. ▁Despite ▁his ▁talent , ▁he ▁was ▁at ▁times ▁critic ised ▁for ▁his ▁vol atile , ▁ar rog ant ▁and ▁controvers ial ▁character , ▁however , ▁which ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁pick ▁up ▁several ▁cards ▁throughout ▁his ▁career , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁his ▁t endency ▁to ▁commit ▁occas ional ▁cost ly ▁mistakes , ▁which , ▁along ▁with ▁his ▁height ▁and ▁athlet ic ism , ▁earned ▁him ▁the ▁nick name ▁" l ' asc ens ore ▁u man o " ▁( the ▁human ▁lift ). ▁ ▁Ros si ▁was ▁also ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁distribution , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁his ▁pace ▁when ▁r ushing ▁off ▁his ▁line , ▁which ▁made ▁him ▁extremely ▁effective ▁in ▁Milan ' s ▁z onal ▁mark ing ▁system , ▁and ▁enabled ▁his ▁team ▁to ▁maintain ▁a ▁high ▁def ensive ▁line . ▁ ▁Record ▁Ros si ▁held ▁the ▁record ▁for ▁the ▁longest ▁stre ak ▁without ▁conced ing ▁a ▁goal ▁in ▁Serie ▁A ▁history . ▁In ▁an ▁ 1 1 - match ▁span , ▁from ▁ 1 2 ▁December ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁to ▁ 2 7 ▁February ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁he ▁kept ▁a ▁clean ▁sheet ▁for ▁ 9 2 9 ▁consecutive ▁minutes ▁before ▁being ▁be aten ▁by ▁a ▁long - range ▁strike ▁by ▁U . S . ▁F og gia ' s ▁Ig or ▁Kol y van ov ; ▁he ▁sur pass ed ▁the ▁previous ▁mark ▁set ▁by ▁D ino ▁Z off ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 – 7 3 ▁by ▁ 2 6 ▁minutes , ▁and ▁his