"My mind processes this: if we win the match and go out on the pitch to celebrate with my team-mates, in 30 years whoever looks at the photos will see me on the pitch wearing a tie, and then people will know that I hadn't played in that final."
"I know what happened in the dressing room at halftime because I tell the others to go to the dressing room and as soon as they come out we change and put on our shirts and everything else, including our socks. And then we put on our tracksuits over them, in fact I watch the second half in my tracksuit."
"I'm in the bathroom and I hear what's happening. We hear Gattuso yelling at Pirlo, Sandro Nesta telling them to calm down, and then the coach comes in and says 'enough! Sit down, there are two or three things we can do.'"
Carlo Ancelotti's Milan led 3-0 at half-time after Paolo Maldini and two goals from Hernan Crespo, but Liverpool rallied to equalise three times in six minutes and won on penalties. Massimo Ambrosini recounts being in the stands at half-time in uniform, instructing teammates to change and watching the second half in a tracksuit from the dressing-room area. He describes hearing Gennaro Gattuso shouting at Andrea Pirlo while Alessandro Nesta urged calm. Ancelotti entered the room, told the players to sit down, and mentioned two or three tactical things they could try as tensions ran high.
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