Gigi Buffon reveals the most back-handed compliments he received from Marcello Lippi and Max Allegri, why being in goal was ‘a superpower’ and that 2006 World Cup moment with Zinedine Zidane. ‘I was ...

Zinedine Zidane had done everything to beat Gianluigi Buffon for the second time that night at the Olympiastadion Berlin but to no avail. It was the 2006 World Cup final between France and Italy.

BERLIN - To the very end of his career, Zinedine Zidane could dictate the flow of play with rare skill and elegant control of the ball. In the World Cup final, Zidane lost control of his temper. The ...