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9th January 2019
01:54pm GMT

"It was like everyone was asking about Buffon and nobody about Gigi."
With his 41st birthday approaching, retirement must be in Buffon's thoughts and while he has learned to cope better with the pressure of being one of the most high-profile footballers on the planet in recent years, he really struggled during his mid-twenties
Buffon continued: "I went to Ivano Bordon, the goalkeeper coach, and told him: 'Ivano, get [goalkeeper Antonio] Chimenti to warm up and play. I'm not feeling up to it.'
"I had suffered a panic attack and was in no state to play the match.
"If I had not gone through this experience, that cloud and that turmoil with other people, I may have never have got out of it."Explore more on these topics: