Every word from Gianluigi Buffon’s furious post-match rant about Michael Oliver

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Juventus crashed out of their Champions League quarter-final match-up with Real Madrid thanks to an injury-time penalty that saw Juve ‘keeper Gianluigi Buffon sent off for his protests.

After the game, the furious Italian had some harsh words to say about referee Michael Oliver. NaijaBet.com

Speaking to BT Sport Buffon said: “Of course there is a huge feeling of regret because of the incident in the 93rd minute.

“I’d never seen a human being with the courage to give a penalty in such a situation in the 93rd minute.”

“For him to give a penalty and send me off I think he must be a beast he can’t be human.”

Replays appear to show that referee, Michael Oliver, made the correct decision to give a penalty when Juventus defender Mehdi Benatia bundled into the back of Madrid’s Lucas Vazquez.

Buffon, playing what could be his last game in European competition, was sent off for his protests. He was clearly angry by the incident after Juventus had battled back from 3-0 down in the first-leg to level things up at the Bernabeu. NaijaBet.com

“I think the referees have a difficult job but we also have a difficult job,” said Buffon.

“As players playing at this level in these sort of stadiums and on this stage. When you come to the Bernabeu to play in the quarter-finals you need the players, coaches, fans and referees to be at this level.”

“Otherwise he [Michael Oliver] should be in the stands eating crisps, drinking Sprite, Coca-Cola or orange juice or whatever he wants.”

When asked if he wished there had been a happier ending to his European career the 40-year-old Juventus legend said: NaijaBet

“I am definitely sorry about that but I also know that I wasn’t dealing with a person with a lot of awareness of feelings otherwise he wouldn’t have made two big mistakes in the space of two minutes.

“Coming here you have to know about Juve and Madrid’s history given what happened in the first-leg. You have to know a 40-year-old Buffon may be playing his final game. NaijaBet.com

“In order to avoid that you have to be completely ready, you can’t make yourself the protagonist because you can’t handle the pressure.”

Real Madrid will now play Bayern Munich, Liverpool or AS Roma in the semi-final after Cristiano Ronaldo stepped up and converted the penalty, beating substitute ‘keeper Wojciech Szczesny in the 97th minute.

It was the Portuguese star’s 41st goal of the season while also being the 11th straight game in which he has found the net.  He also became the first player in the competition’s history to score 10 goals against a single opponent. NaijaBet.com