WHEN RICKY MET SHEVA
The match was only 79 seconds old when the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza was sent into a frenzy. Milan were hosting Fabio Capello’s Roma, their rivals for the Serie A title. Secure victory on that May day in 2004, and the Scudetto was theirs.
In his first season with the Rossoneri, a 22-year-old Kaka picked up the ball on the right wing. Drifting past Olivier Dacourt, the Brazilian quickly curled in an inch-perfect cross for Andriy Shevchenko, hovering around the penalty spot, to expertly nod past Ivan Pelizzoli. As 80,000 people went berserk, the noise almost raised the San Siro roof. It was
