Gianluigi Buffon said the last two years with Juventus were ‘a test to measure myself, and I think I have overcome it brilliantly’.
The veteran goalkeeper helped Juventus pick up the Coppa Italia this week and currently prepares for his last game with the Bianconeri.
The 43-year-old has announced he is leaving the Old Lady after the season and spoke about his recent experience at the Allianz Stadium.
Gianluigi Buffon said the last two years with Juventus were ‘a test to measure myself, and I think I have overcome it brilliantly’.
The veteran goalkeeper helped Juventus pick up the Coppa Italia this week and currently prepares for his last game with the Bianconeri.
The 43-year-old has announced he is leaving the Old Lady after the season and spoke about his recent experience at the Allianz Stadium.
“What I’m sure I gave to Juventus was the maximum of professionalism, seriousness and reliability,” Buffon told Sky Sport Italia.
“I think I was, in its entirety, a person, a boy and a serious professional, and one you always can count on.”
Buffon spent one season with Paris Saint-Germain in 2018-19 but the World Cup winner returned to Juventus and said it was ‘not so easy to adapt’ to his new situation at the Allianz Stadium.
“I think these two years, apart from the fact that my role as a player was not central, were not taken for granted by someone like me,” Buffon continued. “It was not so easy to be able to adapt.
“Instead, I think I did it with great enthusiasm. First of all, out of respect for myself. At 43 years old, I feel like a man and a man must behave as such, not as a boy.
“Then for all those who had faith in me, with whom I had made a pact of honour, as men, and that’s why I would gladly have this role.
“And then for my teammates, for the wonderful relationship I have with everyone. I think I’m an influential personality and, in some ways, also bulky, but I believe that no one has ever perceived it from the outside.
“It’s not easy to be able to understand when it’s time to step back and get behind the scenes, leaving the stage lights to others.
“For me it was a test, also to measure myself as a person. And I’m happy because I think I’ve overcome it brilliantly."