Legendary Italian goalkeeper Buffon, 43, has returned to home team Parma this season and hopes they can return to Serie A after falling to Serie B last season. Contrary to their wishes, Parma's results since the start of the season have been very average, having experienced a wave of six winless games earlier, and their most recent defeat has left Buffon with the worst match of his 26-year career.
In the early morning of November 8, Beijing time, Parma challenged Lecce in serie B, and Buffon continued to start and wear the captain's armband. However, just before the first half began, Parma was declared lost, Lecce shooter Koda received a cross and headed the goal, Buffon saved the ball, but failed to knock the ball out, and even flew into the net with the ball. In the 31st minute, the Parma players had a handball in the penalty area, Lecce won a penalty, and it was Koda who took the penalty, although Buffon's direction was correct, but the ball still flew into the net from his hand.
Six minutes later, Buffon conceded his third goal of the game, and he had saved his opponent's long-range shot, but Lecce's Strefezza was caught between three people and still shot into the near post into the net, and Buffon did not react. In the 44th minute, Koda scored a hat-trick from the penalty area and Buffon once again watched the ball into the net. For the first time in Buffon's 26-year career, he scored four goals in the first half, and he led the team to the away stands after the game to apologize to the Parma fans who had come on the expedition. In fact, Parma's performance in this game is also very passive, they did not hit the target in 10 shots, on the contrary, Lecce had 19 shots on goal, and 10 hit the target, if it were not for Buffon's multiple high resistances, the score would not be too disparity.
Parma currently have only 16 points after 12 rounds of Serie B, ranking 14th in the table, only 2 points above the relegation zone, and they are going to fight for the protection of the division, which is not what Buffon could have expected when he returned to the parent team.