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Champions League: Buffon scratches PSG and returns to the curse of the C1

2024-02-13T10:50:38.808Z

Highlights: Gianluigi Buffon played 22 matches for Paris SG in the Champions League. The Italian goalkeeper was eliminated in the round of 16 against Manchester United. Buffon: "I saw players of unimaginable quality in Paris. If we had transferred them to Turin, we would have won four times in a row" The 33-year-old is currently on loan at Serie A side Sampdoria from PSG. Click here to read more about Buffon’s time at Paris SG.


The Italian goalkeeper who moved to Paris SG at the end of his career sheds light on PSG's difficulties in the Champions League.


At the end of his career, Gianluigi Buffon spent a season at Paris SG.

In 2018-2019, the Italian goalkeeper played 22 matches with the Parisian club.

A passage marked by an elimination in the round of 16 of the Champions League against Manchester United.

In an interview broadcast on You Tube and taken up by AS, the Italian assures:

“In Paris, I saw players of unimaginable quality.

At Juve, I thought we were the best in the world, then I saw all these players together in Paris: Neymar, Mbappé, Verratti or even Marquinhos and Thiago Silva… Mamma Mia.

If we had transferred them to Turin, we would have won the Champions League four times in a row.

Each time, I asked myself: ''How come they don't win the Champions League there?'' I told myself that it was incomprehensible and then living there all year round, I understood why…”

To discover

  • Schedule and results Champions League

  • Champions League standings

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Buffon’s top 5 saves with Juventus in Serie A

Source: lefigaro

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