Italy very different team from last game with Spain - Buffon

Football Soccer - 2018 World Cup Qualification - Europe - Italy pitch visit - Santiago Bernabeu Stadium - Madrid, Spain - September 1, 2017 - Italy's goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon attends a news conference. REUTERS/Susana Vera

MADRID (Reuters) - Italy captain Gianluigi Buffon believes his side will produce a very different performance in Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Spain at the Santiago Bernabeu than they did in their last meeting with their European rivals, when they scraped a 1-1 draw.

The goalkeeper said his side were in a process of transition heading into last year's game in Turin, which took place little more than two months into the reign of new coach Gian Piero Ventura, and where Spain had 71 percent possession but Italy grabbed a point with a late Daniele de Rossi penalty.