 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati memwaka wa1995-96, Zola pakutanga akawana kukwikwidzana muchikwata neBulgaria kumberi Hristo Stoichkov, uyo akatamba zvakafanana tactical basa saZola; semhedzisiro, Zola aizotanga kuiswa mumutambo wekutanga gumi nerimwe aine mashoma, achirasikirwa nenzvimbo yake muchikwata, kunyangwe akarova zvibodzwa gumi zveligi. Mumwaka unotevera, maneja Carlo Ancelotti akauya kuzoona Zola se square peg asingakwanise kukwana mune yake yakaoma 442 system paakasvika kukirabhu muna 1996. Zola akaridzwa kunze kwenzvimbo munzvimbo yekuruboshwe yepakati, achihwina zvibodzwa zviviri chete, sezvo Ancelotti akasarudza kutamba Hernán Crespo naEnrico Chiesa kumberi. Zola akaodzwa mwoyo nokutamba mumutambo uyu uye pakupedzisira akazviita kuti awane nzvimbo, achienda kuChelsea muPremier League munaNovember 1996. Pakazara, Zola akaita 102 makwikwi ekuonekwa neParma, achiwana zvibodzwa makumi mana nepfumbamwe. 