Italy, Buffon: "It must be us who pulls along the San Siro crowd"

After the words of Gian Piero Ventura, Italy's captain Gianluigi Buffon also spoke exclusively to Sky Sport about the return leg against Sweden tomorrow evening, saying "I believe that if there is no faith it is useless to talk about the return leg, we are a squad with the capability of overturning the result and above all else we cannot become accustomed to mediocrity, I am speaking for the whole movement. It is easy to fall into mediocrity. It takes anger to remain excellent, and we must have it and we need it to win this match. Crossroads? I feel together with many other guys, together with the manager and with the directors, we all played a part in this expedition that began a year and a half ago beyond personal paths. I have never seen one player, one manager or one director win alone. Football is a team sport and from when we are children they teach us to share everything, this is the beautiful lesson from sport. A full San Siro? It will take full attention to have a good warm up, to be in every facet of the match and to have the right reactions both physically and mentally, it must be us who brings along the crowd. The only prayer I have is that they don't come with a negative attitude. The criticisms we will take once the ref blows the final whistle and if it went poorly, as long as we are playing I think it would be beautiful to cheer with pride for the flag, for the blue shirt and for the guys who will no doubt give their best. Only time can tell what will happen."