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Buffon: I remain neutral in the Champions League final, and whoever deserves Paris or Inter Milan will win the cup

5:35pm, 16 May 2025Football

May 16th Juventus legendary goalkeeper Buffon attended the press conference of his new book "Falling, Getting Up, Getting Up" in Turin today. In addition to recalling every detail of his career, he also talked about this year's Champions League final.

New Book on Myself

"This is a title that represents my position and everyone's life. If you decide to be the protagonist of your life, you will inevitably experience multiple falls on the way. The important thing is to find the motivation to get up again."

Player experience

"Every experience of mine is important and beautiful. I was in Parma for 3 years, at Juventus for 19 years, and at Paris for 1 year, but even in Paris for 1 year, I formed an intimate relationship with my teammates and was able to happily Get along. I can gain a foothold in many places because I have established a good relationship with people around me. "

About Lippi

" At the South Africa World Cup, I was injured, (after getting out) I watched everyone hold their heads and despair in the locker room, and the coach came in, and he said in a calm and indifferent tone: 'Boys, this is not your fault, it is mine, I am an idiot, I brought you here.' I hid in the shower and laughed sneer. '

Your career debut?

"I was arrogant and unruly at the time. I was very confident in myself and a little cunning. On the bus leading to the stadium, I pretended to be asleep because I understood that my adult teammates needed to see a sense of security in me, and this way would make them calm. What I was thinking about was how to calm them, not to calm myself."

Have you ever had a fight with Casano?

"It's all rumors! We were as close as brothers. These rumors made me a little unhappy. I always valued friendship. They used it to hype it up to me. "

About the 2006 World Cup

"I was VAR at the time (smiling). My reaction, my sprint towards the scene, made the referee realize that something was happening. The referee will never admit anything, but they will watch the video on TV after the game. Only I can see what happened at that time."

About Allegri

" He said: 'You are very good because you live in a state of no distractions, but that's your strength.' Now I occasionally recall this sentence, and I think it may be true. "

Regarding the Champions League final on May 31 (early morning of June 1)

"Now the role I play is the federal role of a neutral super party. But there is only one truth: this kind of game and this kind of final should be won by the team that is truly worthy of winning. Paris and Inter Milan, whoever deserves it will win the cup. In the final against Real Madrid, we are the side who should lose, and we resisted for a while with Barcelona... For the Juventus, the Champions League is a pity, but for me this will not change anything, that is, at that moment, there will always be one team better than the other."

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