THE VITALS:

Team: AC Milan

Brand: Adidas

Era: 2013-14 (Used for the 2013-14 Serie A season, and on the last fixture of the 2011-12 Serie A season)

Name/Number: Balotelli #45

CONDITION: EXCELLENT

This fine shirt stands in as close to mint condition as you would expect to find this shirt these days! The name and numbering, sponsor decal, Adidas embroidery and crest are nothing short of immaculate.

DIMENSIONS:

Size: 15-16 Yrs

Pit to Pit Measurement: 19 inches

Shirt Length: 27.5 inches

Made in the Adidas ‘ClimaCool’ template crafted ahead of the 2013-14 season; this shirt although 15-16 years in size, would make a brilliant size small fitting shirt, and may even stretch as far as a medium, depending on how fitted you like your shirt to feel.

DESCRIPTION: 

Adidas continued their series of unorthodox shirt designs for AC Milan, with this season’s effort employing gold as the tertiary colour, while black pin stripes break up the red stripes of the shirt; however, the general formation of the shirt almost creats a successor to the 2005-06 shirt; albeit without the collar. Speaking of collars, a v-neck collar made its return for the first time since the 2004-05 season, as Milan looked to recapture the Serie A title! The close season would see the return of Kaka from Real Madrid, having left the club in 2009, while Massimo Ambrosini and Kevin-Prince Boateng both left the club as the most high profile departures. Much like the previous season, Milan began the season poorly, however, there would be no November renaissance as Max Allegri was relieved of his duties in January, with the club languishing in 11^th place. Club legend: Clarence Seedorf took over the reins, and the club would win 11 of the 19 league games under his stewardship, missing out on Europe by just 3 points.

The notable players that season were:

Mario Balotelli, Alessandro Matri, Stephan El Shaarawy, Andrea Petagna , Robinho, Giampaolo Pazzini, M’Baye Niang, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Keisuke Honda, Adel Taarabt, Nigel de Jong, Riccardo Montolivo, Bryan Cristante, Sulley Muntari, Antonio Nocerino, Riccardo Saponara, Andrea Poli, Michael Essien, Christian Zapata, Adil Rami, Philippe Mexes, Mattia De Sciglio, Ignazio Abate, Daniele Bonera, Cristian Zaccardo, Christian Abbiati, Marco Amelia