Gigi Buffon on Italy's curse, overcoming depression and THAT Zidane headbutt | Football Weekly

Football Weekly's own Barry Glendenning and Nicky Bandini sit down with Juventus and Italy legend Gianluigi Buffon, the World Cup winning goalkeeper Subscribe to The Guardian Football Weekly ►    / @footballweeklypodcast   On the podcast today; the World Cup winning goalkeeper who's finding his feet after hanging up his boots at the age of 45. In his book 'Saved', Buffon candidly discusses his battles with depression, how art helped him, the moment he nearly ended his own World Cup dream and, of course, snitching on Zinedine Zidane. Chapters: 00:00 - Barry tells Gigi about his marathon 00:58 - Life after football 02:24 - Gigi’s formative years 08:25 - Parma, parks and prisons 10:05 - Is football actually an individual pursuit? 14:08 - Was Tudor right to sub Kinsky? 16:38 - When Gigi nearly shattered his World Cup dream 19:27 - From scandal to success 25:16 - Snitching on Zizou, honest and hypocrisy 32:00 - Mental health struggles and recovery through art 39:12 - No World Cup for Italy… again Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/ Guardian Football Weekly podcast: Apple ► https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Spotify ► https://open.spotify.com/show/6w8qWe0... Follow Guardian Football Weekly: Instagram ►   / guardian_footballweekly   TikTok ►   / guardian_footballweekly   #footballweekly #italy #buffon #worldcup #gigibuffon #football