The Meazza Stadium in Milan is commonly known as the San Siro because of its location. Standing in the San Siro district in Milan, Italy, this football stadium gets its name after Giuseppe Meazza, the two-time World Cup winner (1934, 1938) who played for Internazionale, and briefly for Milan, in the 1930s and 1940s. The construction of the stadium commenced in 1925 under the idea of Piero Pirelli, the president of AC Milan who wanted to have a stadium in the same district as the horse racing track. The architects designed a private stadium only for football without the athletics … Continue reading →