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| Italy's Sensation Gianlugi Buffon, Named World's Second Best Player. by dabblesports(m): 6:28pm On Nov 13, 2017 |
ITALY and Juventus goal keeper, Gianlugi Buffon[/color] has been named the second best player in the 2017 Goal 50. The 39-year-old goal keeping icon was rewarded for leading Juventus to a domestic double, as well as the Champions League final. The goalkeeping icon turned 39 in January but has enjoyed a stellar 12 months, winning another league-and-cup double with the Bianconeri, whom he also led to the final of the Champions League. Of course, Buffon - who remains the world's most expensive goalkeeper 16 years after his €52 million transfer from Parma to Turin - was left heartbroken after Juvetus' loss to Real Madrid in Cardiff but there was nothing he could have done about his side's 4-1 defeat. [color=#000099] He had played a pivotal role in the Old Lady reaching the final by going 600 minutes without conceding a goal in the Champions League - a new personal best before Mbappe's [/b]strike for Monaco in the second leg of the semi-finals. In addition, Buffon's performance in a 1-0 win for a 10-man Juventus side over Lyon in the group stage was immediately lauded as one of the finest of his career, thus silencing the critics who had written him off. "I love it when they celebrate your funeral," he enthused on the night on which he saved a penalty from [b]Alexandre Lacazette, "and then you show them that you're still alive." Meanwhile, a sixth successive Serie A title took Buffon's overall tally to eight, moving him level with Virginio Rosetta, Giovanni Ferrari, and Giuseppe Furino as the players with the most Scudetti in the history of Italian football. SOURCE: http://www.dabbsports.com/2017/11/italys-sensation-gianlugi-buffon-named.html
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