Dani Alves gave an interview back home and spoke about Gianluigi Buffon and his legacy. Would it be tarnished without winning the Champions League?

“Buffon is a true professional,” Alves said to Canais Esporte Interativo in an interview.

“In the end the Champions League is just a title. I don’t think that he won’t be a player who made history just because of this title.

“He’s a legend because the numbers say so: Buffon will always be Buffon.”

Alves was asked to look back at the final in Cardiff.

“Real Madrid deserved to win, we weren’t good. In the end, a match reflects everything, we didn’t deserve to win the Champions League and they did.

“The details are important, for example they got to spend more time with their families. That makes the difference.

“We won the League, but the Italian League is different from the Champions League. We reached a point where we couldn’t do any more.

“We didn’t do what we needed to do to win.”