Inter, Sommer aims for Buffon’s record: “Gigi has always been my idol. It would be nice”

Yann SommerInter goalkeeper, in his interview given to Corriere della Seraalso spoke about the possibility of achieving 21 clean sheets in this championship, thus equaling Gianluigi Buffon’s record achieved during his time at Juventus, with the Swiss goalkeeper who, together with his team, has achieved 18 so far moment, with four games left to play in the league: “Gigi has always been my idol when I was young. He’s a legend and it would be a great achievement to equal him. We’ll try as a team, because it wouldn’t just be a record for the goalkeeper.”

At 35, do you feel you have improved in anything?
“There are still a lot of things I can improve on. Here I found two very good goalkeeping coaches, who taught me something different both in terms of managing the role in Italian football and on a technical level such as the steps and movements to do to be even faster and more explosive.”

How strong is the regret for the Champions League, with the elimination in the round of 16 on penalties against Atletico Madrid?
“It was a great disappointment to go out like this, but we learned once again how much the small details matter. And we will try to do better next year.”