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Juventus icon Buffon has no referee rant regrets: ‘I’d say it all again’

The legendary goalkeeper blasted Michael Oliver after he contributed to the Bianconeri exiting the Champions League, and he stands by his comments

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has no regrets over his referee rants during and after a controversial Champions League exit at the hands of Real Madrid.

A modern day legend endured a night to forget in what could be his last appearance on the grandest of European stages, with the Bianconeri bowing out amid chaotic scenes at Santiago Bernabeu.

Michael Oliver’s decision to award Real a stoppage-time penalty led to Buffon being dismissed for dissent, with the 40-year-old going on to claim the English official was the destroyer of dreams and had “a garbage bin for a heart”.