Juventus' best ever XI ... The goalkeeper 🧤 | OneFootball

With football on a hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been mulling over what an all-time Juventus XI would look like.

We’re starting at the back firstly by choosing the goalkeeper.

Here are the nominees …

3rd – Gianpiero Combi

Given that he played in the 1930s, the story of Combi has been somewhat lost to history but he nonetheless remains one of the greatest Italian goalkeepers of all time.

The hometown hero played for the Bianconeri for his entire 13-year career and won five Scudetti, establishing his place as a club legend.

He also set a long-standing Serie A record for the longest run of minutes without conceding a goal (over 900) which was eventually broken by a familiar face who’ll pop up soon.

2nd – Dino Zoff

Not just one of the finest guardians of the goal to ever ply his trade for the Old Lady, Zoff is highly regarded as simply one of the best goalkeepers of all time.

Although he is synonymous with his success at international level as the only Italian to win the World Cup and European Championship and being the oldest player to lift the greatest international prize, he was outstanding for Juve too.

Zoff represented Juve for over a decade at the end of his career, incredibly making all of his 330 Serie A appearances consecutively and ending up with six league titles, two Coppa Italia and a UEFA Cup.

And the winner is … Gianluigi Buffon

Was it ever really going to be anyone else? There is hardly a goalkeeping record related to Juventus or even Serie A that he doesn’t hold.

That aforementioned longest league streak without conceding a goal? His. Joint-most Serie A appearances and most Italy caps? Him. Most clean sheets in a single season? That was Buffon too and he managed a record 21 on two separate occasions.

The list goes on and on as honour after honour continues to come his way as he extends his career and defies nature and belief.

Buffon is even back at the club after a brief departure for Paris Saint-Germain but deserves great credit for refusing to jump ship when they were demoted to Serie B.

You think of Juventus, you think of Buffon.

Here’s how the team is looking so far …

GK: Gianluigi Buffon

Check back tomorrow when we will be choosing Juventus’ greatest ever … right-back.