Teams/AC Milan

Club side

AC Milan 1988/89

Marco van Basten, Franco Baresi, Ruud Gullit

Arrigo Sacchi·4-4-2

  • UCL
93OVR

Sacchi's 1988/89 Milan. Baresi as the brain of the back four, Gullit and Van Basten as the spear, and a 4–0 European Cup final that still looks modern.

Same club, other years in the database: 2025/26, 2006/07.

Tags on the page — high press, offside trap, dutch pair — are shorthand for how the model leans, not a documentary.

Chemistry is 97. The model treats this as a side that has played together, not eleven strangers in a photoshoot.

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Key Players

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  • 01Marco van BastenST · NL96PEAK
    PAC97SHO97PAS85DRI89DEF64PHY90
  • 02Franco BaresiCB · IT95PEAK
    PAC80SHO61PAS87DRI73DEF96PHY94
  • 03Ruud GullitST · NL94PEAK
    PAC96SHO89PAS83DRI83DEF61PHY94
  • 04Frank RijkaardCM · NL92PEAK
    PAC87SHO79PAS89DRI89DEF89PHY89
  • 05Paolo MaldiniLB · IT90PEAK
    PAC91SHO71PAS85DRI82DEF89PHY88
  • 06Alessandro CostacurtaCB · IT86PEAK
    PAC69SHO51PAS75DRI64DEF88PHY85
Formation 4-4-2Arrigo Sacchi
VAN BASTEN
96
GULLIT
94
DONADONI
86
RIJKAARD
92
ANCELOTTI
86
COLOMBO
80
MALDINI
90
BARESI
95
COSTACURTA
86
TASSOTTI
84
GALLI
82

Starting XI

  1. STMarco van Basten96
  2. STRuud Gullit94
  3. LMRoberto Donadoni86
  4. CMFrank Rijkaard92
  5. CMCarlo Ancelotti86
  6. RMAngelo Colombo80
  7. LBPaolo Maldini90
  8. CBFranco Baresi95
  9. CBAlessandro Costacurta86
  10. RBMauro Tassotti84
  11. GKGiovanni Galli82

Bench

  1. LMAlberigo Evani80
  2. STDaniele Massaro80
  3. STPietro Paolo Virdis78
  4. CBFilippo Galli78
  5. STGraziano Mannari72
  6. CAMChristian Lantignotti72
  7. GKFrancesco Antonioli70

Ratings

Attack94
Midfield92
Defence95
Goalkeeping82
Chemistry97
Overall93

Shape

Pressing 92, so turnovers are supposed to happen high up. Tempo 82 — the engine will try to rush the game. Defence 95 is the thing the model respects most.

Style

High PressOffside TrapDutch PairZonal MarkingVertical Runs

Achievements

  • UEFA European Cup winners — 4–0 vs Steaua
  • Serie A champions the season before
  • Sacchi's pressing machine

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