Gigi Buffon的日记……
When I’m not on the pitch, I play another kind of football, at home… You see, one of my favourite hobbies is Subbuteo. Do you know the one I mean? A green cloth, miniature players, flicking with your fingertip. I have a real passion for it, and I would go as far as to say that I’m also a collector of teams on a minor scale, both Italian and foreign ones. I search for them and I buy them, simply because I like to have a lot and to be able to line up more formations.
当我不在球场上的时候，我，在家里，玩另外一种足球。你知道，我最喜欢的爱好之一就是Subbuteo。你知道我说的是什么吗？一块绿色的布，微型球员，跟随你的手指运动。我确实对它有不少热情，而且我还要说我还是一个微型尺寸球队的收集者，不管是意大利球队或是国外球队。我寻找它们然后买下来，只是因为我想拥有很多，这样就可以组成更多的阵容。
I play as well. Moreover, I’ve already told you that I didn’t become a goalkeeper straight away, but that I had already begun my career, and that it was when I was twelve years old that I chose to go in goal. However, I still get an urge to use my feet, and not just my hands. That’s perhaps one of the reasons why I enjoy Subbuteo so much, because I get to put myself in the shoes of the defenders, midfielders and forwards.
我也动手玩。而且，我已经告诉过你我并不是一开始就是一位门将的，而是在我开始足球生涯以后才 确定下来的，那是我十二岁的时候才确定保卫球门的。不过，我依然还有用脚来踢球，而不是用手的冲动。这也许就是我为什么喜爱Subbuteo的原因，因为我自己可以担任后卫，中场和前锋各个角色。
Although I must admit, I get excited when I pull an amazing performance out of the bag with my miniature goalkeeper. You’ll think it strange, but Subbuteo is also useful when it comes to studying teams’ offensive techniques, for committing to memory the positions of the players on the pitch. I wouldn’t be surprised if coaches used it sometimes. To be honest, I’m mostly interested in enjoying myself and relaxing: win or lose, it doesn’t really matter either way!
不过我必须承认，我在我的微型门将在小球场上表现出色的时候会感到兴奋。你也许觉得那很奇怪，但Subbuteo在学习进攻战术的时候也是很有作用的，它可以用来记忆球员在球场上的位置。如果有教练使用它我也不会觉得惊奇。实话说，吸引我的主要是可以放松自己：不管胜利还是失败，这都没有关系！
