Once again the match against Sassuolo represented a turning point for the season of Juventus. Of course, the context is very different compared to the now distant autumn 2015, when after a nightmare start to the championship the team then coached by a Max Allegri on the brink of the exemption he broke the black-green field starting what would become a sensational comeback with 25 victories in the following 26 games that would have led to the scudetto won against Maurizio Sarri’s Napoli.
This time, just two days from the end, it seems to be too late for the recovery, because the victories of Atalanta and Milan further reduced Juventus’ hopes of participating in the next Champions League. On the night of the 100th goal for Juventus by Cristiano Ronaldo and of Paulo Dybala, then, the spotlights are taken by all Super Gigi, become the oldest goalkeeper in Serie A history to save a penalty at the age of 43 years, 3 months and 14 days, the oldest in the history of the top flight to save a penalty.
Wednesday 19 May against Atalanta in Italian Cup Gianluigi Buffon he is then ready to play the last title of his endless career in Turin. In all likelihood, however, not the last of his career. Interviewed by ‘Sky Sport’ at the end of the match, the goalkeeper clarified the contours of the interview with BeIN Sports made public a few hours before the match against Sassuolo in which he announced his farewell to the Bianconeri colors, specifying that he wanted to take a few more day before defining your future. Like three years ago before choosing PSG, therefore, the former captain of Juventus and Nazionale seems to be waiting for a possible prestige call that will allow him to continue his career and keep alive the unconfessed Great Dream, that of participating in the Global 2022 in Qatar.
A call that could also come from Italy, since the voices that give Buffon welcome to are not extinguished Jose Mourinho as a cover purchase for the new one Roma, looking for a goalkeeper for next season, but also a twelfth match. However, it seems more likely that Buffon will land in a big European club that could be the Barcelona.
According to the French portal ‘FootMercato’, in fact, Silvano Martina, Buffon’s agent, has already received a concrete poll from the Catalans, ready to offer an important engagement and the reserve role of Marc-André Ter Stegen.
Buffon is ready to evaluate the proposal that would allow him to enter history as the promo player to have been a teammate of both Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo messi, without being a Portuguese or Argentine passport, but the options that lead to the US championship or that of Qatar also remain valid. Own theater of the next World Cup …
OMNISPORT | 14-05-2021 07:44
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