The Italian team avenged their 2005 defeat two years later with a 2-1 win over the Reds. The man who ruled the daytime midfield now has a son who carries the torch on his back. Soccer AZ: Listen now wherever you get your podcasts or watch on YouTube. New episodes added every Wednesday
Liverpool fans continued to watch this Christmas as they won every game in the Champions League and surged to a seven-point lead with the Premier League game on the line.
But their bubble may burst when they discover that their old European enemy has a son…and he’s pretty good at soccer.
In 2005, the Reds came from behind 3-0 at half-time against AC Milan in Istanbul to level the score, but ultimately won on penalties, producing perhaps the best come-from-behind victory of the game and securing their place in the Champions League. Breaking through 20 years of hardship.
However, the rematch in the 2007 final did not bring much joy to Merseyside, as the Italian team built a two-goal lead thanks to Filippo Inzaghi, before Dirk Kuyt scored for Liverpool in the final minute. scored the tying goal.
That day, Clarence Seedorf pulled the strings at the heart of Milan’s midfield as he won his fourth Champions League trophy, becoming the first player to win the prestigious title with three teams in the 2002-03 season. .
Two days later, he welcomed his first son, born in the northern Italian city, to his wife, Luviana, capping off a wonderful week at work.
Clarence Seedorf’s son Denzel was recently promoted to AC Milan’s first team training
He was born just two days after the Dutchman lifted the Champions League trophy in 2007
Denzel Seedorf has performed well with the under-18 team and is on the verge of breaking into the first team.
Denzel, now 17, made his first appearance at Milan’s training session in an alarming moment of déjà vu for fans of Liverpool and all the teams that Seedorf have made so disastrous, reports De Telegraaf. Ta.
The right-footed midfielder joined the Rossoneri youth organization last summer and has already made an impact in the Under-18 top flight, making 13 appearances this season.
Head coach Paulo Fonseca took note of this and elevated him to the first-team training pitch this week for closer observation.
Suriname-born Clarence Seedorf set a series of records during his 30-year career, which began when he was promoted from Ajax’s youth ranks to the first team in 1992.
The following year, he won the domestic treble with the Dutch team and won the Champions League at the end of the 1994-95 season, beginning his love affair with this famous competition.
Seedorf then moved to Sampdoria on a free transfer, where he continued to excel in midfield, earning him a move to Real Madrid the following year.
There, Los Blancos defeated Juventus 1-0 in the 1998 final to win their second Champions League trophy.
The Dutchman fell out of favor with new manager Guus Hiddink and returned to Italy to join Inter Milan in a big move worth around £20m.
Two years ago, Liverpool had beaten Seedorf’s AC Milan, but they got their revenge in Athens.
The 2007 victory was the club’s fourth Champions League title, the first being with Ajax in 1995.
Seedorf also played 87 games for the Dutch national team in four major tournaments.
Despite playing better, Seedorf was unable to rack up any silverware in the side and moved to rivals AC in 2002, where his fortunes changed.
His third Champions League title came a season later in a goalless final against his former club Inter, in which the midfielder converted a successful penalty shoot-out but was unable to convert one of his own.
After winning his fourth title in 2007, Seedorf became the first player to win the Club World Cup with three teams, having also won the trophy with Ajax and Real Madrid.
At San Siro, the Dutch international formed a formidable midfield trio alongside Italian stars Gennaro Gattuso and Andrea Pirlo, from 2002 to 2012.
Seedorf made 98 appearances for the national team, appearing in four major tournaments and reaching the finals of Euro 2000 and 2004 and the 1998 World Cup.
If son Denzel can achieve anything close to the heights his father reached, he will be terrorizing the midfield for years to come.
