Erdogan and Berlusconi lunch on yacht prior to Milan-Liverpool face off

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan greeted his political friend Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the door of the Dolmabahce Palace's Prime Ministerial offices. After a warm handshake and welcome, the two boarded the "The Istanbul" yacht belonging to the Swiss Hotel, where they set sail on the Bosphorus.Erdogan gave a lunch on board the yacht in honor of Berlusconi, and after the Italian Prime Minister watched the views of Istanbul from the back of the yacht for awhile, the two sat inside for the rest of journey. Berlusconi's son Luigi and Italy's Ambassador to Ankara, Carlo Marsili, were also at the lunch.  Berlusconi, who is the Honorary President of the Milan football club, said, in answer to the reporters, that he was not going to give technical advice to the players preceding the match, but that he would go to their hotel prior to the match to lend moral support.  Liverpool wound up beating Milan 6-5 for the European Championship League cup. Â