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Football Weekly's own Barry Glendenning and Nicky Bandini sit down with Juventus and Italy legend Gianluigi Buffon, the World Cup winning goalkeeper
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On the podcast today; the World Cup winning goalkeeper who's finding his feet after hanging up his boots at the age of 45. In his book 'Saved', Buffon candidly discusses his battles with depression, how art helped him, the moment he nearly ended his own World Cup dream and, of course, snitching on Zinedine Zidane.
Chapters:
00:00 - Barry tells Gigi about his marathon
00:58 - Life after football
02:24 - Gigi’s formative years
08:25 - Parma, parks and prisons
10:05 - Is football actually an individual pursuit?
14:08 - Was Tudor right to sub Kinsky?
16:38 - When Gigi nearly shattered his World Cup dream
19:27 - From scandal to success
25:16 - Snitching on Zizou, honest and hypocrisy
32:00 - Mental health struggles and recovery through art
39:12 - No World Cup for Italy… again
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