Juventus and Italy's goalkeeper, Gigi Buffon, spoke in a press conference on the eve of the match against Slovenia: "Balotelli and De Rossi? I agree with Prandelli, we must respect our ethical code. In one or two years Mario will be more mature".

On the match: "Are we the favourites? I don't think so, especially when you play away with emerging teams such as Slovenia. But we don't feel inferior either and we will play to win and qualify. We can highly improve, we have young players lacking of experience but Prandelli is the right person for this project".

On Juventus: "We lack in personality when facing bad moments. Del Neri? He's the least of our problems, he's a great professional. Inter are the favourites for the Scudetto, but Milan are stronger".