fiorentina, holders of the Italian Cup. Milan lost that match 2-1 but Massimo Ambrosini did not play.
The number of Super Cup finals played by the current Milan captain ith the rossoneri are three: Milan-Parma 1-2, August 1999, Juventus-Milan 1-1 (5-3 on penalties), August 2003, Milan-Lazio 3-0, August 2004. So two defeats and a victory. To this we must add the experience with Vicenza in August 1997 when Juventus won 3-0 in Turin.
Those who are superstitious will be hoping that Andriy Shevchenko's hat-trick at the San Siro in 2004 will have led to a positive run of results after the disappointments of the previous two defeats. That night, against Lazio, Massimo left the field in the second half, a minute after Sheva's third goal that sealed the result for Milan.
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