At 43 years old. Buffon saves his new team from the goal of an investigator in his own way (video)

Legendary Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has confirmed that he still has great agility and ingenuity to stop balls and defend his lair despite his advanced age and reaching the age of 43.

Thesun newspaper published a video of Buffon saving his former team, Parma, from a goal in a friendly against Sassuolo, in preparation for the start of the new season.

In the 46th minute of the match, one of Sassuolo’s players slipped to the right, before sending a cross that settled in front of striker Francesco Caputo, who shot him hard from inside the penalty area, but Buffon saved it brilliantly, before the ball returned to the attacker who failed to control it, she hit his head to bring Buffon up and catch him with ease.

Despite Buffon’s brilliance on this shot, his team lost 0-3.

Buffon, World Cup winner with Italy in 2006, returned this summer to defend his first club, Parma, 20 years after his departure.

The veteran goalkeeper signed a two-year contract with the relegated club to the Premier League in the 2020-2021 season, after deciding to leave Juventus, which he played for 20 years.

Source: RT + “the sun”

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