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Mattia Perin will never forget his 20th birthday. That was the day when he spoke to Gigi Buffon, his goalkeeping hero, for the very first time. Sadly, the circumstances were not quite what Perin had been hoping for. He had just endured one of the worst afternoons of his young career, conceding six times as his Pescara team was routed by Buffon’s Juventus. Although hardly the chief culprit in...
Published: May 1, 2014
Luca Toni is not going to the World Cup this summer. The Verona striker acknowledged as much on Sunday, reminding reporters that he had not even been invited to take part in Italy’s recent two-day training camp at Coverciano. Given that 42 other players were called up, and that manager Cesare Prandelli can only include 23 in his final squad for the tournament, Toni knows that it would require...
Published: April 24, 2014
For a man who grew up in Italy’s so-called City of Marble, Gigi Buffon certainly has a soft side. The Juventus goalkeeper is fiercely proud of his roots in Carrara, a small community in the north-west of the peninsula known primarily for its rock quarries. He even owns the local football team, Carrarese, which he used to support as a boy. So when Buffon heard that another Carrara native had been...
Published: April 3, 2014
Gigi Buffon is in no rush to hang up his gloves. The Italy goalkeeper turned 36 in January, but he is under contract at Juventus until 2015 and has already begun negotiations on a 12-month extension. His agent, Silvano Martina, recently told reporters that he expects Buffon to stay on at the club for another four years (source in Italian). Even the player himself, though, will not know how realistic...
Published: March 18, 2014
Antonio Cassano knows where he wants to be this summer. He spent the last one relaxing on a beach (source in Italian) with his wife Carolina and their two sons Christopher and Lionel, but this year he has grander ambitions in mind. The Parma forward has his heart set on a trip to Brazil, where he hopes to make his first-ever World Cup appearance for Italy, per Gazzetta dello Sport (in...
Published: February 27, 2014
Carlos Tevez scored his 14th league goal of the season for Juventus on Sunday. Gonzalo Higuain notched his 13th for Napoli a day later. The Argentinian pair only arrived in Serie A last summer but already sit joint-first and joint-second in the scoring charts. But both men still have a way to go yet if they hope to make as big an impact on Italian football as some of their countrymen before them. Argentinian...