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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Gianluigi Buffon Saves

Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was a Serie A regular at 18, an international at 20 and could one day be remembered alongside such greats as Lev Yashin and Gordon Banks.

The late Juventus president Gianni Agnelli forked out 40 million euros to take the then 23-year-old to Turin in July 2001 and credited Buffon's performances as key to their championship trophy in his first season.

His celebrated reflexes helped Juve to a second consecutive title a year later, but despite two penalty shoot-out saves in the Champions League final, he was unable to prevent AC Milan winning Europe's most prestigious prize in 2003.

He is a colourful and outspoken man who claims to have taken to goalkeeping due to his distaste for running.