Hours before the final of the Champions 2016-17 that will celebrate in the Millennium Stadium of Cardiff, Gianluigi Buffon attended to the media to do a balance of the clash against the Real Madrid.
The Italian does not want to neither oir speak of halagos in the day before of a so important duel, and although the press has him between the candidates to the next Balloon of Gold, the cancerbero ensured that "The of the Balloon of Gold likes me but is secondary, what explains is to try win morning. The other does not affect me".
"The journalists write articles very beautiful. In what to me respecta, not even goes through me the head compare me with Cristiano. Have papers very distinct in the field, I have to defend my goal and the attack. I go to be followed doing my work", reflexionó next.
With the one who himself accepted comparisons was with Keylor Navas, and did not doubt in defending his work: "Goalkeeper against goalkeeper can speak. Keylor Has won more Champions that I, to start with. It is doing exceptional things and has consolidated in the Real Madrid. It has played very well, and this him sucede to few".
PPloughs a rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, and for a mate, Dani Alves, also there was alavanzas. And it is that Buffon referred to the Portuguese like "a model of sportsman to be followed by all, so much the big like the small", before devoting him some gratas words to the Brazilian. "It thought with 39 years that no longer had at all more than learning, but am frank and speaking with Alves have learnt a lot. It has surprised me and it has motivated me a lot. They are able to win many times and follow. It is necessary to have the humilidad to follow", confessed.
Maximum illusion for the final
Although it does not see favourite, Buffon spoke on his thoughts of face to the final. "It is a big challenge for us. In the moments in which we go to suffer goes us to help the presence of the followers to be able to struggle, contratacar and in some resist in front of the Real Madrid", explained, before closing speaking on his wishes for the party.
"Win the Champions would cause me and will cause me an immense joy. You know how much have had to sacrifice to attain it I there is at all more beautiful that can receive a prize when you have sweated it", sentenced.