Gianluigi Buffon admits he could have done better with Spain’s goals and that “I didn’t expect them to be so much better” than Italy.

Buffon came in from some criticism after Italy’s 3-0 defeat to Spain on Saturday, especially due to his failure to keep out Isco’s second goal, and the Juventus goalkeeper reflected on the performance both he and the Azzurri gave at the Santiago Bernabeu.

“Do I feel responsible? You can always do more with goals,” he told La Repubblica.

Gianluigi Buffon admits he could have done better with Spain’s goals and that “I didn’t expect them to be so much better” than Italy.

Buffon came in from some criticism after Italy’s 3-0 defeat to Spain on Saturday, especially due to his failure to keep out Isco’s second goal, and the Juventus goalkeeper reflected on the performance both he and the Azzurri gave at the Santiago Bernabeu.

“Do I feel responsible? You can always do more with goals,” he told La Repubblica.

“When you have 10 people in front and you can’t see where the ball’s coming from, it becomes complicated, but that’s nit-picking and I’m aware of that.

“I think we lost because they were better than us. If we want to get into tactical analyses, which I won’t get into, the CT can analyse our strengths and limits.

“"For me, after looking back at the game, he’ll have realised we can express in certain matches against certain teams and others.

“There’s no mental block, however, guarantees Buffon: Italy will return to be himself with “We thought, having gone into the match from a nice set of results, that we’d at least stay in the game.

“Like I said on the eve of the match, the result could also be secondary. It was important to show that we could compete, cause them problems and keep up with them until the final whistle.

“It didn’t go like that, but in the midst of our wrongs, credit must surely go to Spain.

“I didn’t expect them to be so much better than us. An unplayable match? There are no unplayable matches.

“What emerged from this game is that Spain showed themselves to be better than us.”

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