'War' in Milan - an abandoned game, an eternal image
Briefly

There was Rui Costa and there was Marco Materazzi.Beauty and the brawn.The elegant Portuguese shouldering the weight of his grizzled opponent's elbow.Tranquillity amid the chaos as a pair of footballing rivals paused to ponder a hazy wall of red smoke and simmering flares."Everyone was focused on the flares, on the smoke," photographer Stefano Rellandini, who captured that iconic image 18 years ago, tells BBC Sport.
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