European Cup Final
23 May 1990
AC Milan won the European Cup final in 1989 in Barcelona, but I didn’t go because I was saving money for my wedding which was coming up in the next 12 months.
The 1990 final was scheduled for 23 May at the Praterstadion in Vienna, so I devised a plan. My wonderful fiancée Daniela and I were getting married on 19 May 1990 in Milan, and I suggested the Austrian capital would be perfect for our honeymoon. It’s a very romantic, culturally rich city with charming town squares. And the famous small chocolate balls known as Mozart-Konfekt are irresistible. I booked the hotel in April, hoping Milan would reach the final. I don’t know what I would have done if Bayern München had beaten us in the semi-final.
European Cup Final
23 May 1990
AC Milan won the European Cup final in 1989 in Barcelona, but I didn’t go because I was saving money for my wedding which was coming up in the next 12 months.
The 1990 final was scheduled for 23 May at the Praterstadion in Vienna, so I devised a plan. My wonderful fiancée Daniela and I were getting married on 19 May 1990 in Milan, and I suggested the Austrian capital would be perfect for our honeymoon. It’s a very romantic, culturally rich city with charming town squares. And the famous small chocolate balls known as Mozart-Konfekt are irresistible. I booked the hotel in April, hoping Milan would reach the final. I don’t know what I would have done if Bayern München had beaten us in the semi-final.
“We got married on the Saturday and then travelled to Austria the next day. When my wife mentioned that Milan were playing in the final on the Wednesday I acted as if it wasn’t such a big deal. But, of course, I went to the game. Daniela didn’t because she doesn’t care about football. It was tactical and tense, but we won thanks to Frank Rijkaard’s goal with 22 minutes to play. I don’t know if my wife was watching it in the hotel, but I got back there at 3am and I was in seventh heaven.
I can’t imagine a better honeymoon. I saw the attractions of Vienna and Innsbruck with the love of my life, we ate some Mozart-Konfekt and my team lifted a second consecutive European Cup. I returned to Vienna in 1995 for the Champions League final against Ajax but this time without Daniela. That time we lost 1-0, which just goes to prove that she had been Milan’s lucky charm five years before!
European Cup Final
23 May 1990
AC Milan won the European Cup final in 1989 in Barcelona, but I didn’t go because I was saving money for my wedding which was coming up in the next 12 months.
The 1990 final was scheduled for 23 May at the Praterstadion in Vienna, so I devised a plan. My wonderful fiancée Daniela and I were getting married on 19 May 1990 in Milan, and I suggested the Austrian capital would be perfect for our honeymoon. It’s a very romantic, culturally rich city with charming town squares. And the famous small chocolate balls known as Mozart-Konfekt are irresistible. I booked the hotel in April, hoping Milan would reach the final. I don’t know what I would have done if Bayern München had beaten us in the semi-final.
European Cup Final
23 May 1990
AC Milan won the European Cup final in 1989 in Barcelona, but I didn’t go because I was saving money for my wedding which was coming up in the next 12 months.
The 1990 final was scheduled for 23 May at the Praterstadion in Vienna, so I devised a plan. My wonderful fiancée Daniela and I were getting married on 19 May 1990 in Milan, and I suggested the Austrian capital would be perfect for our honeymoon. It’s a very romantic, culturally rich city with charming town squares. And the famous small chocolate balls known as Mozart-Konfekt are irresistible. I booked the hotel in April, hoping Milan would reach the final. I don’t know what I would have done if Bayern München had beaten us in the semi-final.
European Cup Final
23 May 1990
AC Milan won the European Cup final in 1989 in Barcelona, but I didn’t go because I was saving money for my wedding which was coming up in the next 12 months.
The 1990 final was scheduled for 23 May at the Praterstadion in Vienna, so I devised a plan. My wonderful fiancée Daniela and I were getting married on 19 May 1990 in Milan, and I suggested the Austrian capital would be perfect for our honeymoon. It’s a very romantic, culturally rich city with charming town squares. And the famous small chocolate balls known as Mozart-Konfekt are irresistible. I booked the hotel in April, hoping Milan would reach the final. I don’t know what I would have done if Bayern München had beaten us in the semi-final.
“We got married on the Saturday and then travelled to Austria the next day. When my wife mentioned that Milan were playing in the final on the Wednesday I acted as if it wasn’t such a big deal. But, of course, I went to the game. Daniela didn’t because she doesn’t care about football. It was tactical and tense, but we won thanks to Frank Rijkaard’s goal with 22 minutes to play. I don’t know if my wife was watching it in the hotel, but I got back there at 3am and I was in seventh heaven.
I can’t imagine a better honeymoon. I saw the attractions of Vienna and Innsbruck with the love of my life, we ate some Mozart-Konfekt and my team lifted a second consecutive European Cup. I returned to Vienna in 1995 for the Champions League final against Ajax but this time without Daniela. That time we lost 1-0, which just goes to prove that she had been Milan’s lucky charm five years before!
European Cup Final
23 May 1990
AC Milan won the European Cup final in 1989 in Barcelona, but I didn’t go because I was saving money for my wedding which was coming up in the next 12 months.
The 1990 final was scheduled for 23 May at the Praterstadion in Vienna, so I devised a plan. My wonderful fiancée Daniela and I were getting married on 19 May 1990 in Milan, and I suggested the Austrian capital would be perfect for our honeymoon. It’s a very romantic, culturally rich city with charming town squares. And the famous small chocolate balls known as Mozart-Konfekt are irresistible. I booked the hotel in April, hoping Milan would reach the final. I don’t know what I would have done if Bayern München had beaten us in the semi-final.
