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The New A.C. Milan Picks Up Where the Old One Left Off

Is there muscle memory to Champions League success? An Italian giant, no longer fallen, is hoping to draw on its own.

Milan’s fans can reel off the triumphs of the club’s glory days. Now a new generation is hoping to experience their own.Credit...Isabella Bonotto/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Stefano Pioli could feel it, even if he could not quite define it.

In the nicest possible way, Pioli has made several journeys around the block as a soccer manager. At 57, he has been coaching in the volatile, capricious world of the Italian game for two decades.