Juve celebrate 20 years Buffon

“I was doing my usual round of knocking on the players” doors and when I got to Gigi’s room, I asked “you’re playing tomorrow, what do you think?’ and he said ‘what’s the problem, boss?,'” Scala said in La Gazzetta dello Sport.

Milan defender Alessio Romagnoli, who has recently been described as the “new Andrea Nesta”, refuses to rule Juve out of the title race but said the Rossoneri have to continue their recent purple patch. Buffon has been the world’s best for the past 20 years.

“Buffon’s personality sets him aside”.

Cech, who is also considered one of the best shot-stoppers of this generation, has led the tributes for Buffon and feels the Italian’s unique personality between the sticks played a big role in keeping the spirit of his team-mates up during tough moments in matches.

It came on November 19, 1995 and on that occasion the 17-year-old produced a performance worthy of ‘keepers twice his age to defy Roberto Baggio, Marco Simone and George Weah as Parma held AC Milan to a scoreless draw. “I liked scoring goals; in the end it’s all about scoring goals”.

“My advice to him would be to try to mature as quickly as possible, to understand the rights and wrongs in this context”.

“From Milan to Milan – the game with the greatest significance, however, was that debut 20 years ago”, Buffon told Mediaset television.

“What astonished me was his debut”. “But it seems destiny made me a goalkeeper”, added Buffon.

In 1999 a Parma team boasting Lilian Thuram, Fabio Cannavaro and Hernan Crespo were crowned Italian Cup winners, won their second UEFA Cup and beat AC Milan 2-1 at the San Siro to claim their first and only Italian Super Cup.

In the summer of 2001, Buffon rejected the possibility of joining Roma or Barcelona to join Juventus for a world-record transfer fee for a goalkeeper of 100 billion lire (€51,645,690).

Milan head to Turin looking to maintain a recent purple patch that has seen them claim 10 points from their past four league outings. “There are at least four or five teams who can compete for the Scudetto”.

Third place in Italy comes with a spot in the final round of the Champions League playoffs, and Juventus wants to make sure it remains in Europe’s top club competition after reaching last season’s final.