In order to succeed in implementing his utilitarian scheme, Fabio Capello felt he needed to discard the Dutchmen who emblematically embodied the attacking ethos of Arrigo Sacchi, his predecessor. During Capello`s first full season at Milan, the Rossoneri had won the Scudetto without losing as much as a single game, and despite the emphasis on tactical austerity that Capello had forced upon his team, Milan had done so in the familiar fashion of a relentlessly attacking and pressing Team.
