Juventus and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has praised the character of Antonio Conte’s team.
The Azzurri are set to face Malta on Monday in the Euro 2016 qualifiers, and the 36-year-old took the time to praise the side.
“This national team is very serious,” he told Sky. “To write the history of a nation like Italy you need to only win.”
“We need to work in the best way possible to get good results.”
The Juve goalkeeper also likened the Maltese side to Azerbaijan, stating that they will try to congest play.
“A team like Malta is more or less like Azerbaijan,” he said. “They will put nine or 10 men in their own half to try and block the play.
“For us, the only thing we can do to try and win is to open them up and open the scoring as early as possible.”
Buffon also stated that he has not spoken to Francesco Totti since Juve’s controversial 3-2 win over Roma.
“We haven’t heard from each other since,” he said. “But I don’t want to cause controversy after the end of the 90 minutes, it’s not in my character as a person to do so.”
It is also worth mentioning that Italy will try to take their tally to nine points on Monday, having already defeated Norway and Azerbaijan.
