Gianluigi Buffon is making headlines! Retired since August 2023, the 2006 world champion has until now been rather discreet. But on the occasion of the release of his autobiography “Fall, get up, fall, get back up”, the former Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper is carrying out a major media tour on the other side of the Alps. The opportunity for him to talk about many notable moments of his career, talking about Neymar's injuries, Zinedine Zidane's headbutt on Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final, but also… Lionel Messi.
“Gigi, let’s exchange swimsuits now”
In the columns of Corriere della Serrahe tells an anecdote dating back to the 2015 Champions League final: “Messi? At halftime of the C1 2015 final, I feel a hand on my shoulder. “Gigi, let's swap swimsuits now ?? It was Messi. Very big people don't tell it. Cristiano Ronaldo? We always had a very good relationship (…) I saw in him great strength and great fragility, linked to the absence of his father. The difficult journey he had to face“, he explained. He also admitted to having been very close to joining the Blaugrana at the end of his career: “I had an offer from Barça to be second goalkeeper. I liked the idea of playing with Messi after CR7. But one day, I was driving and on the radio, a song by Jovanotti that I really liked and hadn't heard for 10 years: Bella. I look up and see the Parma sign. A sign. Stop where it all began” Enough to come full circle to return, almost 20 years later, to where his career began.
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To summarize
When a legend knows how to pay homage to another legend, it necessarily makes a good story. Gianluigi Buffon returned to the 2015 Champions League final between Juventus Turin and Barça.
