‘Juve are men with a capital M’

By Football Italia staff

Gianluigi Buffon claims Juventus have done in seven years ‘what only men with a capital M can do’ after yet more domestic glory.

Buffon captained Juve to a fourth consecutive Coppa Italia, courtesy of Wednesday’s 4-0 thrashing of Milan, while the Bianconeri are on the verge of lifting a seventh Scudetto in succession.

“I’m very proud because we’ve done in seven years what only men with a capital M can do,” the goalkeeper told JTV.

“It’s incredible. At one point in the season, we said, ‘if we want to be monsters, we have to win the Scudetto again try to win the Coppa Italia and the Champions League.’

“We didn’t succeed in the Champions League, but we still did something unimaginable.

“I’m also sorry if anyone who isn’t a sportsman and has never tried to stay in a group doesn’t know how many sacrifices, how much energy, how much tenacity and how much damnation it takes to win like we have. It really is incredible.

“Letting Marchisio lift the Coppa? It’s a fair gesture because ultimately, I had the honour of being the captain of this team for seven wonderful years, but there were other guys with me…

“Chiello raised the Coppa in previous years and this time around, I wanted Claudio, Barza [Barzagli] and Stephan [Lichtsteiner] to do it because they’ve made my job easier and they deserve huge credit, so I owed it to them.

“Scudetto? It’s not ours yet, but we’re on the right track. We’re close.”

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