CARDIFF, Wales (AP) Gianluigi Buffon has collected every major prize in club soccer, except the Champions League. Time is ticking for the Juventus goalkeeper to complete the set.
If the 39-year-old Buffon finally lifts the European Cup on Saturday following a Juventus victory over Real Madrid, he would become the competition’s oldest champion. For a decade, that record has been held by Paolo Maldini, a winner with AC Milan at age 38.
”It would be great joy,” Buffon said Friday inside the Millennium Stadium. ”There’s nothing better in life than getting your reward, because you know how hard you’ve worked, how much you’ve sweated for it, and with teammates who’ve worked even more to get it.