The Italian was in an impeccable form on Tuesday night in a man-of-the-match display against Lyon after being under the spotlight in recent weeks following two costly erors he committed on both club and National team duties.
The 38-year old showed no signs of slowing down denying Alexandre Lacazette from the spot before pulling off a stunning reflex stop to deny Nabil Fekir. Cuadrado smashed home to crown the performance.
“People can organise my funeral, but there’s nobody there,” Buffon told Mediaset Premium.
“I have said many times, without arrogance, that I am very self-critical and don’t need to listen to others who try to use situations to disrespect and show a lack of fairness to people."
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“I’ve heard many stupid things in recent weeks, but just one true comment: ‘I expect more from Buffon.’ That is true and I agreed with that wholeheartedly. He added of a scrappy overall performance from the Bianconeri: “Juve must improve, because this is not enough in my view to go all the way."
“We seemed more compact and more like a team once we went down to 10 men. We managed to suffer under pressure, but also weren’t just happy with a point, and that shows our spirit. We have the opportunity to do a lot better and it would be a real shame if we didn’t use the time leading up to the next round in March to step up a few levels.”
Cuadrado expressed his delight at the way the match panned out, describing the slightly hit-and-hope nature of his stunning winner.
“I am happy and thank God. I tried to make the play, looked up and couldn’t see anyone in the middle, so I tried to hit a missile and it worked! It was a very difficult match against a great side like Lyon, but I think we put in a strong performance, a real Juve game with a man down and showed our character," he continued.
“The objective is to top the group. Now we must turn the page, as we have a very important head-to-head at the top with Milan in Serie A this weekend.”
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