Buffon: The advantage of Conte is that it allows players and fans to reach the top, and they all agree with his philosophy.

Hupu, September 27th, Buffon, a former Italian legendary goalkeeper and current Italian national team sporting director, talked about AC Milan's game against Naples and the two coaches he had succeeded with when he was at Juventus. Buffon knows them very well because Antonio Conte and Allegri have coached him during Juventus' long glory days, and there is no one who is more suitable to tell the story of the two protagonists of Milan's battle against Naples than the current national sporting director. Here is the first half of his interview.

Buffon, you have been a teammate with Conte at Juventus. As a player, what is Conte like?

"He is the kind of player who is indispensable in the team because he perfectly combines tactical wisdom, goal instinct and ability to insert back. In addition, despite his taciturnity, along with the other two or three people, they are the soul of the locker room and the team's leader. "

When he returned to Torino to coach Juventus in 2011, what impressed you the most?

"It is his clearness and clarity about the team's strong determination and conveying tactical ideas. "

What words does Conte still remember you?

"In an initial team meeting, with his football knowledge and preparation, he told us: 'This type of cooperation is to do this, if you have questions, ask me, I will explain it to you, give you the answer you want. If I don't give you the answer, it means I'm fooling you, and this situation will never happen. ' "

For Conte, who has won a championship at Juventus, how important is it to instill Juventus DNA into a new team?

"This is decisive because we are talking about a person who has experienced a specific era with Juventus. It was a great success period created by player values, the ability to withstand high pressure at a certain moment, and a work attitude that goes beyond the norm. "

He instilled that work attitude into the team, especially during the summer preparations

"Oh my God, how hard we were at that time... "

Is there a detail that made you realize that Conte would become a great coach?

"In the 2005-06 season, we won in Siena with three rounds left before the end of the season, Conte was the assistant coach of Siena. After the game, I stopped and talked with him for about ten minutes, and when I bid farewell to him, I said to myself: 'This guy will either be locked up (laughs) or become one of the most successful coaches in football history. 'The second situation happened. "

Which season did Conte have the biggest influence in the three Serie A titles you won with him?

"He has had a huge impact on us every season because that continuity is not taken for granted. He kept us in the continuity of the intensity of the game and we never lost our hunger. On this premise, the work he did in the first year was incredible. "

You met Conte again in the national team. How was he as the national team coach?

"He is less stubborn than working with him every day at the club. He has to be a little softer, because it is complicated to shape and temper a team of players from different clubs and different ideas in a few days. It is not easy to understand how to get everyone to the best. Conte's advantage is that everything around him, from players to management to fans, agrees with his philosophy. The national team he led is one of the few teams that have not won the championship but are truly popular among the people. Unfortunately, we didn't go one more round and lost in the quarterfinals, but considering the absence, we may lose even if we reach the semifinals, so we are gloriously out. "