Gianluigi Buffon has written a love letter to his goalposts
The legendary Juventus keeper has just gone 973 minutes without conceding a goal, a new Serie A record.
To celebrate, he got poetic as fuck. Here's that letter in full:
I was 12 when I turned my back on you, denying my past to guarantee you a safe future.
I went with my heart,
I went with my instinct.
But the day I stopped looking you in the face is also the day that I started to love you,
To be your first and last line of defence.
I promised myself that I would do everything not to see your face again.
Or that I would do it as little as possible.
It was painful every time I did, turning round and realising I had disappointed you.
Again.
And again.
We have always been opposites yet we are complementary, like the sun and the moon.
Forced to live side by side without being able to touch. Teammates for life, a life in which we are denied all contact.
More than 25 years ago I made my vow: I swore to protect you. Look after you. A shield against all your enemies. I’ve always thought about your welfare, putting it first
even ahead of my own.
I was 12 when I turned my back on my goal. And I will keep doing it as long as my legs, my head and my heart will allow.
*Sniff*
Wouldn't catch any British keepers doing this, would you? No bloody culture, that's their trouble...
