Before every Parma game, coach Nevio Scala would pass by each player´s room to assess their frame of mind. On the eve of the Serie A meeting with AC Milan on November 19, 1995, he was interested in the demeanour of one player in particular, the 17-year-old Gianluigi Buffon. `Gigi had never played in the first team before and we were playing a team of superstars: Roberto Baggio, George Weah, Paolo Maldini,` Scala tells Goal. `So, I said to him, `Gigi, what happens if I play you tomorrow? Would you be ready?´ `Gigi looked straight at me, almost bemused, and said flatly, `Mister, what exactly is the problem?´` Even as a teenager, Gigi had never been afraid of a challenge. But then, it had...
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