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The Azzurri shot stopper believes that his side need to be more proactive in their next match.
Jun 18, 2009 5:33:49 PM
Gianluigi Buffon, Italy (Foto Grazia Neri)
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African champions Egypt stunned Italy in Johannesburg 1-0, in their meeting at this year’s Confederations Cup.

The World Champions conceded the only goal of the game on 40 minutes, and it was only from this point that they showed a sense of urgency and gave themselves a good chance of getting themselves on to the score sheet.

They failed to do so in the end, however their goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, believes that this is their major problem at present, and that it has to be rectified heading into their next match.

“We have put a lot of time and effort into this Confederations Cup, however it is a very tough tournament,” Buffon stated in an interview with Sky.

“We are the world champions, and in this particular game, I think a point for us would have been fair.

“I think our problem at the moment is our approach to matches, in that we often react only after moments of significance, like conceding a goal.

“Tonight we managed to recover, although we failed to score, so it’s not always going to work in our favour.”

The Italians will most likely have to defeat Brazil in their final group game, to give themselves any hope of progressing to the final four of the competition.

He added, “We have to play without making any calculations, in regards to what is happening elsewhere. We have to play to win.

“We must show that we can compete with one of the favourites for next year’s World Cup.”

Source Adrian Del Monte, Goal.com