Gianluigi Buffon confirms he’ll answer the call if Luigi Di Biagio picks him for Italy – “it’s a sense of responsibility”.
The Juventus goalkeeper could retire at the end of the season, and it was assumed that the World Cup play-off second leg with Sweden would be his final match for his country.
However, caretaker CT Di Biagio said yesterday that he could ask the veteran for “two or three more games”, stating he’d call him for the March friendlies with Argentina and England.
Gianluigi Buffon confirms he’ll answer the call if Luigi Di Biagio picks him for Italy – “it’s a sense of responsibility”.
The Juventus goalkeeper could retire at the end of the season, and it was assumed that the World Cup play-off second leg with Sweden would be his final match for his country.
However, caretaker CT Di Biagio said yesterday that he could ask the veteran for “two or three more games”, stating he’d call him for the March friendlies with Argentina and England.
“There’s nothing to add,” Buffon told Tiki Taka.
“There’s the sense of responsibility and attachment I feel I can give to the national team, even in this moment of transition, in a cycle of friendlies, games which will definitely be delicate.
“I definitely thought I’d be going on holiday with the family for a few days, but I think when the national team has a need – even a small need – it’s right to respond and not desert, aware that from June there will be other types of discourse.
“It’s certainly a form of loyalty, but it’s also a sense of responsibility because beyond that, starting from whatever my future will be from June onward, is a new expedition, one which is waiting to be born.
“Those who are going and playing their first games don’t have ones they can face with utmost serenity, because straight away they face [Lionel] Messi and co and then they face England in England.
“If there’s maybe even one experienced player who can give a word of advice, or say something comforting, or make their own experience available I think they [the younger players] can do well straight away.”