Gigi Buffon warns Juventus can’t call themselves Andrea Pirlo’s team until they put together seven or eight performances like this. ‘We have ups and downs, but the ups are pretty impressive.’
The goalkeeper turns 43 next month, yet he kept a clean sheet thanks to several fantastic saves in tonight’s 4-0 win over Parma in his old hunting ground of the Stadio Tardini.
Gigi Buffon warns Juventus can’t call themselves Andrea Pirlo’s team until they put together seven or eight performances like this. ‘We have ups and downs, but the ups are pretty impressive.’
The goalkeeper turns 43 next month, yet he kept a clean sheet thanks to several fantastic saves in tonight’s 4-0 win over Parma in his old hunting ground of the Stadio Tardini.
“This was a game we had to control in any way, because before the big clashes arrive, we need to be left with as few regrets as possible,” Buffon told DAZN.
“I don’t think our performances were entirely reflected in the results, for example with Lazio, as we deserved to win that and were caught at the last second.
“I am trying to keep in shape and transmit something to the others. It’s the only way I know how to play football and not be embarrassed.
“When you start to put together six, seven, eight games in a row when you win and play well the way we did today, then we can say we are Andrea Pirlo’s Juventus. We still have some ups and downs, but the ups are pretty impressive.”
Incredibly, when Federico Chiesa was born in October 1997, Buffon was teammates with his father Enrico at Parma.
“Whenever I come to Parma, there’s no denying it, I always have this nostalgia within me. I spent 10 unforgettable years of my life here and the people of Parma will always mean so much to me. I lost two important people here in Parma in recent months, a youth coach and my Italian teacher, who really helped to form me as a person.”