- everything football  Prandelli lauds Buffon after Bulgaria win
By Football News  Cesare Prandelli admitted he was indebted to
Gianluigi Buffon after the keeper's heroics enabled Italy to
beat Bulgaria 1-0 on Friday.    "Gigi (Buffon) saved the result
with an extraordinary performance, so it’s nice to suffer and
still win," he told RAI Sport.  "Bulgaria poured forward towards
the end, they gambled it all, so it was predictable we would
suffer."    "Unfortunately tonight we had to make three changes
due to injuries so it became complicated," he added.   "Our
fitness levels are not optimal and that makes it all much more
difficult."  Italy now need only one win from their remaining
three games to secure their place at next year's finals, and
they have an opportunity to do so when they entertain the Czech
Republic - who succumbed to a home defeat to Armenia on Friday -
in Turin on Tuesday.  "We’ll try to get as many players as
possible back to fitness," Prandelli went on to say.