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Juve's Buffon aims high in new season

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13:29, July 27, 2007

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Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon Thursday wanted his team Juventus to
advance to top-four of Serie A in the upcoming season.

Buffon said there are teams that are stronger favorites than Juve, but "I
think we could do better than anyone imagines," according to the local
media reports.

Buffon admitted that a top-four finish, which would guarantee a place in
the 2008-09 Champions League, would be a good result for a team that has
just come up from Serie B.

But he implied that even that might be aiming too low and predicted that
Juve will give everyone a hard time, including Serie A title-holders
Inter Milan and European champions AC Milan.

He said his optimism is fuelled by the club's closed-season buys. "We
have done excellent business on the transfer market," he said.

"We are the team that has been most active, although that was natural as
we have come up from Serie B. We have bought some excellent
internationals and a pair of really promising youngsters".

Juve have drafted in Portugal midfielder Tiago from French champs Lyon
and Argentine midfielder Sergio Almiron from Empoli.

Things are looking good up front too, thanks to the arrival of Vincenzo
Iaquinta, a member of Italy's World Cup-winning squad, from Udinese.

Juve have strengthened their defence by signing Czech international
Zdenek Grygera from Ajax, Portugal captain Jorge Andrade from Deportivo
La Coruna and Italy Under-21 player Domenico Criscito from Genoa, the
local reports said.

Source: Xinhua

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