A double international milestone was reached this past weekend, when both Italy's Gigi Buffon and Spain's Iker Casillas made their 100th international appearances on the same day. Nice little co-incidence as they are arguably (or maybe inarguably) the two best keepers in the world today.

Let me tell you what this is not: This is not a Buffon vs Casillas "who's better?

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With the final international break of the year almost upon us, Marcelo Lippi has named his squad...
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Seven stories from The Offside and World Cup Blog this week: Nominate your player/manager football ubermen Gigi's Buffon's incredible Champions League save Ballon d'Or or FIFA World Player of the Year: Which is shinier? Norwegian homage to Brazilian airport ad The return of Johan Cruyff. To Catalonia. Click to continue reading...

It's probably not news to you that Juve and Italy's Gigi Buffon is quite good at the old goalkeeping. But just in case there was any doubt, take a look at his save vs Maccabi Haifa in Champions League Group A yesterday. First the close-range block, then the elastic lean backwards to palm it away from [. Click to continue reading...

Altra tegola sulla Juventus!! Terzo menisco che salta dall'inizio della stagione. Dopo quello di Gigi Buffon, che per fortuna ancora sembra reggere, e quello di Marchisio, domattina sarà asportato quello di Iaquinta, che già ieri non era stato convocato per la trasferta di Siena. Però la Società aveva detto che non sarebbe stato convocato per un problema muscolare.

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Altra serata di sofferenza anche ieri sera, contro una compagine di livello abbastanza modesto (almeno per una competizione come la Champions) che nonostante fosse decisamente inferiore come valore assoluto, e inferiore anche dal punto di vista numerico da un certo punto della gara in poi, ha messo in difficoltà in diverse occasioni la nostra difesa.

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Altra serata di sofferenza anche ieri sera, contro una compagine di livello abbastanza modesto (almeno per una competizione come la Champions) che nonostante fosse decisamente inferiore come valore assoluto, e inferiore anche dal punto di vista numerico da un certo punto della gara in poi, ha messo in difficoltà in diverse occasioni la nostra difesa.

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It is very difficult, if not downright foolish, to predict how a team will perform at a major tournament like the World Cup in the immediate aftermath of qualification. But such is the assignment with which I have been tasked.

As such, let me say that I do believe the defending world champions of Italy have the talent to win the World Cup again (and certainly as compared to other teams.

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E' sempre stato un giocatore di poche parole e molti fatti. Con quei guanti pronti a difendere i pali della porta nerazzurra, ha dimostrato sul campo, con parate eccelse, la propria bravura, rimanendo spesso e volentieri lontano dai microfoni. E', attualmente, il più forte portiere della Serie A di Calcio e del panorama internazionale (senza togliere nulla a Gigi Buffon che è sempre tra i migliori). Click to continue reading...

In 2003 Italian club football reached its peak when AC Milan and Juventus met in the Champions League Final in Manchester. Six years later, that same Final was held in Rome, but Italian sides were nowhere to be found. All of them had left the competition following the Round of 16. The 2008-09 campaign was a step back for Serie A. Click to continue reading...

Everton defender Joleon Lescott does some shopping in at the Nike store in Manchester yesterday. Looks like he shares a love of red shoes with both Gigi Buffon and Thierry Henry. Click to continue reading...

Everton defender Joleon Lescott does some shopping in at the Nike store in Manchester yesterday. Looks like he shares a love of red shoes with both Gigi Buffon and Thierry Henry. Click to continue reading...

Gigi Buffon (Juventus), little Louis and Alena Seredova (who is pregnant with the couple's second child) go for a ride in Forte dei Marmi. Image via Flynet. See more pics at Celebrity Baby Scoop Click to continue reading...

Gigi Buffon (Juventus), little Louis and Alena Seredova (who is pregnant with the couple's second child) go for a ride in Forte dei Marmi. Image via Flynet. See more pics at Celebrity Baby Scoop Click to continue reading...

La Confederation Cup si è chiusa, ufficialmente, ieri sera con la premiazione del Brasile, campione per la terza volta grazie alla splendida rimonta (da 0-2 a 3-2), e degli sconfitti, gli Usa del mago Bradley, autori comunque di una grande gara e soprattutto di una partecipazione decisamente sopra le righe. Click to continue reading...

I knew it would be tough.But by age or by lack of fire in our belly or Lippi forgot how to coach, Italy have simply been awful in this Confederations cup. I doubt Lippi forgot how to coach.So lets not engage that confused thinking.Instead it could be as simple as lacking a fire combined with old age. Click to continue reading...

La revista francesa ‘Le dessous du Sport' tiene una versión femenina al "Balón de oro", pero ésta es versión esposas y/o novias, y puso una encuesta en donde sus lectores eligieron a la compañera de futbolista más guapa de la temporada. Y la ganadora ha sido Alena Seredova, la bella modelo casada, ni más ni menos que con el legendario portero de la Juventus y de la selección italiana, Gigi Buffon.

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An impressive Egyptian side pulled off the shock of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup thus far by defeating World Cup champions Italy 1-0 today. Midfielder Homos scored the Pharaohs' lone goal in the 40th minute with a header from a corner that left Italian goalkeeper Gigi Buffon flatfooted. Egypt was able to survive an Azzuri siege [. Click to continue reading...

Who's more valuable: a great striker or a brilliant keeper? David Villa v Gigi Buffon (Group B) The second game in Group B is a David v Goliath match-up: little David Villa against the imposing massiveness of Gigi Buffon. Who...

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Warning: reading this post may affect your fertility.

It's a baller baby extravaganza at the moment, Kickettes. Just last week Didier Drogba, Allesandro Del Piero and Gigi Buffon were in the news for their baby-making abilities. Here's the latest:

Robbie Keane (Tottenham) and his wife Claudine have become parents for the first time.

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Alena and Gigi looking wonderfully shiny, furry and slightly nuts at an event in Italy back in 2007. Image via zimbio.

Chi magazine is reporting that Juvenus's Gigi Buffon and his girlfriend Alena are expecting a new baby to join their small but perfectly formed brood. The couple already have a son, named Louis, who was born in December '07.

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Alena and Gigi looking wonderfully shiny, furry and slightly nuts at an event in Italy back in 2007. Image via zimbio.

Chi magazine is reporting that Juvenus's Gigi Buffon and his girlfriend Alena are expecting a new baby to join their small but perfectly formed brood. The couple already have a son, named Louis, who was born in December '07.

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One hand on the title

By Glezos Alberganti, La Settimana Sportiva

Inter have one hand on their 17th league title after the Nerazzurri's draw
against Juventus in the Italian Derby. In a sold out Olympic Stadium,
Mourinho's men played with authority: wonder kid Mario Balotelli played a
sumptous game and scored a magnificent goal, and got Juventus' frustrated
midfielder Tiago sent off.

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Smokey Gigi, this is not Nam.
This is bowling football.
There are rules.

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FC Copenhagen chairman Stale Solbakken suggests that Manchester City's spending will ruin football. "The amounts of money that have been mentioned are incredible," Solbakken told Ekstra-Bladet. "I think that such incredible sums will take part in destroying football. "They are creating too big a mental distance between what we call reality and then Manchester City. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City's new ownership sent chairman Garry Cook, brimming with billions, to build a super-club capable of Champions League qualification.  The club's £91m bid for Kaka was a noted fiasco, but, as details have emerged, that's hardly been their only activity. City reportedly made an equally irresponsible bid for Spain and Valencia star David Villa, in [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City's new ownership sent chairman Garry Cook, brimming with billions, to build a super-club capable of Champions League qualification.  The club's £91m bid for Kaka was a noted fiasco, but, as details have emerged, that's hardly been their only activity. City reportedly made an equally irresponsible bid for Spain and Valencia star David Villa, in [. Click to continue reading...

This Man City business is getting sillier all the time. After the high profile attempt to capture Kaka ended like this, followed by a possible tantrum from their other high profiler Robinho, you'd think the new Man City regime might have learned a lesson. And that lesson should have been: Don't run before you can walk. Click to continue reading...

As Manchester City's ever-rising bid for the Rossoneri's Brazilian playmaker climbs higher into the stratosphere, we're starting to see the first kinks in Milan's armor. After Silvio Berlusconi's spokesmen continued to say no, City finally looks like they are making an offer Milan can't refuse. Last night as the bid reportedly hit $145 million, word came out that "talks can begin. Click to continue reading...

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