3 YEARS is enough that he win cl trophy before retire from playing he deserves it.
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Just saw the fans welcoming our heroes home. Gigi's face... fuck. Eyes welled up for a couple seconds there, and gave me a moment or two of the quiver lip. That hadn't happened yet, but composure was quickly restored, and it was great to see our boys get the welcome home they deserved.
Time to reload, and make another run at this Cup. There's definitely still time to win this for Gigi, he was our best player out there!
Time to reload, and make another run at this Cup. There's definitely still time to win this for Gigi, he was our best player out there!
Buffon worthy of Ballon d’Or’
By Football Italia staff
Johan Cruyff says Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon should be a candidate for the Ballon d’Or.
The Dutchman, who won the award three times during his playing career, was discussing the Bianconeri’s Champions League defeat to his old side Barcelona, and singled out the Italian international for praise.
“The next Ballon d’Or?” Cruyff considered, speaking to Tuttosport.
“[Lionel] Messi is playing very well, but over the whole year, Buffon is definitely a contender for 2015. He’s been a great goalkeeper for years.
“That said, Juve have so many great players - I’m thinking of [Andrea] Pirlo, [Arturo] Vidal, [Paul] Pogba and [Alvaro] Morata.
“I especially appreciate Juventus’ organisation.”
Despite the defeat in Berlin on Saturday, Cruyff is sure Juventus will bounce back.
“Juve played the right way, they were organised, they played their style, they had their chances and they scored a goal. Barcelona are very strong though, and they showed that again.
“They [Juventus] will play to win it again next year. This year they got to the final, but they’ve been playing very well for a few years now.
“That’s good for Italian football, which I personally enjoy for several reasons. The technique is good, and you [Italians] play a very quick football, with few spaces.”
By Football Italia staff
Johan Cruyff says Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon should be a candidate for the Ballon d’Or.
The Dutchman, who won the award three times during his playing career, was discussing the Bianconeri’s Champions League defeat to his old side Barcelona, and singled out the Italian international for praise.
“The next Ballon d’Or?” Cruyff considered, speaking to Tuttosport.
“[Lionel] Messi is playing very well, but over the whole year, Buffon is definitely a contender for 2015. He’s been a great goalkeeper for years.
“That said, Juve have so many great players - I’m thinking of [Andrea] Pirlo, [Arturo] Vidal, [Paul] Pogba and [Alvaro] Morata.
“I especially appreciate Juventus’ organisation.”
Despite the defeat in Berlin on Saturday, Cruyff is sure Juventus will bounce back.
“Juve played the right way, they were organised, they played their style, they had their chances and they scored a goal. Barcelona are very strong though, and they showed that again.
“They [Juventus] will play to win it again next year. This year they got to the final, but they’ve been playing very well for a few years now.
“That’s good for Italian football, which I personally enjoy for several reasons. The technique is good, and you [Italians] play a very quick football, with few spaces.”
Yeah, because of the position of the Barca players, Buffon had a very limited space in which to push the ball safe.
If he'd tried to get less of a touch on the ball in order to put it behind for a corner, he would have been risking not getting enough of a touch to stop the shot.
It's one of the those situations where the keeper looks bad, but when you start to analyse it, it would have been pretty difficult for him to do better.
If he'd tried to get less of a touch on the ball in order to put it behind for a corner, he would have been risking not getting enough of a touch to stop the shot.
It's one of the those situations where the keeper looks bad, but when you start to analyse it, it would have been pretty difficult for him to do better.
