Buffon: We need more character
Gianluigi Buffon acknowledges Italy need more charisma, but hopes the friendly with Holland can be part of the maturation process for the 2014 World Cup, Football Italia reported.
“It’s beyond doubt that we need more character, also because we have many young players and so it is a growth process,” he said after a 1-1 draw in Amsterdam.
“From here to the Confederation Cup and the World Cup, there will be more tests and the younger players will be able to build that a bit at a time to reach Brazil in 2014 in great shape.
“A lot depends on the opponents and whether a test is difficult. Of course coming to Holland it can happen that you wait a little more, which makes it look as if you’re not giving your all. The truth is we were trying to play on the counter.
“Finally we managed to interrupt this run of five consecutive friendly defeats, which was starting to annoy us.”