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Events on Sunday 23 April 1978 1
1978Serie A debut -- 23 April 1978, aged 17Baresi makes his Serie A debut on 23 April 1978, aged 17, in a 2-1 Milan victory away at Verona. Coach Nils Liedholm promotes him to the starting eleven for the 1978-79 season -- an unusually rapid progression reflecting Liedholms conviction that Baresis football intelligence already surpasses that of players a decade his senior.