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The fantastic four

PATRICK JOHN looks past the flashy Dutch masters who took all the headlines at the San Siro 20 years ago and gives due credit to the greatest back four ever

Gentile andGentile andDutch masters Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard and Marco van Basten. Italian legends Roberto Donadoni and Carlo Ancelotti. Managerial greats Arrigo Sacchi and Fabio Capello.
The story of Milan in the 1990s, and the years immediately before and after, is characterised by some of the great names of European football.
But the true heart of that team – indeed, the true heart of Italian football – lay behind...

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