The experienced Italian archer Gianluigi Buffon assured that the Juventus “Lost that team DNA” after signing Cristiano Ronaldo, becoming the Portuguese superstar in the center of attention in the Turin squad.
The “Vecchia Signora” achieved an impressive transfer hit in the summer of 2018 by signing the five-time Ballon d’Or winner from Real Madrid. However, his quality was not enough to win the UEFA Champions League, which generated a harsh analysis by the goalkeeper who today defends Parma.
In dialogue with TUDN, the 43-year-old goalkeeper confessed that the unity that existed in the dressing room Bianconeri It was lost with the arrival of the now Manchester United striker.
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“We reached the Champions League final in 2017 because we were a team full of experience, but above all we were a whole. We lost that with Cristiano Ronaldo. Juventus had the opportunity to win the Champions League the first year it came, which was the one I was at PSG, and I couldn’t understand what happened. When I came back, I worked with CR7 for two years and we did well together, but I think Juventus lost that DNA of being a team. “, he indicated.
But it did not stay there. And it is that the one born in Carrara, in the Tuscany region, added: “When we reached the Champions League final in 2017 it was because we were an experienced team and we functioned as a unit. There was that competition within the group for places in the eleven. We lost that with Ronaldo ”.