Buffon: Juventus kept dignity despite Barcelona defeat

Date: 8th June 2015 at 9:21am
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Juventus captain Gianluigi Buffon insists that his side maintained their dignity despite the 3-1 defeat to Barcelona in the Champions League final.

The Bianconeri became the first team to finish as runners-up for a record sixth time in the history of the competition, but the goalkeeper believes they were playing against the best team in the world.

“It was not a bad night,” the 37-year-old told reporters following his arrival in Florence to join the Italy national team training camp at Coverciano.

“I think there were many positive things, not least that we have not lost any dignity and that we played a great match against the strongest team in the world.

“There are no regrets because we played as well as possible, but were against a phenomenal team from one to 11.”

Buffon also admitted that he was unsure about the future of teammate Andrea Pirlo after the midfielder was in tears at the final whistle in Berlin.

“I have talked about all sorts of things with Pirlo, but not his future,” he continued.

“His tears were those of a man that was sorry about losing a major final.”

 

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