Soccer: Goalkeeper legend Buffon breaks Serie A record

Dhe “eternal” Gianluigi Buffon from Juventus has set the next record as a professional soccer player. The 42-year-old Italian goalkeeper was on Saturday in the 4: 1 (2: 1) victory in the city derby against Torino for the 648th time in Serie A and solves the previous record player of AC Milan Paolo Maldini ( 52).

Paolo Dybala (3rd) and Juan Cuadrado (29th) gave Juve a 2-0 lead, but shortly before the break Torino striker Andrea Belotti Buffon didn’t stand a chance and reduced (45th / hand penalty). The 25th goal of the season from superstar Cristiano Ronaldo (61.) and an own goal from Koffi Djidji (87.) then ensured clear conditions. With the fourth win in the fourth league game after the Corona compulsory break, Juve consolidates its top position in Serie A.

In 1995 Buffon made his 17-year-old debut for AC Parma in Serie A, in 2001 he switched to record champion Juventus for 54.1 million euros as the most expensive goalkeeper in football history to date, whom he also relegated to Serie B in the season after being relegated to relegation 2006/07 remained loyal. In 2018, “Gigi” Buffon left the Alte Dame, after a one-year intermezzo near Paris St. Germain, the 176-time record international returned to Turin last summer.

United and Leicester win

For team managers Daniel Farke and Norwich City, relegation is getting closer and closer after just one season in the English Premier League. The taillight suffered his fifth defeat in a row in the 0-1 (0-1) against Brighton & Hove Albion on match day 33. The class remains is currently seven points away.

The Belgian Leandro Trossard (25th) scored the winning goal of the guests in the first section, in which the former Ingolstadt Pascal Groß came on in the 72nd minute. At Norwich, the former Schalke striker Teemu Pukki, the top scorer of the “Canaries” with eleven goals this season, only came into play in the 67th minute. Farke said after the game on the club website: “The story of this game is a bit like the story of our season.”

Record champions Manchester United celebrated a spectacular 5-2 (3-1) win against relegation-threatened AFC Bournemouth. United youngster Mason Greenwood scored two goals (29/54), also Marcus Rashford (35.), Anthony Martial (45.) and Bruno Fernandes (59.) scored for the Red Devils.

The win moved United to fourth, one place ahead of Leicester City after a 3-0 (0-0) win over Crystal Palace. Kelechi Iheanacho (49th) and Jamie Vardy (77th / 90th +4) brought the 2016 champion onto the winning road.

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