The world’s most expensive goalkeeper was extremely hopeful of making it to the finals of the European tournament; however, he was mindful of the German opposition.
The former Parma goalkeeper was talking to the press after his heroics at the quarter-final penalty shootout after saving Ashley Cole’s effort.
Buffon was rarely called into action during the match, but he was always alert and magnificent whenever called into action. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Glen-Johnson-c15050 must have thought that he had scored with his firm shot from inside the Italian box, but Buffon
did well to stick left hand and had the awareness to retrieve the ball afterwards.
The Italian defence was rarely bothered by the English opposition who began tiring out in the latter half of the tie. The Juventus goalkeeper felt that the result was just and well deserved by the Italian team who proved to be
the better side on the day.
In respect to their next match in the tournament, which would be a semi-final face-off with the Germans, la Nazionale skipper went on to state that Germany would be a tough outfit. He further went on to state that they had already
reached an honourable stage of the tournament and they are fighting it out with the tournament favourites.
When comparing the teams at the start of the tournament and the high profile names in the teams, he went on to mention:
“As I said before this tournament, I’d have been happy to reach the semi-finals, as it is a respectable achievement with teams like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011, Germany and even Holland who on paper were superior.”
The Azzurri captain went on to state that having reached their goal for the European Championships, the team needs to stick together and put in another great performance to go until the end. He was quoted to have said:
“We have therefore hit the target I set and must now try to push a little further, because we can do it.”
Cesare Prandelli’s men were able to silence all their critics, who had stated that they would not be able to go any further than the group stages. They would be facing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 in the second semi-final of Euro 2012.
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