Gianluigi Buffon crowns Gianluigi Donnarumma but doesn’t forget Yann Sommer

Gianluigi Buffon spoke to Gazzetta dello Sport about the Champions League final: “If we look at the season, Donnarumma and Sommer have been the number ones in Europe. Maybe Gigio the best ever, but Sommer has given impressive continuity to his very high performance. It will also be a goalkeepers” final.

“Is Donnarumma my heir? Without a shadow of a doubt. And he is a golden boy, who can answer questions. Humble but with right self-confidence: you cannot command the area if you don”t have it.

“Differences between Donnarumma and Sommer? Physically they are opposites, so different characteristics, but similar in responsiveness. And this is a great merit of Gigio: there was no doubt that Sommer was reactive, but a crystal of almost two meters…”.

“Sommer in goal is extraordinary, and Inter in the last two years has had an added value. His saves are worth a season, not only those with Barcelona. And by the way: today the center forwards no longer go to press the goalkeeper because the coaches know that the offload comes on the midfielder and they are outnumbered. Although this increases some downtime and I do not like it”.