Gianluigi Buffon says he wants to go on playing for Juventus

Buffon is far from retirement from top flight football

Legendary goalkeeper, Gianluigi Buffon says he is not planning to quit Juventus instead he is looking forward to be part of the Bianconneri side for another 3 years.

On Saturday, Buffon’s Juve were beaten by Barcelona 3-1 in this season's Champions League final.

After Ivan Rakitic's opener, Juventus equalized through Alvaro Morata's goal in the 55th minute, but goals from Luis Suarez and Neymar ended Buffon's dreams of winning a Champions League.

Buffon, 37 has never won a Champions League despite playing in two finals. Despite the recent defeat, he wants to go on playing for Juve, hoping to get another shot at fulfilling his dream of winning a Champions League.

"I want three more years at this level to reach a few more dreams," he said.

For a 10 minute period, he thought he side could win

The Juventus goalkeeper also felt that that Juventus could have won the game but just could not take advantage of their short period of dominance. He admitted the fact that Barcelona are the best team the world, however, he said he was proud that the Italians could compete with them.

He said: “There was a moment, a 10-minute spell, when we thought we had the match in our hands and that's exactly when we lost it.

“It would have been an extraordinary result. We didn't manage to win, but not because we didn't. We gave everything we had. Barcelona are the best team in the world in my opinion, but we have proved that we could compete.”

He went on to say that sport brings moments of joy as well as moments of misery. Buffon and Juventus had already won the Serie A title and Coppa Italia this season but losing the Champions League final was still a big disappointment to the players.

“I am a guy who always knows how to handle moments of great joy and disappointment with balance,” Buffon said.

“This is one of the disappointments sport gives you, but before that we shared many great moments of joy with our fans.It was a shame not to have the final to really finish off this journey, but at one point I really did believe.”

After the match, Buffon’s teammate Andrea Pirlo succumbed to tears as the emotions washed over him.

He said: “We are all disappointed and it is in a way very pleasing to see Andrea express his sentiments in such a strong way.”