Buffon: “In 2018 I decided to quit, then PSG …”

In a long interview with France Football, Gianluigi Buffon told an anecdote about his past: “In 2018 I had decided to stop playing football. Then came the call from Paris Saint-Germain. I talked about it first of all with my children. , because although football takes me a long time to be with them, I always see them happy that I play. And in fact, without any hesitation, they said to me: ‘Go dad, it’s too good. You will play in an incredible team’. made it clear that it is important for them to have me as a point of reference and that they are happy to have a father like that “. And in Paris, Buffon took some great personal satisfaction: “I had certificates of esteem and affection that at times were also undeserved, in my opinion, especially on the street. This made me uncomfortable, but it was exciting”.

Politically correct

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Among the many topics touched on in the interview, Buffon also spoke of the two things he hates most in the world of football: “Clichés and politically correct, even if I use it too. I do it so as not to disrespect others. It happens, like, when I’m asked for an opinion on other players: you always have to say the same things to not be rude. This thing bores me. ” Inevitable then, for the French journalists, not to ask Buffon a question about the 2006 World Cup final in Berlin: “France were very strong, perhaps stronger than us, just look at the path they had made. Only a team with our spirit. could have prevailed. ” And on Zidane’s header in Materazzi, he added: “I would have expected everything in that game, except that episode. When I saw it I shouted to the assistant referee in a very spontaneous way. For us that episode is It was a fortune, given the way the match was taking. Zizou was in incredible shape and could have decided it. ”