Giovanni Zarrella wanted to surprise Italy’s former star goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon before the European Championship, but “Gigi” turned the tables.
Before the start of the European Football Championship on Friday (June 14, 9 p.m., ZDF) in Munich, the Italian-German musician and presenter Giovanni Zarrella (46) welcomed the Italian national team to Germany. He is now showing his followers a special highlight on Instagram. .
Giovanni and Jana Ina Zarrella: “Fantastic moment”
“GIO MEETS GIGI. When you meet Buffon, bring him and the Italians a welcome gift and he has THIS ready for you,” Zarrella writes. You can see that he is given a jersey of the Italian team with Buffon’s signature on it. Zarrella’s gift is a pennant with the German-Italian flag made into a piece of paper on it.
In the hashtags, the Saturday night show entertainer continues to express his great joy in Italian: “#grazie #momentofantastico #azzurri #italia #europei2024 #euro2024 #squadraazzurra,” one can read. His wife, model and presenter Jana Ina Zarrella (47), repeats the “momento fantastico” (German for “fantastic moment”) in the comments column and adds a series of emojis, including flames, applauding hands and a red heart.
World goalkeeper and defending champion
Buffon ended his career with the Italian national team in 2018 and his general football career in 2023. He is considered one of the best goalkeepers in football history. He was voted World Goalkeeper of the Year in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2017, and in 2017 he also became the first FIFA World Goalkeeper of the Year.
Italy arrived in Germany as defending champions. The team will start the tournament against Albania on Saturday at 9 p.m. The Squadra Azzurra, as the team is called, rented the entire 4-star superior hotel “Vier Jahreszeiten” on the Seilersee in Iserlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia, as a so-called team base camp for their stay.
Source: Stern
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