ICONIC JUVENTUIS GOALKEEPER Gianluigi Buffon has named Leicester City as the only team he wants to avoid in the Champions League quarter-finals after the Premier League champions knocked out Sevilla.
The Foxes ran out 2-0 winners at the King Power Stadium to clinch a 3-2 aggregate victory in their last-16 tie, and their growing reputation around Europe was confirmed by veteran Italian star Buffon.
While Leicester triumphed, Juventus cruised to a 1-0 win over 10-man Porto in Turin, with Paulo Dybala’s first-half penalty ensuring a 3-0 aggregate scoreline in favour of the Serie A leaders.
Despite the likes of Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid being in the last eight, Buffon picked out Leicester as the competition’s danger team.
He told Premium Sport: “The only team I’d like to avoid in the draw is Leicester.
“They have got enthusiasm, they know how to hurt the strongest teams. We’d have everything to lose against them.”
The draw for the quarter-finals takes place on Friday, with the ties to be played in mid-April.
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Whatever The Mighty Buffon says is law.
It’s unlikely to happen but it’d be mad if they were relegated and won the champions league. Anyone know if something like that has ever happened?
Harchester United got relegated and reached the quarter final of the Champions League in 2003/04. Leicester could go one better than the mighty Dream Team.
Life imitating art, so to speak.
Iwas at that game. Harchester were robbed.
I’d have Linda Block in my dream team any day..
Things went very bad for the poor girl afterwards. She ended up working in a factory in Manchester I believe.
Ya I heard she had to change her name and all…
Great performance from Leicester in fairness but you don’t have to be a Phd in quantum physics to work out how they play. Press and counter attack. A good tactically disciplined side like Juve won’t have any problem getting through 2 legs with Leicester.
Pure bluff talk from buffon juve would love to play them.defend on their 18yrd for the night vardy wouldn’t get a sniff of space to run in too
True that Bob. Every team going into that draw will be hoping to get them.
Bob if they’re that easy to play against why are they in the quarterfinals?
There in the q finals because they hadda fairly average group and they played a team in the last 8 with very little character when the going got tough and they got rid of the manager and got the man they wanted and that rejuvenated them to get back playing the way the were I think
Yea true they play stone age football let’s be honest.any of the big teams left will ate them
Agree, I was shocked that Sevilla didn’t hammer them last night , perhaps Spanish league is not as strong as thought?
Louis Amor Rodrigues
What a player says in the media versus what he says behind closed doors are two different things, I think Juventus would be thrilled to get Leicester in the quarters, over two legs I can see Juventus doing a number on them, I mean come on he would hardly rather get Real or Barcelona now would he?
Good old Italian mind games yep.but I must say it’s a poor standard over all in champs league.its more wide open than ever before
Hard to see Leicester going any further