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In the novel `Love Story`, later made into a classic movie, there is an immortal line: `Love is never having to say sorry`.
Buffon cried goodbye to the Italian team
Buffon apologizes to young players who dream of one day playing for the Italian national team.
And there is something ironic because Buffon’s first appearance for Italy was also a World Cup play-off match.
Perhaps Buffon had a romantic thought, like `we started our love story in Moscow, and will end it in Moscow next year`.
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Buffon’s 20 years playing for Italy began with a play-off match and also ended with a play-off match, only it ended in tragedy, with tears and endless pain.
Call Buffon as a witness, because he couldn’t do anything to prevent the disaster from happening.
Then they had to fall into the same group as a new and vibrant Spain under Julen Lopetegui.
Buffon watched helplessly as all of this happened, with no way to intervene.
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On Instagram after the home team was eliminated, Paolo Cannavaro referred to coach Ventura and FIGC President Tavecchio as `mummies in the executive chair`, slowing down the entire Italian football industry.
Before the two matches against Sweden, coach Gian Piero Ventura said: `I’m thinking about the group draw in the final round, because we believe we will be in Russia.`
And that `doomsday` and `great disaster` really happened.
Not yet as iconic as Buffon, De Rossi has also been with the blue shirt for 16 years.
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De Rossi got angry with Ventura
De Rossi, Buffon, along with Andrea Barzagli are the three remaining names from the 2006 World Cup winning squad. An era has ended when it should have… closed a long time ago.
For the past ten years, coaches and officials in FIGC have relied solely on them.
Antonio Conte loudly sounded the alarm when he was in office, but people ignored that warning when Italy still played very well at Euro 2016. But losing in the race for tickets to Russia in the summer of 2018 was a huge slap.
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Buffon’s Italy must share the same fate as the Netherlands, America, and Chile, being on the sidelines at the 2018 World Cup.
It’s just sad that when fate dealt a fatal slap to the Italians, it accidentally… slapped Buffon and De Rossi.
As for San Siro, their tears were not coated, but only one color of sadness!