Gianluigi Buffon, the former emblematic goalkeeper of Italy and Juventus Turin, now head of the Nazionale delegation, presented new coach Luciano Spalletti on Monday as “the man for the job”. “I have the feeling that Italy has found the man for the job at the right time,” Buffon said during his first press conference in this new role.
“I had the chance to spend the last few days with the coach, his staff and I heard that they were talking about concepts, emotions and values that I believe are necessary to achieve our goal,” continued Buffon. , who hung up the gloves in early August, at 45, after a final season with Parma, in the 2nd division.
He also praised the career of his successor in Italian goal, Paris SG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma: “I saw him progress, also through his mistakes, because that’s where you learn the more. I left a teenager and I will find a man”, he judged.
