Italy: Gianluigi Buffon

Italy's first-choice goalkeeper, Buffon will be kept on his toes in the 2002 World Cup by the presence of Inter Milan's Francesco Toldo.

Italy: Gianluigi Buffon
Mon, 27 May, 2002 - 11:18

Italy's first-choice goalkeeper, Buffon will be kept on his toes in the 2002 World Cup by the presence of Inter Milan's Francesco Toldo.

But it is the Juventus goalkeeper who is likely to get the nod for Italy's opener against Ecuador.

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