Pisa-Juventus it’s also the game of Louis Thomas Buffon. The Nerazzurri striker is the son of the Juventus legend goalkeeper. He will hardly be seen on the pitch, even if the 17-year-old is already permanently in the first team and has made his debut in Serie A. A different trajectory from that of his father Gigi, not only due to the role. Louis Thomas in fact started from Juve and decided to leave her when he was still a child. While for now he has chosen the national team Czech Republic to avoid the pressures of blue shirt.
The decision to wear the Czech shirt was explained by Louis himself at the time of his first call-up with theUnder 18: “I talked to my family and together we decided that it would be Better for the career football and for mine development play for the Czech Republic”. A choice made with clarity and not definitive: for now the mother’s nationality has prevailed, Alena Seredova. But there is still time to choose Italy, if anything a call up to the senior national team will arrive.
He also intervened several times on his son’s path Buffon padreclarifying the weight of the surname and initial difficulties. Telling the experience to Juventus as a child, the former goalkeeper recalled: “He starts playing the game he had 8 years and Juventus is asking me. After a year and a half he says to me: ‘Dad, I’m not having fun anymore’“. A complex phase, marked by intense rhythms and a pressure early. “At that age there is a need freedomof social life”, explained Buffon, accompanying his son in the choice of stop. When the Juventus experience ended definitelythe message was clear: “You’re going home but we’ll get along with Juventus stone above”.
The separation from football was long. “For four years, even out of rebellion, he does nothing,” said Buffon, underlining how Louis reached the age of 14 with very different maturation times than his: “At 14, I was already traveling around Italy and Europe with the national team”. The restart came from CBS – well-known amateur team from Turin – and then from Pisauntil his debut among professionals. Even the choice of the national team was considered to protect him: “In blue he would have the weight of his surname crushedthey could have said that he was recommended”, explained Buffon. “So instead, he will have the opportunity to manage himself with serenity. And, when he gets old, nothing will stop him from choosing Italy”. Now Louis Thomas Buffon is on the eve of turning 18, already a protagonist among the greats and with a story still to be written. Starting, who knows, from this Pisa-Juve.
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