{"id":447885,"date":"2017-12-17T13:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T13:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/17\/asamoah-privileged-to-play-alongside-buffon\/"},"modified":"2017-12-17T13:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T13:30:25","slug":"asamoah-privileged-to-play-alongside-buffon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/17\/asamoah-privileged-to-play-alongside-buffon\/","title":{"rendered":"Asamoah \u2018privileged\u2019 to play alongside Buffon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Soccer News of Sunday, 17 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-17<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/34077642.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwadwo Asamoah Pirlo\" title=\"Kwadwo Asamoah Pirlo\" width=\"295\" height=\"254\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Asamoah holds it an esteemed honour to play alongside Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513517425_715_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana international Kwadwo Asamoah holds it an esteemed honour to have had the chance to play alongside iconic Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.<\/p>\n<p>Buffon, who recently announced his retirement from international football, is regarded as one of the best men to have played the beautiful game.<\/p>\n<p>At 39, the shot-stopper is in the twilight of his career, and as the world prepares to send off a special son, Asamoah counts the blessings of playing alongside the 2006 World Cup winner at Juventus following the former&#8217;s transfer from Udinese in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuffon is a captain and the example for everyone,\u201d Asamoah told Totto Sport .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is always ready to help you. Also Andrea [Barzagli] and Giorgio [Chiellini] have always been very available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI played a lot with them and they helped me. At the beginning it was not easy. It was the first time I played for a great club. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll these people have helped me to be as I am now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is fantastic to train with him and it has always been in five years. I\u2019ll never forget it. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even when I stop playing, I\u2019ll always be proud to say I\u2019ve played with him. He is a great person, a legend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Buffon has won the Italian topflight on nine occasions, the Coppa Italia four times and the Italian Super Cup on six occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Yet to win the coveted Uefa Champions League after thrice making the final, the Carrara-born lifted the Europa League title in 1995 and 1999.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/53372278.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of Goal.com &#8211; the world&#8217;s largest football website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>This article has no comments yet, be the first to comment\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 58 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer News of Sunday, 17 December 2017 Source: Goal.com 2017-12-17 Asamoah holds it an esteemed honour to play alongside Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon Ghana international Kwadwo Asamoah holds it an esteemed honour to have had the chance to play alongside iconic Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. 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