Description
Match worn AC Milan pre-season 4th/fourth shirt by Christian Panucci, number #2, in the summer of 1995. AC Milan played friendly matches before the 1995-1996 Serie A season. Right-back Panucci played nearly 100 games for AC Milan between 1993 and 1996, before signing for Real Madrid.
This fourth shirt was only worn in the 1995-1996 pre-season, in at least one friendly: on 2 August 1995 against Standard Liège. It was the last blue shirt of I Rossoneri until the release of the third shirt that was used in the 2020-2021 season. Very rare shirt and there is no match worn version to be found online. A true true gem!
In this 1995-1996 season, AC Milan had a classic black and red vertical striped shirt as their home kit; a white away kit, and a yellow third kit that was worn in the Coppa Italia (they lost to Bologna in the quarter-finals). On photo 12 you find a photo of Milan’s home kit as worn during their league matches with a number on the back and the Lotto emblem on the bottom of each number. Panucci is pictures on the far left with his usual number #2. On photo 13 you see the celebration of Baggio’s goal against RC Strasbourg in the second round of the UEFA Cup. In this cup campagne AC Milan played their home matches without a name above the number and with the same number (without Lotto logo) as offered here in the fourth kit version.
AC Milan finished off the season by winning the Serie A. They lost to Girondins Bordeaux in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.
The number on the back is in white velvet flock material and has been professionally heat-pressed on the back of the shirt. The star badge and club crest are sewn (see photos 8 and 9). The technical sponsor Lotto is fully embroidered. The commercial sponsor is in the sublimation plot. The previous owner received this shirt from Panucci after the summer tournament of 1992 (COA: a signed letter will prove its origin). This shirt is different from the fanshop version because it has a larger star above the club crest.
Year: 1995 (pre-season)
Size: XL
Condition: Excellent
Brand: Lotto
Sponsor: Opel
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