Gianluigi Buffon is still not willing to apologize to Michael Oliver for his previous comments about him awarding a penalty to Real Madrid in the dying minutes of their Champions League game against Juventus.
The Italian champions were about to make a huge comeback but the referee made a penalty call for Real and Ronaldo send his team to the next round – and Buffon was very angry as he was sent off for his comments on the referee’s decision.
The Italy legend spoke about his previous comments as he said, according to Sport Bible:
“I don’t have to make up for anything, because I am a human being who puts passion, sentiment and anger into what I do. You find a way to speak, right or wrong, that at times can seem excessive… but this is me, I am Gigi Buffon.”
“Right there, you cannot ask a man who lives sport as deeply as I do to be balanced, because even if I expressed these feelings in an exaggerated way, they were still logical thoughts. I’d say them all again. Maybe with a different type of language, one that was more civilised, let’s say. But the content remains and I stand by all of it.”