
Sky presents the new season of European cups with an exclusive event at Villa Necchi Campiglio in Milan, showing the cups won by Milan, Atalanta and Roma, and collecting statements from sports managers and predictions on the favorites for the Champions League.
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Sky has acquired the rights to broadcast European cups in Italy for the next five years, consolidating its sporting offer with international football events.
A string quartet plays the Champions League anthem, the three cups are shown to the guests in a display case, the images of Italian triumphs scroll on the screens. Sky launches the European cup season with an elegant evening at Villa Necchi Campiglio in Milan. "For the next five years the European cups will be on Sky - remarks CEO Andrea Duilio -. Here we have the original Champions League won by Milan in 1989 and raised by the great Franco Baresi who I would remember for all the emotions he gave us. We have the Europa League won by Atalanta in 2024 and the Conference League won by Roma in 2022. We hope it will continue to be a night full of successes for the Italians".
"Champions League, Europa League and Conference League represent one of the pillars of Sky's offer together with our original productions - highlights Giuseppe De Bellis, vice president of Sky Italia -. For us it is a great pride to bring the seven Italian teams into homes: last year we had 50 million viewers. We hope that our audience will continue to follow us and savor the quality of Sky Sport and the champions who delight us every week with their exploits". Among the guests were the owner of Milan, Gerry Cardinale, and the Rossoneri CEO, Massimo Calvelli, the president of Inter Giuseppe Marotta and the CEO of Juventus Giovanni Carnevali.
Meanwhile, the Sky talents make predictions on who will win the Champions League: for Costacurta and Del Piero Paris Saint Germain will complete a historic hat-trick, for Bergomi and Florenzi Barcelona will win, for Capello Real Madrid, while for Marchegiani the favorite team is Bayern Munich.
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