2023-08-09 11:28:17
No sooner had legend Gianluigi Buffon announced his retirement from football than the Italian Federation announced his appointment to a new mission in the Italian national team.
Gianluigi Buffon (web)
He is the ultimate guard. He was the one whose nets were slightly shaken by goals. He is the one who cherishes Italy for everything he has done. When he said a few days ago: “I retire,” all of Italy said in return regarding that word: I can’t stand it. So quickly she called him, and to the ball she brought him back.
Gianluigi Buffon might not stay off the ball and leave Italy alone. He answered the call of the heart, and confirmed that he was not tired. Soon he returned, and might not stand being away from the Italian national team.
Thus, then, the international goalkeeper and Italian legend Buffon will not move away from the ball, despite announcing his retirement from the game a few days ago. And as soon as he announced his retirement, the Italians had asked him to return to the Italian national team, but this time not on the field, but rather to be the head of the Italian delegation in its transfers, matches and tournaments in which he will compete.
Buffon might not refuse this request. It was amazing for a player to retire and return to football following only 3 days, albeit on a different mission. It usually takes time for the player to take a break and study the next step, and perhaps, and many did so, to move away from the ball completely.
But the matter was different, and how can it not be so when the parties are Buffon and Italy? The new task has necessary qualifications that are not available to many, and the appointment of the Italian Football Association Buffon to perform this task has meaning.
Choosing Buffon is a tribute to this great star who has done a lot for the Italian national team. Suffice it to say that he played a major role in winning the 2006 World Cup in Germany. He conceded only two goals throughout the tournament, made amazing saves, and was named the best goalkeeper in the tournament.
But in addition to honoring, this task also requires someone who knows the Italian national team well, so how regarding if this person is Buffon, who played 176 matches for the Italian national team in 21 years between 1997 and 2018? He is, then, exactly the right person in the right place.
In addition, Buffon’s main task will be in the moral aspect, and he is particularly important in the Italian national team, otherwise the Italian Football Association would have chosen him to perform the task of training the guards in the national team, given his history, competence and experience that he possesses.
But his presence in this mission is the most important for the Italians, as he can more than anyone else motivate the Italians with that “grinta” that he used to show when he sang the Italian anthem before and during matches, and it is a basic force for the Italian national team that led it a lot to titles.
Certainly, the image of the late star Gianluca Vialli, who had assumed this task before Buffon, is still fresh in the minds when he was embracing the Italian national team coach Roberto Mancini, and they shed tears of joy and were affected following winning the European Cup 2021 by defeating England in the final match in London.
Throughout that tournament, Vialli played an important and influential role in the Italian national team’s journey to the title, and he was always by Mancini’s side, and he used to celebrate goals with him, and the first person Mancini turned to when anything happened was Vialli.
Thus, Buffon will be on a new mission. We will still watch him on the screens, but this time not during his saves, but as he motivates the players to win.
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