Laughing Buffon and his team-mates sound more interested in
studying loins than Lions before Sunday's Euro 2012
quarter-final
Dodgy keeper: Italy star Buffon is after action of a different
kind
Gianluigi Buffon reckons he will watching blue
movies rather than studying videos of England’s penalty
takers.
Italy keeper Buffon knows Sunday night’s Euro 2012
quarter-final between the two nations is being tipped to be a tight
affair that could well go to a shoot-out.
At a Friday press conference, Buffon was asked by the
Mirror if he would be watching recordings of England’s
penalty-takers - and his watching team-mates joked he will watch
X-rated DVDs instead.
In a light-hearted exchange, the Juventus stopper
laughed and said: “We have not watched any videos today, but we
will watch a video tonight!”
His answer prompted more suggestive remarks and Italy’s
other two keepers, Morgan De Sanctis and Salvatore Sirigu, joined
in on the joke.
Planning for a semi: Buffon wants to finish within 90
minutes
The Azzurri are clearly in good spirits ahead
of their Euro 2012 showdown with England but, like their opponents,
they have a chequered history in penalty shoot-outs.
Buffon, part of the team that won the 2006 World Cup
Final against France on spot-kicks, said: “I have won twice and
lost once on penalties. But I hope Italy win before penalties but
if it comes to it we’ll do our best.
“I think Italy are very even with England. I don’t see
any favourites. It will be a very tight game.”
Meanwhile, England’s training camp in Krakow has been
infiltrated by a mole - but of the furry animal kind, rather than
an Azzurri spy.
The mole was chased around the terraces at their Hutnik
base before security men eventually caught and removed it, causing
much laughter among FA staff and players.
