It can’t be. Legendary Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, at the age of 45, dreamed of bringing Parma back to Serie A but has been forced to give up… for now, as he will try again next season as You have contact until June 30, 2024.
Parma fell on Saturday in the semifinals of the playoff for promotion to Serie A. Claudio Ranieri’s Cagliari made it to the final against Bari after coming back from 0-2 in the first leg to win 3-2. A decisive victory because of the return the initial 0-0 did not move Enno Tardini and condemned Parma to continue in Serie B for the third consecutive season.
Buffon, who withdrew at half-time in the first leg due to a muscle contraction with the score at 0-2, was absent on Saturday and, after Parma’s elimination, expressed his feelings through a message on his Instagram account .
Buffon’s emotional message
“There are defeats that leave you with a feeling of confusion and deep sadness. And there are defeats that, on the contrary, make you feel surrounded by thousands of weapons, where tears are really represents the sowing of a seed,” reflects Buffon.
“There is something that uniquely binds you despite the sports result, that makes you seem to all the eyes that you see, that makes you feel that you belong to what they belong to,” continued Buffon. “A consciousness that has grown over time, like an umbilical cord that connects everything, made of passion, respect, gratitude, hearts and hands that really know how to support each other. In the middle of this harsh truth, I feel in my heart a deep need to say to them again: THANK YOU TO THE DEAR CITIES OF PARMA!”.
He returned to Parma in 2021 to return it to the elite
Buffon formed in Parma and made his first-team debut in 1995 before signing for Juventus (2001-2018), PSG (2018-2019), Juventus again (2019-2021) and close the circle returning to Parma in 2021 just days after their relegation to Serie B.
Source: La Verdad
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