Milan's 16th scudetto was achieved with a late run of seven consecutive victories which coincided with the sudden collapse of Lazio who, at one time, led Milan by seven points. Yet, Zaccheroni does not consider his spell at Milan as his masterpiece.
"At Udinese, we did miracles. With the players not paid on time and training grounds not fit for purpose, (in 1997-98) we managed a third-place finish just six points behind champions Juventus," the 56-year-old coach said.
And, at the same time, he has ruled out a return to his former club. 'Never go back' seems to be Zaccheroni's motto.
"La Gioconda (known as Mona Lisa) is for Leonardo as Udinese is for me, a masterpiece. Da Vinci has never dared to retouch it. Likewise, a return to Friuli could wipe out good memories of my successful spell," he explained.
From Leonardo da Vinci to Leonardo Nascimento de Araújo, the current Milan coach. Zaccheroni sees similarities between the Milan team of his days and today's current squad.
"Not only for his three-pronged system but the situation today is similar to the one I experienced in the season we won the league," he added.
"Likewise, at my time, not many pundits gave us a chance of winning the scudetto. Having a shot at the championship race was more than most critics gave us at the start of that season, let alone winning it.
"Leonardo has been very intelligent in creating a common project and getting everyone on board. He showed enthusiasm and determination to push the project through in the most trying times, when some players started doubting his ideas on TV.
"I experienced a similar episode in 1998/1999. We suffered a shock defeat against Cagliari early in the campaign (Cagliari-Milan 1-0 on the fifth day). (Ibrahim) Ba, Weah and Boban went on record as saying that the project was no longer valid.
"I waited for days before saying anything. When I noticed that the club's backing was too long in coming, I took the Saturday press conference (before the Roma match) by storm, inviting these players to do their talking on the pitch," he added.
He might have been given the cold shoulder by the club officials but in compensation he won the hearts of the Rossoneri supporters.
"That Sunday, going on the pitch, I noticed a big streamer saying: Zac was right, talk less and work more," he revealed.
He believes that unity is the cornerstone of Milan's amazing revival. Nonetheless, the Cesenatico tactician believes that Inter will maintain their domestic dominance.
"I think it will be Inter again this year," he suggested.
During his time at Inter, the uncompromising Zaccheroni fell out with Christian Vieri and Massimo Moratti sacked the coach to placate him. But Zaccheroni shrugged off his dressing-room spat with Vieri.
"At that time, I preferred Adriano. They looked dead and buried when I took over (from Hector Cuper) at Inter. I needed to draw on all my resources to meet the club's expectations.
"I had to construct a defence from depleted resources: Gamarra-Cordoba-Adani. In midfield, I called Farinos and Lamouchi out of exile. We achieved seven victories out of the last nine fixtures and went on to beat Juventus in Turin to qualify for the Champions League," he explained.
But in the summer, when Roberto Mancini resigned from Lazio, the writing was on the wall. "All the media stopped talking about me, albeit I was still the coach, and started talking about Mancini. In July, I decided to step down, end of the story," Zaccheroni said.
His relationship with the former club seems to have broken down irrevocably when last September, José Mourinho pulled the Italian's ear in front of the media, saying that Zaccheroni went down in history for losing 5-1 against Arsenal at home.
"I only gave my opinion on Inter-Barcelona, certainly not on Inter-Arsenal. Yet, Mourinho was quick to remember the Arsenal match, perhaps maliciously forgetting that I am the only Italian coach to have led an Italian side to victory at the Nou Camp (Barcelona vs Milan 0-2 September 2000)," he said.
Zaccheroni was diplomatic about Inter's prospects in the Champions League this year.
"Everything depends on them, they have a great team which, if they want, can do well against anyone," he remarked.
His last coaching experience at Torino turned sour but now he is ready for a coaching comeback.
He has been linked with the Poland job.
"Poland are passing through exciting times as they will co-host the 2012 European Championships. I was approached by the Polish FA president (Grzegorz) Lato to take over after the departure of Leo Beenhakker but, on second thoughts, they opted for a Polish coach," he said.
But, it is not difficult to figure out his next destination, given that he came to Malta to learn English.