Gianluigi Buffon has dismissed suggestions that Juventus will need the play-offs to secure a Serie A return, insisting that automatic promotion is on the cards.
The Turin club’s spirits rose after beating Vicenza and Crotone, leaving them on minus-10 points now – and the CONI Arbitration Court could decrease it further after the October 11 hearing.
“I think that the deduction has helped us to play better, as it was a motivation for all of us,” said Buffon.
“We are not thinking that the points will be reduced, but we now have a winning mentality that can allow us to regain the Serie A without even having to go through the play-offs.”
Buffon also hit out at his Serie A colleagues, stating that if he were in their shoes he would have no interest in winning this year’s Scudetto.
“If I were in Serie A, with Milan in Serie B and Roma, Lazio and Inter all forced to start with a point deduction, I would get no satisfaction from winning the title,” continued the goalkeeper.
“I assume that whoever is playing in Serie A now is forced to say that they are happy, but I am not sure this is true – I personally like to win only when all the opponents compete on equal terms.
“This is not meant to be an attack on Inter, it’s what I think in general.
“I think the Nerazzuri could have won the title even if there had been no point deductions for the other clubs, and again I think it would have been more satisfying for them had that been the case.”
Source: channel4.com
The Turin club’s spirits rose after beating Vicenza and Crotone, leaving them on minus-10 points now – and the CONI Arbitration Court could decrease it further after the October 11 hearing.
“I think that the deduction has helped us to play better, as it was a motivation for all of us,” said Buffon.
“We are not thinking that the points will be reduced, but we now have a winning mentality that can allow us to regain the Serie A without even having to go through the play-offs.”
Buffon also hit out at his Serie A colleagues, stating that if he were in their shoes he would have no interest in winning this year’s Scudetto.
“If I were in Serie A, with Milan in Serie B and Roma, Lazio and Inter all forced to start with a point deduction, I would get no satisfaction from winning the title,” continued the goalkeeper.
“I assume that whoever is playing in Serie A now is forced to say that they are happy, but I am not sure this is true – I personally like to win only when all the opponents compete on equal terms.
“This is not meant to be an attack on Inter, it’s what I think in general.
“I think the Nerazzuri could have won the title even if there had been no point deductions for the other clubs, and again I think it would have been more satisfying for them had that been the case.”
Source: channel4.com
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