Buffon: Italians seem to be ashamed of defending football, always want to learn from Spain

May 29th At the press conference for the Turin Sports Daily to announce the list of 100 people in the Golden Boy Awards primary election, a football legendary forum convened by the founder of the award triggered a fierce debate. Participants included Buffon, Chiellini, Ferrara, Ranieri, Galliani, Cannavaro, Matrazi, Vieri and other heavyweights in Italian football.

Juventus and Italian national team legendary goalkeeper Buffon used Barcelona football as an argument to defend Italy's traditional defensive philosophy: "For twenty years, we have been ashamed of our football genes. In these twenty years, there have always been people who advocated that we must follow Spain, and we betrayed our own history. Because of this, genius is dying. Players like Ferrara and Cannavaro are now ashamed to send them on the court! Chiellini may not be able to play the ball until today, because he will not pass the ribs directly!"

"Barcelona's game is of course worth buying tickets to watch, but we also imagine that we are Be able to defend the entire high position... Italy's classic battles are always based on defence, teamwork and results. Now these seem to embarrass us, as if we don't change, we don't deserve to stay in the upper class of football. I only play for victory, and I never embarrass myself in winning the way I am best at."

Cannavaro shared his tactical evolution history: "I only learned tactics systematically under the guidance of Ancelotti for the first time at the age of 23. I grew up in the era of man-to-man defense. I was fortunate to fight side by side with a man-to-man master like Ferrara, and later integrated the concept of regional defense throughout my career."