The goalkeeper prepares for the trip to Lignano with his Parma and talks about the national team, Donnarumma and his goals
PARMA
Two draws against Bulgaria and Switzerland that complicate the plans for the landing in Qatar a little. The resumption of the World Cup qualifiers after the European triumph did not smile at Roberto Mancini’s national team, but woe betide talking about sterile tips or the usual difficult September. “Not to want to defend the group and the coach, but the problem of Italy in these two games was good luck”, is the analysis of Gianluigi Buffon, former goalkeeper and captain of the national team and current number 1 of Parma who he is about to resume the Serie B championship against Pordenone, in the Lignano stadium, a few kilometers from the birthplace of his father Adriano, originally from Pertegada.
To the microphones of “Radio too sport” on Rai Radio 1, yesterday the 2006 world champion said he was certain that the Azzurri, who are about to challenge Lithuania, tomorrow at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia, have done their utmost his duty: «After the splendid ride to the European Championship, where everything went the right way, life rebalances something and makes things less well for you. The national team is paying a modicum of bad luck and it is true that in September it has always suffered, but in this case the performance, in the two games, was provided, with many goals created. The data that emerges is that you could have scored three goals with Bulgaria and the other night with Switzerland, but the results were the children of chance. If you replay them a hundred times, you win them ».
For Buffon, there is no attacking problem: «Questioning our strikers or someone like Immobile seems ungenerous to me, his numbers are important in our league. More leniency is needed for someone who not only scores, but fights a lot for his team ».
His sixth World Cup, at least for the moment, is not a real goal: “I’m not aiming for anything, just to be happy and to do things that make sense for the responses of head and body, which respond in a great way and for this reason I continue to play with great enthusiasm. For now I do not consider the idea of quitting, I realize that I am a very important player for the people of Parma, with many responsibilities, to whom the fans hand over their hopes. What if Mancini called me? The coach has never made a mistake, we last spoke 2-3 years ago and I don’t want unnecessary pressure to be created. He already has many responsibilities, do not add other useless ones like mine ».
On the other hand, Italy, between the posts, is well covered, starting with the owner, that Gigio Donnarumma who instead is having problems winning the PSG, a team in which Buffon played: “First of all, we are only at the beginning and not can give definitive judgments, then he found himself in a particular situation, in a great team that has its own goalkeeper (Navas, ed) among its strengths “.
Between the promotion of Parma and the Scudetto to “his” Juve Buffon chooses the return to Serie A of the Emilians: «For me at this moment it is a reason for living, the reason why I continue to have this passion. Juventus is just experiencing a transition, I don’t know if it is generational or a team skeleton that is changing, but you are paying a little bit of duty. If you are certain like Allegri or the players, you may not reach the Scudetto goal, but you are close to it … ».
Finally, the farewell of Ronaldo. “I don’t think anyone could have been surprised. I can only speak well of Cristiano, he is an exceptional professional and gives one hundred percent for the cause ». –