Buffon resigns as head of the delegation: we didn't succeed to bring Italy to WC

Gianluigi Buffon writes on his social media that he will no longer be the head of the delegation for the Italian National Team. 

Buffon's post on social media:

Resigning one minute after the end of the match against Bosnia was an urgent act, one that came from deep within me. As spontaneous as the tears and that heartache that I know I share with all of you.

I was asked to hold off, to give everyone time to reflect properly.

Now that President Gravina has chosen to step back, I feel free to do what I sense as an act of responsibility, because, despite my sincere conviction that we built so much in terms of spirit and team with Rino Gattuso and all the collaborators, in the very short time available to the National Team, the main goal was to bring Italy back to the World Cup.

And we didn't succeed.

It's right to leave it to whoever comes after me the freedom to choose the figure they deem best to fill my role.

Representing the National Team is for me an honor and a passion that has consumed me since I was a kid.

I tried to carry out my role by putting all my energy into it, looking at all sectors to be a link, a point of dialogue and synergy between the various youth teams, working with the various heads to structure a project that starts from the youngest and goes all the way to the U21 National Team.

All of this to rethink the way we nurture the talents of the future senior National Team.

I requested and obtained the inclusion of a few, important figures with strong experience, who, together with the skills already in place, are bringing about these necessary changes with a medium- and long-term vision.

This because I believe in the policy of meritocracy and specialization of roles.

It will be up to those responsible to judge the goodness of these choices.

I carry everything in my heart, with gratitude for the privilege and the lessons that, even in this painful ending, this intense experience leaves me.

Forza Azzurri always.