Juventus nice Gianluigi Buffon stated Cristiano Ronaldo’s arrival on the membership in 2018 finally led to them dropping their “DNA of being a team”.
Ronaldo, now again at Manchester United for a second spell, scored 101 objectives in 135 appearances for Juventus and received Serie A twice however the membership didn’t progress past the Champions League quarter-final stage throughout his three years there.
Buffon returned to his first membership Parma in June after practically twenty years at Juventus — he spent the 2018-19 season at Paris St Germain — the place he received 10 Serie A titles.
“Juventus had the chance to win the Champions League the first year he arrived, which was the year I was at Paris St Germain, and I couldn’t figure out what happened,” Buffon informed American broadcast community.
“When I returned, I labored with Ronaldo for 2 years and we did effectively collectively, however I believe Juventus misplaced that DNA of being a workforce.
“We reached the Champions League final in 2017 because we were a side full of experience, but above all we were a single unit and there was this competition for places within the group that was very strong. We lost that with Ronaldo.”
Juventus are fifth in Serie A, 12 factors adrift of leaders Inter Milan, and host third-placed Napoli on January 6.
