Buffon is dissatisfied with the loss of Italian football for its identity and the tradition of Spain and Barcelona sports

29 May 2025 - 6:11 pm

Express the Italian Gianluigi BuffonThe former goalkeeper Luvintos, his strong dissatisfaction with the new direction of Italian football, considering that giving up the defensive style lost his country his football identity.

Buffon stressed the need for the Italian football to return to its conservative essence, praising at the same time the way Barcelona plays under the leadership of its German coach Hansi Felk, but this praise does not mean that the Catalan team is a model that must be imitated in Italy.

In the event of revealing the names of 100 candidates for the Golden Boy Award organized by the Italian newspaper “Toto Sport”, Buffon said, “20 years ago, we are ashamed of our identity, we feel that we should play like Spain and therefore we abandoned our history and this led to the loss of talents.”

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Buffon is considered one of the Italian football legends and spanned 29 years (Reuters)

“Today, we will feel shy if we pay players such as Cherro Ferrara and Fabio Cannavaro to the field, even Giorgio Chiellini will not play today because he is not good at intercourse.”

“Today we feel that we have to change until we are accepted in the upscale football community. As for me, everything I think is to go out to the field for winning only, and it is not a shame to do so in my style,” Buffon added.

“Watching Barcelona plays fun, but it is not realistic to think that we are able to play with an advanced defense for 90 minutes. The historical matches of Italy were dependent on defense, cohesion and patience until the last minute.”

Buffon, 47, came in the presence of a number of Italian coaches and a constellation of his old teammates, whether in Juventus or Italy, such as Giorgio Kieelini, Fabio Cannavaro, Marco Materazzi, and Cristian Vieri alongside veteran coach Claudio Ranieri.

Canavaro agreed with Buffon’s vision, in turn, that he learned football in the defense style and completed his entire career in this way.

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Buffon won most of the championships, except for the Champions League (Reuters)

“I learned the tactic for the first time with Carlo Ancelotti when I was on the 23rd. I grew up on individual censorship and I was fortunate that I learned close censorship and then developed my style to defend the region, and completed all of my career in this way,” Canaavaro said.

Buffon is one of the Italian football legends, in his 29 -year professional career – with several local and European clubs, Parma, Juventus and Paris Saint -Germain and crowned with her many titles.

It also represented Italy in 176 international matches, according to the data of the famous “Transfer Market” website, and led “Al -Azuri” to crown the 2006 World Cup at the expense of the French national team.