Guest of the last episode of Che tempo che fa, broadcast on Nove, Gianluigi Buffon revealed the reasons that pushed him to return to Parma to end his career: “Every morning, when I went to train in those days, I listened to ‘Bella’ by Jovanotti. It was my song. When I was deciding my future after farewell to Juventus, while I pass through Parma the same song comes out on the radio. So I chose to return there…”.
Then on his professional debut with the cross shirt: “Parma-Milan against Baresi, Weah, Roberto Baggio and more. Paolo Maldini had the sensitivity to come and hug me and tell me ‘Come on, come on, make sure nothing happens’. For everyone else I am passed as if I didn’t even exist, he was the only one who came there to give me strength. In my opinion that is the moment when certain people make the difference”.
Buffon also provided his own account of the birth of the love story with the journalist Ilaria D’Amico, explaining how love at first sight started: “It was the evening of Muntari’s non-goal. He asked me a question, he asked me if I would have reported the matter if I had noticed it. I replied ‘absolutely not’. I told the truth.” In conclusion he told us what he replies to Galliani every time he meets him: “He was a lot like us but in the end it wasn’t a goal… And he laughs like crazy!”.