When Chievo entered serie A for the first time in 2001, they were more or less like Sassuolo today. A team noone heard about. But it was quite a big contrast from what Sass are doing now. Not only that Chievo started collecting points, but they did it with style. They were on top of serie A for a month and a half, playing really nice football under Del Neri.
The first time I watched them was against us. We won that match 3:2 with a dubious penalty. For almost half a match they gave us a football lesson.
It was the 5 Maggio season, round 3. One of the first official matches in our jersey for legends like Nedved and Buffon, who made a huge mistake on that match. I liked Chievo back then. The flying donkeys were a hit in Europe (since serie A was still numero uno in the continent).
Another match I remember, was the 3:3 from some years ago, when Mellberg made a big mistake in the last minutes and Pellissier completed his hat-trick