In addition to replacing Vincenzo Vicentini, who resigned earlier, the Italian national team has also invited the legendary goalkeeper Paolo Bufon to be the head of the team. The 45-year old veteran is considered to be an important player who can play the role of a spiritual leader, and he has returned to the Italian team in a different capacity, so that he can take the opportunity to learn from Spaletti and pave the way to become a coach in the future.
Paul Fong is known as the ageless legend of the football world, but always defeated the injury, announced in early August to hang up his boots, earlier appointed as the head of Italy, to fill the position of the late celebrity Vieira, he said: "Thank you very much for the invitation of the FA, I am very happy to be able to go back to the national team, the feeling is very good, I'll do everything I can to make a contribution to the team.
Baufon has made 176 appearances for Italy from 1997 to 2018, the most in the team's history, and was also the main player who won the 2006 World Cup, so he has a great influence, and the Italian FA has asked him to be the head of the team, which will help to stabilize the military spirit. At the same time, Baufon has a lot of experience in competitions and can also guide a group of juniors, especially goalkeepers. He said that apart from the regular goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnelloma, there are five to six goalkeepers who have a high level of competence and he will keep a close eye on the performance of each of them in order to recruit talents for the national team.
