The death of 86-year-old Silvio Berlusconi, who died in Milan on June12 from a leukaemia-related illness, was an epoch-marking event that profoundly shook not just Italian football fans but the entire country.
The media tycoon and former Prime Minister was, of course, best known to football fans all around the world as the owner of and inspiration behind the brilliant Milan side of the late1980s/early ’90s. For the last 30 years since his entry into politics in1994, Berlusconi inevitably devoted less time to football, concentrating rather on his often bitterly controversial political career.
Before that, however, he had masterminded a truly golden era for Milan which, in just six years, saw the great club win three European Cups/Champions Leagues (1989, 1990, 1994), two Intercontinental Cups (1989, 1990) and four Serie A titles (1988, 1992,1993, 1994) in a magical moment when many considered Milan to be the strongest club team in world football.
Whatever about Berlusconi’s scandal-plagued public life, many
