Source: Telegraph
Gigi Buffon confident Juventus can progress against Chelsea
The Serie A side lost 1-0 in the first leg of their last-16 tie at Stamford Bridge last night to give Chelsea a slender advantage ahead of the return leg in Turin. [LNB]Buffon was beaten in the 12th minute by Didier Drogba, who peeled away from his marker on the edge of the box before firing into the bottom left corner to score what was to prove the winner. [LNB]However, the Juve 'keeper claims to be more disappointed his team could not score an all important away goal than the fact that he conceded. [LNB]"Of course I'm optimistic for the second leg," said Buffon. "That's Juve and hopefully we'll manage to recover a bit more physically. [LNB]"We have everything in place, all the qualities needed for something that wouldn't be a miracle but will be tough and that's the victory. [LNB]"Drogba's goal was more lucky than good," said Buffon. "I closed him down well but he managed to smash it in. We can't be happy with the result because even though it is one that we can turn around in the second leg. We came here with the conviction that we could score at least a goal tonight." [LNB]Buffon admits Juve cannot have too many complaints about the result. However, he feels that once the Bianconeri managed to get into the game they deserved a draw. [LNB]"You could say it was the right result," he added. "That's how it finished and it's not like we can point at any type of misfortune or anything. [LNB]"But it's clear too that if we'd drawn it wouldn't have been a scandalous result – we played well, we only lacked a goal." [LNB]The Italy goalkeeper added that Juve have already pinpointed Chelsea's weak spots ahead of the return leg. [LNB]"Chelsea are a team whose skills are first class but I think they have a few problems in keeping the ball and in their rhythm and it's there that we have to try and play the game," he added. [LNB]
