The attacking wolves just have not been able to blow Gianluigi Buffon's house down, with the Juventus goalkeeper set to pull ahead of Sebastiano Rossi's Serie A record for consecutive minutes without conceding, in the Turin derby with Torino on Sunday

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Buffon faces Bayern Munich

With Paulo Dybala and Claudio Marchisio the latest Juventus stars to be ruled out of Wednesday's clash with Bayern Munich, it may come down to the in-form Gianluigi Buffon to stop the Bavarians from progressing...

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20 years to the day since Buffon's debut

It's 20 years to the day since Gianluigi Buffon's Serie A debut against AC Milan!

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Champions in crisis

Chelsea and Juventus are both in choppy waters and must avoid dangerous obstacles on Halloween.

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When anger's taking over

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Ospina in the Ballon d'Or list while Buffon is out

Gianluigi Buffon was a surprise omission from the reported Ballon d'Or longlist, though Arsenal's hapless goalkeeper David Ospina was included

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More than 50,000 Goal.com readers around the world voted Iker Casillas as UEFA Champions League's greatest ever goalkeeper

After the announcement that Casillas is UEFA Champions League's greatest ever goalkeeper, legendary Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar retweeted my cartoon on twitter, followed by a retweet from Casillas himself.

Goal.com, Huffington Post (Spanish), O Jogo and Morocco World News wrote about the indecent.

Goal: EXTRA TIME: Casillas mocks Mourinho by retweeting Goal's cartoon

El Huffington Post: Casillas le envía una pulla a Mourinho vía Twitter

O Jogo: Van der Sar pôs Casillas a rir de Mourinho

Morocco World News: Casillas Retweets Sarcastic Cartoon That Mocks Mourinho

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In 1999, a Parma team featuring Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Lilian Thuram, Juan Sebastian Veron and Hernon Crespo won the Uefa Cup, but from next season the bankrupt club will play in the fourth tier of Italian football

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Juventus and Barcelona gear up for the Champions League final...

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Ahead of their Champions League semi-final clash, Iker Casillas revealed that he has always looked up to Gigi Buffon as a role model.

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Higuain helps Napoli to win Supercoppa

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Chiellini scores an awkward Hat-trick

Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini  helped his national side to win the game against Azerbijan in the Euro 2016 qualifications. Italy have won 2-1 with Chiellini who had scored two goals for Italy and one own goal on his team.

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Pirl-d'oh! Allegri takes over at Juventus

After Antonio Conte's shock departure from Juventus, the Italian champions have moved swiftly to appoint former AC Milan boss Massimiliano Allegri.

The news might not go down too well with every member of the bianconeri's squad, though, especially a certain Andrea Pirlo, who worked under the new Juve boss at San Siro.

The Italy international, however, was deemed too old by his former team, and manager, and offered only a short term deal, prompting him to leave the club on a free transfer.

Pirlo has since won three back-to-back Serie A titles, while Allegri was sacked by Milan, and both will hope their relationship can be more productive this time.

Thursday, 17 July 2014 13:00

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Italy 2014 Tribute

They left early but here is a tribute to their fans.

Watch Italy GoolToons episode: 

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Ronaldo tops star-studded Goal Rich List

Cristiano Ronaldo has pipped Lionel Messi to the top spot of the 2014 Goal Rich List.

The Real Madrid star is the hottest property in football and boasts an estimated wealth of €148 million [£122m] - just €2m [£1.5m] more than his Barcelona rival.

The list, topped by the now-retired David Beckham in 2013, features the likes of Wayne Rooney, Samuel Eto'o and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Click here to see the full Goal Rich List top 10.

Monday, 10 March 2014 12:30

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Netherlands & Italy settle in for World Cup party

Victories for Netherlands and Italy in their World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday ensured they both booked their spot at the 2014 showpiece in Brazil.

Louis van Gaal's side progressed from Group D following a 2-0 win over minnows Andorra, while the Italians came from behind to defeat Czech Republic 2-1 in Turin.

Argentina, Costa Rica and the USA also sealed their passage to Brazil for next summer's international tournament as the beaches of Rio await!

Wednesday, September 11, 2013 12:00

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Spain penalty prowess too much for Italy

 

Spain booked their place in the Confederations Cup final on Thursday with a penalty shoot-out victory over Italy.

Cesare Prandelli's side battled the world and European champions for 120 minutes but neither side could break the deadlock.

But Spain's superstars proved to be as accurate from the spot as they are with their passes, as Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Gerard Pique, Sergio Ramos, Juan Mata and Sergio Busquets all netted.

Italy matched their opposition for quality every step of the way, until Leonardo Bonucci fired over the bar, leaving Jesus Navas to calmly slot past Gianluigi Buffon to book a final clash with Brazil on Sunday. 
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Yabba-dabba-doo! Fred sees Brazil through

 

Brazil made it three wins out of three at the Confederations Cup on Saturday night, seeing off Italy 4-2 to finish top of Group A.

Having already beaten Japan and Mexico, Luiz Felipe Scolari’s men kept their perfect record intact with a victory that should see them avoid Spain in the semi-finals.

Neymar has been the star for the hosts so far and once again got on the scoresheet with a superb free kick after Dante had opening the scoring.

However, it was Fred with a real show of strength who grabbed the headlines, scoring twice in the second half to send the hosts into the last four.  
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It's raining goals for Buffon and Kawashima

 

Italy's epic 4-3 victory over Japan will undoubtedly go down as one of the greatest ever Confederations Cup matches.

Supporters were treated to a feast of football as goals from Daniele De Rossi, Mario Balotelli and Sebastian Giovinco, as well as an own goal from Atsuto Uchida, sealed Italy's place in the semi-finals of the competition.

Do spare a thought for the two goalkeepers involved, though, with Gianluigi Buffon and Eiji Kawashima facing a downpour of goals over the 90 minutes in the Itaipava Arena Pernambuco. 
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Bayern men show their mettle to crush Juventus

 

Bayern Munich further displayed their Champions League credentials with a 2-0 win over Juventus on Tuesday night.

David Alaba and Thomas Muller were the Bayern superheroes, scoring in the first and 63rd minute as the home fans marvelled over the performance at the Allianz Arena.

With Juventus needing to score three unanswered goals in the return leg to progress, it looks as though the Bayern men are ready to march on into the semi-final. 

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