Italy: Juventus “lost its DNA” with Cristiano Ronaldo, according to Buffon

cristiano ronaldo and gianluigi buffon – photo credit: icon sport

The legendary goalkeeper of Juventus Turin, Gianluigi Buffon, played with Cristiano Ronaldo, for two seasons between 2019 and 2021. Transferred to Parma, this summer, the ex-goalkeeper of the Squadra Azzurra thinks that the Piedmontese club had lost of his identity with the Portuguese star.

Although he has scored 101 goals in 135 appearances for Juventus and won two scudetti in 2019 and 2020, Cristiano Ronaldo was not a good choice for Juventus, according to Buffon. This is also one of the reasons for the failure of the team to pass the quarter-finals of the Champions League, according to the 43-year-old goalkeeper.

What Juventus lost with Ronaldo

“When I came back (in 2019, from Paris-SG), I worked with Ronaldo for two years and we worked well together, but I think Juventus lost that DNA of being a team,” said to know Buffon at the American broadcasting network TUDN.

“We reached the Champions League final in 2017, because we were a team full of experience, but above all we were one unit, and there was this competition for places within the group, which was very strong. We lost that with Ronaldo. “

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