The brilliant Brazilian orchestrated a Milan performance of breathtaking style and control against Manchester United to put to bed claims of Ronaldo being the world's best player.
The talk before the Milan-Manchester United match was all about whether Cristiano Ronaldo or Kaka is the better player. On the evidence of what we saw at San Siro, it is safe to say Kaka is the superior performer.
In fact, he’s in another league compared to the Portuguese winger and if people took off their blinkers, they would realise that.
Ronaldo scored one goal in the first leg - and a really rather scrappy one at that - then spent the rest of the game running the ball into the corner.
While some may defend his contribution by claiming he was marked by two or three men, his repeated attempts to beat his marker on his own, rather than release a team-mate, showed either a distinct lack of awareness or a complete and utter selfishness.
He wants to be the hero, so lacks the teamwork that truly great players have. In fact, Wednesday night's performance reminded me not so much of the much-vaunted Cristiano Ronaldo, but more of Ronald Reagan!
Kaka, on the other hand, brings others into the game, he takes the ball forward and instead of allowing himself to be forced into a corner, lays it off to the unmarked man and finds space for the return if necessary. He also scored three goals over the two legs and is the top scorer in the Champions League.
United’s defeat at San Siro would have been far heavier had Milan played everybody's favourite, fatty Ronaldo Luis Nazário de Lima, who is in great nick in Serie A. . But the great man was cup-tied and the Rossoneri had to settle for playing the likes of Filippo Inzaghi and Alberto Gilardino, who are incapable of leading the front line for the Rossoneri.
So who is the best player in the world today? Is it Ronaldo, Is it Kaka?
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