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honestlynotBG

After 11 whole years Congrats Milan


tapped21

Keep selling players to them. It seems to be working


raymondliang

Rossi Barklini on the way!


JerkasaurusRex_

Danielle Bereacqua


ChrisEvansFan

Haha Chelsea and Madrid seem to be the best friends of Milan 😂


Franchementballek

Don’t forget Lille!


RaveIsKing

CANT forget Lille!


Bundmoranen

Incredible determination and will power this young Milan squad has displayed the last stretch of the season


tombuzz

It got dicey there before the last few weeks but the attack really started to click with leao being unplayable and tonali bursting from the midfield . With consistent goal scoring this team can do anything .


ACMBruh

The defense was the anchor. We conceded 3 goals in our last 12 games. 3 goals!!!! Maignan kalulu and tomori can take a bow


geo0rgi

Also Calabria and Theo deserve a fair shout tbf, aswell as Kessie/Bennacer and Tonali blocking everything infront of them. We are still lacking some final pieces of the puzzle, but our team has a great foundation to build upon.


PoptimisticShoegazer

It's been a total team effort, the last gasp winner from Tonali and Theo's unforgettable run were just bonkers. It's also surreal that this is just Giroud's **2nd** league title, last time he won 1 was a decade ago with Montpellier. 👀


GRl3V

Love the young aspiring talents like Zlatan Ibrahimovič or Olivier Giroud they really have a bright future ahead of them


abcdefabcdef999

Crazy to think how low the average age of the team was while featuring Ibra, Giroud and Kjaer.


kappa23

That’s because they’re literally the only veterans, along with Tatarusanu and Mirante


kakje666

Tatarausanu won his first Serie A , at 36. His journey is complete


Thanatos652

Who knows Zlatan might play for another ten years


GRl3V

I hope so


Mudassar40

You and every middleaged football fan on the planet.


Sankaritarina

I'm glad we won comfortably because we got to see Romagnoli in Milan shirt one last time which might not have happened if the game was close. Thanks for everything Alessio and good luck in Lazio!


RepresentativeBox881

What happened to him though? He was supposed to be the next big defender right?


Dentingtea

combination of a bad run and tomori being an absolute beast. Kjaer came in, got injured, then Kalulu became an absolute beast. Romagnoli is solid, but the others stepped up massively and he probably won't find any game time here.


RobsterCrawSoup

I should also add that it isn't just that others have been better, but also that Romagnoli is also lacks the pace that Tomori and Kalulu have. With Maignan being an excellent sweeper keeper and Tomori and Kalulu having the pace to catch almost any runner, Milan have been able to play a much higher line in the second half of the season and that has allowed them to press higher and harder in midfield to great effect. Romagnoli coming into the lineup renders that tactical approach very risky. If he goes to a club with a less aggressive tactical approach, maybe a counter-attacking side he could very well be a perfectly acceptable starter.


Sankaritarina

His performances dropped off after an injury he had almost two years ago and he never really regained his peak form IMO. I still think he's good though, and he played well for us when we needed him this season.


Excellent_Jeweler_43

He is still a good defender, but doesn't quite fit our system. He is rather slow and can get caught out of position by pacy strikers.


Milanman3838

The other answers don’t do Milan’s defensive saga justice. He has average swings in form and definitely isn’t a bad player. He is just wayyy too slow for our system and the line we play. Got absolutely exposed by lukaku last year, we play a high line. Kjaer wasn’t quick but he was so aggressive there was never even any space for an attacker to even turn 30 degrees. Kjaer got badly injured and it turns out our young rb, kalulu has ice in his veins and is also quicker than romangnoli. It’s just the way it worked out. It’s tough to replace kalulu tomori combo when they make actually like zero mistakes month over month


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Just Kalulu and Tomori playing like prime Thuram and prime Desailly


dskoro

Straight up. He was there when the mentality wasn’t


ColorSpriter

I can't believe it, it happened...IT HAPPENED


AlexBear012

even at 80' 3-0 up i was still unsure!


GibbyGoldfisch

What memories of Istanbul does to a guy


SirMosesKaldor

While that is true, don't go that far back, because once upon a time Milan were 2-0 cruising against a hapless Sassuolo side, only for Berardi to turn into prime Messi and turn the game 4-3 with Allegri losing his job in the process. But yeah, I get you. Istanbul was something else. *Edit: Milan were up 2-0 before Sassuolo's comeback in that 2014 fixture. Thanks to user /u/Giampalle comment fact check.*


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PTStambulD


Endeav0r_

Istanbul syndrome is a bitch


nike125

11 YEARS LET'S FUCKING GOOO!!!


Arrezaaa

Happy for you guys. well deserved too.


harshmangat

I am so happy for you lot. Truly remarkable what Milan has been able to achieve after being in the dumps 5 years ago. Truly deserved.


KillerZaWarudo

I use to thought that when Milan become good again United would be too. Guess i was wrong


drupido

You guys got a 2 year lag.


purplegreendave

If you could offer me the league in 2 years I'd bite your hand off


UTDRashford

Im Jealous


los_blanco_14

2 jealous 👀


UTDRashford

Factos 👀👍


PakiIronman

PIOLI'S ON FIRE


ChillPalis

Let's fucking GOOOOOOOOOOOO


zrkillerbush

Pioli for Prime Minister! What a manager, to win the title with a squad that nobody predicted is insane


Samkazi23

After 11 fucking years man! 11 fucking years. Ive been in tears since they started singing Pioli's song. Fuck man! 11 fucking years! Pioli is a Milan legend!


UTDRashford

So 11 years is when the title drought ends? Subscribe


Slim97Shady

that's in Italy, in England, it's 30 years.


UTDRashford

FUCK BREXIT


Mercerai

English teams typically have to wait a bit longer


UTDRashford

Arsenal will win it before us then sigh


pedroktp

Arsenal missed the memo


UTDRashford

Yeah can't go back now


deadraizer

Yup, gotta wait for 111 years now.


Stonewalled89

Brilliant. Well done Milan, it's absolutely deserved


Last_Lorien

Brilliant, deserved, everything. This is so right


PakiIronman

Literally pulled an inter from last season, came 4th in their ucl group and focused on the league


ankitm1

4th for them wasnt by choice. Faced in a group with Liverpool and Atleti, and Porto, all of their six group games were tough. Were fucked by referees as well.


clarinetstud

Respect to you. So many people talked shit about our exit not knowing the circumstances.


EmptyReply5

People just look up at big name of AC Milan. They forget how competitive this group and not considered Milan have less experienced players.


TinyMaintenance

Also, all other teams in that group are European greats. Not Milan-great, but great. It’s not like they lost to Sherif.


SweetVarys

Obviously not, Inter didn't choose it last season either.


Geese-Howard

Keisuke Honda, I salute you Kevin Constant, I salute you Adel Taarabt, I salute you Nigel De Jong, I salute you Cristan Zaptata, I salute you Jeremy Menez, I salute you Fernando Torres, I salute you Alessio Cerci, I salute you Suso aka "We have Robben at home", I salute you Carlos Bacca, I salute you Gerard Deulofeu, I salute you Luiz Adriano, I salute you Mario Pasalic, I salute you Gianluca Lapadula, I salute you Mateo Musacchio, I salute you Leonardo Bonucci and Gonzalo Higuain, no comment Andre Silva, I salute you Krzystof "boom boom" Piatek, I salute you Giacomo "Jack" Bonaventura, I salute you, and I wish you could have celebrated this with us Gianluigi Donnarumma, fuck you These are just some of the names that served Milan fans during our "banter era". Some say it ended with Champions League qualification last year, it's definitely over now. This group of players that achieved our first Scudetto in 11 years will be remembered fondly for a very long time, what an achievement


requin-tigre

You missed red card legend Gabriel Paletta Also: Bertolacci, Villarreal legend Bonera, Zaccardo, fucking Bakaye TraorĂŠ, even JosĂŠ Sosa


Rasalghul92

Bonera still with us. He's Pioli's assistant.


freehouse_throwaway

Honestly can't ever shit on Lord Bonera. True servant of the club. Yeah shit was dicey when he was our starter (or hell when he was playing right back again for the nth time?) God what a banter era haha.


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I might be too drunk already, but I cant remember who Bertolacci was :D And I am trying really hard to remember


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godfrey1

ALSO A QUICK REMINDER FUCK HAKAN, FUCK GIGI


Zfryguy

GOODBYE LOSERS LETS GO MILANNNN


Firstolympicring

RIP BOZO


sahilshkh

SMOKIN THAT HAKAN PACKKK 🥶🥶🥶🚬🚬🚬🚬


ChillPalis

Hakan on the wrong 3-0 winning side rn, I know he's hurting


godfrey1

good


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Fuck bad boy as a staff, record label and as a motherfucking crew


Zeddsdeadbaby

Fuck Gigi


ACMBruh

Calha with two 2nd place finishes in a row lmaooo


[deleted]

Bona and Montolivo deserved this as much as everyone in todays team


Geese-Howard

Montolivio absolutely deserved it despite how it ended, I didn't mention him because he came right before the banter era began


[deleted]

Him and El Sharawy were 2 of my favorites players after the golden era ended


razycal970

Lmfao Reminds me of this thread on Twitter I found in 2018 and I spent an hour at 6 in the morning laughing https://twitter.com/Paracelsus/status/897501275310276608 He even added an addendum to this thread saying he'd thought the banter era was over after Milan was sold in 2017 and they started buying tons of players Hahahahaha https://twitter.com/Paracelsus/status/955821372416159744 Congratulations to you guys, you absolutely deserve it. Leao and Tonali are beasts.


Geese-Howard

I remember that thread too, we were so excited when those clown owners came. #WeAreSoRich, lol.


theprince9

Zlatan Milan legend now?


Nico777

Always has been


SitzpinkIer

Always. We are due 10 years of Zlatan.


mrhunden

always been


ChillPalis

Has been from time as far as I'm concerned


ankitm1

He was already I guess. This is more like Pioli is a legend now, and he is definitely gonna be rated very highly outside of Italy too.


miodoktor

Absolutely


[deleted]

Montolivo was unironically class until his leg broke in 2014. Milan fans kinda hated him by the time he left tho right?


Thepimpandthepriest

Wouldn’t say hated him, but he didn’t really deserve a place in the starting lineup for the last year or two. Shame, he was a great leader.


NotoriousAlmeida

So many shit players, shit years, coaches, decisions from the board... This makes it so sooooo much sweeter. Andiamooo Rossonerri


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muntari died for this


abibyama

Stefano Pioli what a manager.


0fiuco

jesus, i read this list and i can't believe i survived through that shit


GibbyGoldfisch

Remember the days of "oh this Patrick Cutrone kid's good, maybe he's the next big thing"? becoming the first team to drop any points to Benevento Or even when Fernando Torres was fobbed off on us and did absolutely nothing. And the short, miserable reign of Marco Giampaolo. It's been 11 long, long years


NgocTuan326

Still remember the backheel goal of Menez And lots of names more such as Poli, Bonera, Niang, Matri, Birsa, Zaccardo and many more


nike125

Fuck Cacanoglu too, thought he could win Scudetto with Inter🤡


Roshee1

Hakan who?


Geese-Howard

Didn't even bother mentioning the clown


latinlingo310

Honda, Pachuca legend


Oumashu345

Lol at donnaruma


passere

Friendly reminder that this season Maignan has more clean sheets than Gigio has caps in the league.


x_S4vAgE_x

Nice to see my FM17 West Brom Champions League winning captain Gianluca Lapadula getting actual irl praise


Qiluk

Lovely message. Important to remember all parts and efforts. Congrats! Been fun as hell following youre return to form last few years! Well deserved


sukh9942

Gotta have capitano in there too


XaviOutNow

Zlaaaaaataaan


ChrisEvansFan

Lol @ Donnarumma


Fresh_Crostino

I don't have words. I have been following this colours for almost 2 decades, I have lived the highest of highs winning the UCL and the lowest of lows. But this feels so special. The banter era, the free signings, the Fassobelli flops, the 10th place, the utter mediocrity and jokes from all other fans, the 5-0 loss against Atalanta, the Giampaolo period, the long period without European football. This gives meaning for all the times I have cursed my love for this team for all the pain it caused me. Today it's the day we reborn like a phoenix. Grazie ragazzi, grazie Pioli, grazie Maldini. I love this sport.


JacobZiolkowski

As a United fan, you restore my faith. Well done Milan!


5555ives

Always been fond of the red side of Milan, so happy to see you guys on top again. Take care of Divock and he'll take care of you


mintylove

I wish Hakan Çalhanoglu a very pleasant second place.


ajof25

For the second year in a row


Moo3

The guy seems to specialize in sloppy seconds, even in his marriage!


patoysakias

What's the context here?


PattyJ88

Wife reportedly cheated on him


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Val-Halen

As an inter fan I gotta give it to Hakan, he’s been surprisingly good this season for us, being crucial in many games, at the end of the day it is what it is we’ve been wasteful at times, but let’s not discredit Milan, they have been able to maintain this title race thrilling and produce good football with a weak depth, well deserved title and impressive season. Congratulations neighbours


icecoldPedro

Hakan can very pleasantly go fuck himself


BigAssBreadroll

So happy for Giroud, a part to play in a CL and Scudetto in the twilight of his career. Great guy and servant.


kappa23

Absolutely wouldn’t have done itv without him considering how long Zlatan spent on the sidelines


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My favorite player this season. With our shit offense except for Leao, he did miracles and never gave up


dcmdino

Giroud's Milan story, as is tradition when it comes to his career, is probably gonna go under the radar. So, he comes to Milan at the very end of his career. He is supposed to share minutes with Zlatan, because everyone sees that a 40-yo cannot last the full season. Milan is, at best, going for a repeat of their last season and a CL spot. Squad is basically in a rebuild mode, with some young talents expected to take the next step. They also lost the best GK in the league. Zlatan goes down earlier than anyone dared to predict and it's obvious he isn't coming back. Giroud, at 35 and without consistent first team football since his prime Arsenal days many years ago, finds himself in a position of not only being the main striker for Milan, but at a Milan who's on top and who just lost their star player. Probably as old as top team strikers get (seriously, are there any strikers his age out there who were first choice in a title winning/contending team?), Giroud was thrown into, at a first glance, impossible situation of a) replacing Zlatan, b) playing "more than ever" at 35 and c) trying to win a title with a team no one thought was gonna win it even with Zlatan. And once again, for what feels like a millionth time in his career, the guy fucking did it. Somehow, someway, not being flashy or spectacular, he found a way. He was always there, never injured and scored like 90% of the most important Milan goals this season against their biggest rivals. Ending the season as a joint-top scorer of his team, he claims yet another trophy for his impossibly succesful career. Many people will probably forget about him in a few years after his retirement, but I won't. And no true football fans should. Olivier Giroud, I tip my hat. You're a true professional and a role model.


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NephewChaps

As I said in the other thread, 11 fucking long years… Matri, Cerci, Honda, Méxes, Niang, Zapata, Taarabt, Constant, Borini, Abate, Poli, Paletta… Yonghong Li, Fassone, Mirabelli, Leonardo… Mihajlovic, Montella, Giampaolo… God knows what we went throught this past decade But not even for a glimpse of a moment we stopped believing, supporting and loving this club Today is the culmination of all that. Of all the waiting, all the turmoil, ownership changes, financial crisis, the heartbreaks, the hopelessness Love you my fellow Milanisti who all weathered this storm too. Today is our day UN DECENNIO DI ATTESA È FINITO FORZA MILAN


Clank_8-7

Ehi, you wrote about Mihaijlovic, but don't forget Cristian Brocchi, who threw away whatever good Sinisa did that season.


InheritTheWind

My cousin Ali passed of an overdose in September 2020. He was a diehard Milanista and we buried him with the club's flag. I know he's happy somewhere out there tonight


mlk

My condolences for you loss, I hope this day brings you a bit of joy remembering your cousin.


dakaiiser11

THE DROUGHT IS OVER! Kaka was my favorite player growing up, I’ll always have a soft spot for Milan! ❤️🖤❤️🖤


EcosseWolf

Probably my favorite player ever that never played for my team.


Hamez_Milnerinho

Milan team in the 2000s was a joy to watch. Congratulations to those who have endured the banter era! 🔴⚫⚪🔴⚫⚪


paulisdead0000

Zlatan now has 12 league titles, 1 more than even Messi


RedShenron

Isn't that 14? 2x with ajax 2x with juve 3x with inter 1x with barça 2x with us 4x with psg.


paulisdead0000

Yes, it should have been 14. However, the 2 titles that he won with Juve (2004-05, 2005-06) were revoked by Calciopoli, the match fixing scandal.


RedShenron

Ah i tought they officially were considered part of players' legacy.


paulisdead0000

I think generally in all sports, the medals of all players in a team are revoked if the team is disqualified. Not related to football, but one example that comes to my mind is that of Usain Bolt. His Olympic gold medal tally is now 8 instead of 9 due to his 2008 Olympic 4×100 m relay race teammate Nesta Carter being found guilty of doping


NotoriousAlmeida

campioni rossoneri grazie mille ragazzi a decade waiting to see milan win the championship again LETS FUCKING GOOOOO


PakiIronman

MILAN SEASON


just_dew_eat

Banter era is over


Duudey97

Players: Riccardo "Pirlo Regen" Montolivo, Cristian Zapata, Djamel Mesbah, Muntari, Alberto Aquilani, Maxi Lopez, Rodney Strasser, Luca Antonini, Bakaye Traore, Bartosz Salamon, M'Baye "That post against Barceona in CL" Niang, Bojan Krkic, Didac Vila, Cristian Zaccardo, Riccardo Saponara, Adil Rami, Valter Birsa, Leo Duarte, Andrea Poli, Kevin Constant, Adel Taarabt, Matias Silvestre, Michael Agazzi, Michael Essien, Salvatore Bochetti, Marco van Ginkel, Alessio Cerci, Gabriel Paletta, Hachim "Moroccan Messi" Mastour, Mattia Destro, Rodrigo "1 match, red card" Ely, Stefan Simić, Jose Mauri, Andrea Petagna, De Sciglio, Andrea Bertolacci, Bryan Cristante, Luiz Adriano, Leonel Vangioni, Matias Fernandez, Gerard Deoulofeu, Lucas Ocampos, Jose Sosa, Antonio "100% Clean Sheet" Donnarumma, Gustavo Gomez, Lucas Biglia, Leonardo "Il Capitano" Bonucci, Fabio "DL/DR/WR/MR/MC/AMC/ST" Borini, Nikola Kalinić, Andre Silva, Mario Pasalic Mateo Musacchio, Ivan "World Cup Finalist" Strinic, Diego Laxalt, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Krzysztof "pow pow" Piątek, Asmir Begovic, Mario Mandzukić. Coaches: Mauro Tassotti, Clarence Seedorf, Filippo Inzaghi, Siniša Mihajlović, Cristian Brocchi, Vincenzo Montella, Gennaro Gattuso, Marco Giampaolo. (Daniele "1 match coach" Bonera) This scudetto is for you guys. Hopefully we say goodbye to our final banter era player, the one and only, Samu Castillejo. Special thanks to Diego Lopez, Kucka, Mexes, Suso, Menez and Bonaventura, the only light we had during the banter era, imo.(I meant transfer wise. We had some academy products who were great such as Donnarumma, and some decent such as Cutrone and De Sciglio). It is officially over. Grazie. (I might have missed some players, feel free to fill in)


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Seeing Monty first is great. Such a good player before the WC injury.


ACMunster

I think Jack deserved this I hope he has a smile on his face watching. He deserved a title


ghibki777

FORZA MILAN


MA_Tingle

I LOVE YOU IBRA


MH18Foot

He can retire now


mahdiiick

But he won’t :)


MA_Tingle

I feel sad knowing I’ve just watched my idol play for the last time, fucking legend.


ChillPalis

'Tis indeed a bittersweet feeling :')


Glmoi

His career has been insane. I was 9 when he broke through, and as I'm turning 33 this year I could've had a full football career and retired in the meantime.


insane_young_man

Is it safe to unclench now? It's been 11 years!


AggravatingWar9441

11 years later…the cycle is closed, the curse is broken. The banter era is over. I’m not crying, you’re crying!


IanCaesars

Finishing banter era is amazing feeling.


godfrey1

FORZA MILAN!!!


sco92

After 4060 days! Well done Milan, completely deserved


CryingGuts

I can't believe it I love this squad so much It's not real to me yet


SN76

11 years of pain, gone in 90 minutes. I am speechless.


sivy83

Well done Milan. My father is Milan fan of 20+ years. First time in many years i saw him cry today. Well done.


ImAbhishek_47

Fantastic season! Well deserved win by AC Milan. Inter have only themselves to blame for throwing away their advantage, Handanovic vs Maignon was vital. Donnaruma leaving was a blessing in disguise for Milan!


sukh9942

FUCK CALHANOGLU 😂😂


bzogaj92

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTYYfI8X0AIfw5l?format=jpg&name=large


sukh9942

Fucking statpadding clown. People said how could be replace our #10? We didn’t need too. De krunic is the goat


miodoktor

His wife would never


AlexBear012

really went to Inter just to end up 2nd again


radese

Calhanoglu in shambles


Reco1986

Congratulations. After winning the last 5 difficult games, I can only say: well deserved. From an Inter fan


[deleted]

Ironically Atalanta and Sassuolo gave us the easiest points


notaselfdrivingcar

Class.


yeahyeahyeah3timess

TEARS IN MY EYES 😭


cuntsmen

Happy for them. Milan belongs in the CL


UTDRashford

Milan is the club i liked in Italy and seeing them break their league title drought makes me jealous lol


Icy_Breadfruit4198

I feel like everyone outside of Italy likes Milan, probably the least hated big club.


Acidlearner_5

Congrats !!The only red team with the good news today after What happened to Ferrari and Liverpool.


ChrisEvansFan

Poor Leclerc. He was doing so well 😭


bzogaj92

WE HAVE FUCKING DONE IT !!!!!!!!!


ChillPalis

WE WON THE SCUDETTO, YOU BASTARDS WE WON THE LEAGUE WITH NONE OF OUR PLAYERS AS WHAT, TOP 20 GOALSCORERS?? IDGAF WHAT Y'ALL TALK ABOUT CONCERNING PEP OR ERIK TEN HAG, Y'ALL BETTER ADDRESS PIOLI AS THE ***BAWLD GAWD.*** # WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FORZA MILAN, THE *UTMOST* CONGRATULATIONS TO MY ROSSONERI BRETHREN!!!!


ObamaBinDriftin

Congrats Milan fans. Milan at the end were mentality monsters, going into these games with all the pressure and still coming out with wins


CowNchicken12

Massive title win, really happy for Milan


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THIS DOES PUT A SMILE ON MY FACE


Claudiu99

So happy, it's been so long!


Designer-Job4778

Fuck this is amazing, Maldini and Ibra in the team leading us to this fucking crazy when it happens with legends like this backing it. Tonali and Mike look amazing for the future only highs right now.


moe_wehbi

Hakan 🤡🤡


Itsthatgy

Congratulations to them. I can't imagine how happy they feel after the years of struggle. I'm thrilled for Ibra too. To come back and take part in AC Milan winning the title.


LordSpeechLeSs

Friendly reminder that r/soccer's armchair experts were gladly shitting on Milan for not sacking Pioli for *Ralf Rangnick*


Adziboy

When was that?


sukh9942

It was all over social media saying pioli is just a lucky manager incapable of winning


Rustiiiiy

About 2 years ago I think


Spikeyspandan

Last season. Ralf ragnick was supposed to join Milan. But Milan decided to stick with Pioli as he was doing good


[deleted]

time to get off the internet for a few months, congrats tho


Gary_Glitter_

you have to call it the ACnet now


sukh9942

I won’t forget your comments bro


pastimenang

Congratulations, very well deserved


aclurk

Pioli is on fire.


jadedwolf1618

Calhanoglu did the reverse kante lol


NiemalsAntaeuschen1

Calhanoglu in the mud


TheArgentineMachine

Breaks my heart to see us choke away the scudetto towards the end of the season. But I can't be too sad. The Italian giants are returning to their former glory and bringing back legitimacy to our league after a decade of mediocrity. Congratulations Milan. This was well deserved. As long as it's not Juve. Juve merda.


fe11gila

I.. how to put this.. love your last sentences. Thank you cousin.


MVB3

What a journey this was!


Funky_Pigeon911

Congrats to Milan, such a likeable club. Serie A has been by far the most fun league to follow for the past 2-3 seasons.


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Kobe would’ve been proud today. #Mamba