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Milan have one other big player missing tonight: their shirt sponsor, Motta. Such vulgarity is prohibited in European Cup finals, so Milan are wearing a specially designed kit, an homage to the white strip that was worn when they first won the trophy in 1963.
Barcelona can wear their usual red-and-blue stripes because they don’t have a shirt sponsor anyway. Some things are more important than money.
Zvonimir Boban is fit, so both teams are as expected. Paolo Maldini will move across from left-back to centre-back alongside the old stalwart Filippo Galli, who had hardly started a game in the last two seasons and now has to deal with Romario. Fabio Capello had the option of moving Marcel Desailly back into defence, but presumably wants him to put out fires in midfield.
Christian Panucci, the promising young right-back, will switch to left-back to replace Maldini – and play against Hristo Stoichkov. Good luck with that.
Written by Rob Smyth
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2020/may/13/milan-v-barcelona-1994-champions-league-final-live under the title “Milan v Barcelona: 1994 Champions League final – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
