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Juventus need to find their identity: Buffon
Turin (Italy): Italy football giants Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon stressed that his club needs to “find an identity” after their terrible start to Serie A season.
Massimiliano Allegri’s men slumped to their third defeat of the season with a 2-1 loss to Napoli at the Stadio San Paolo on Saturday.
Buffon insisted that he and his teammates must shelve any talk of securing a fifth successive Seria A title for the time-being, Sky Italia reported on Sunday.
“We have to put aside all talk of the fifth successive Seria A title for the next few months. The distance between Juventus and the top of the league is so great that we can’t allow ourselves to get carried away by flights of fancy,” Buffon said.
“We have to roll up our sleeves, get our hands dirty and deal with the situation. We know what we need to change to improve, and we’ll be taking it now match by match,” he said.
“When we find our identity and start playing compact football we will become a really strong team,” Buffon concluded.
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.