Buffon: Juve 'turned to sludge'

Buffon: Juve 'turned to sludge'
Tuesday 14 April, 2009

Gianluigi Buffon has admitted the Scudetto race is over even before Saturday’s head-to-head with Inter. “Juve just turned to sludge.”

The goalkeeper appeared on the Chiambretti Night programme that has also seen the likes of Jose Mourinho, Fabio Capello and Roberto Mancini in the spotlight.

“We at Juve just turned to sludge and were liquefied. Inter deserve everything they’ve got,” shrugged the shot-stopper.

The gap between the two teams has now opened up to 10 points and even with a victory on Saturday it would be a hard slog to catch the leaders.

Juventus had closed in on Inter, but with one point from two games against Chievo and Genoa, their chances came screeching to a halt.

“I admit we became very leaky at the back, things changed. But when you concede so many goals, the blame has to be shared around.

“We still want to win on Saturday to give our fans and us a moment of great joy. To finish second four or five points off the top is still better than 10 or 12 points back.”

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