Ahead of Saturday's Champions League final in Milan, Goal columnist Carlo Ancelotti reflects on AC Milan's dramatic loss to Liverpool in the 2005 decider in Turkey.
Djimi Traore famously claimed that AC Milan's players began celebrating their seemingly inevitable Champions League triumph during the halftime break in their epic encounter with Liverpool in Istanbul.
In another exclusive interview with Goal, former Rossoneri coach Carlo Ancelotti has denied that accusation.
But the Italian coach acknowledges that he knew before the penalty shootout that his players were mentally broken, still in shock at having blown a 3-0 halftime lead by completely switching off during six minutes of madness after the interval .