You had to have strong shoulders to support the weight of Zinédine Zidane's legacy at Juventus.
Pavel Nedved rose to the challenge.
The Czech superstar, who became a Bianconero in 2001, wrote the beautiful pages of the Old Lady.
With a Golden Ball to top it off in 2003, despite a Champions League final lost against AC Milan (0-0, 2-3 on penalties).
Nevertheless, Nedved shone in C1, like that evening in September 2004 in the group stage, where the shooting star crossed the Amsterdam sky.
Nedved's goal against Ajax Amsterdam in September 2004 (0-1)
In a trap match against Ajax Maxwell, Sneijder and van der Vaart, Juventus relied on neither Alessandro Del Piero, nor Zlatan Ibrahimovic, just recruited from ... Ajax.
Braked in the ajacid area, Mauro Camoranesi shifted Nedved back.
With a natural as elegant as his blonde mane, Nedved whipped the ball with the outside of his right foot.
The leather landed delicately in the skylight of a Maarten Stekelenburg taped to his goal line.
1-0 victory for Juve who would be content with such a score on Tuesday, in the round of 16 return against Porto, after a defeat in Portugal by scoring away (2-1).
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