Tears in Buffon's farewell

in #football7 years ago


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Gianluigi Buffon played the last game of his career at Juventus on Saturday, a club he played for 17 seasons, and was dismissed with a 2-1 win against Hellas Verona in Serie A.

The goalkeeper announced his goodbye in an emotional press conference on Thursday and was received on Saturday by the fans of the Allianz Stadium in Turin with a large banner that represented him while holding the "Scudetto" conquered this season.

The 40-year-old captain of Juventus left the starting line and played 63 minutes before being replaced and receiving a long and intense ovation from the public, from his team-mates and also from the Verona players.

The goalkeeper closed in this way his long and successful career in the "bianconero" group, with which he won 19 trophies; his last season ends with a double, Scudetto and Copa Italia.


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"Gigi", as he is nicknamed in Italy, was the great protagonist of the Allianz Stadium match, corresponding to the thirty-eighth and final day of Serie A, in which Juventus and mathematically champion received Verona, already descended.


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In a festive atmosphere, the Turin players triumphed 2-1, thanks to the goals of Daniele Rugani (m.50) and Miralem Pjanic (m.52), who scored a great direct foul.

The Argentinian Paulo Dybala started and grazed a goal of Vaseline, but the ball crashed into the bottom of the crossbar and ended up bouncing off. Verona's goal was scored by the former Atlético player, Alessio Cerci, in the 76th minute.

The league season of Juventus ends with 95 points, seven more with respect to Napoli, second, which will be measured on Sunday with the Crotone in San Paolo.

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