Buffon blasts referee Oliver after red card fury


Soccer Football - Champions League Quarter Final Second Leg - Real Madrid vs Juventus - Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain - April 11, 2018 Juventus' Gianluigi Buffon during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Susana Vera

MADRID (Reuters) - Gianluigi Buffon's Champions League quest ended with a display of wild-eyed fury, a red card and bitter recriminations after seeing his Juventus side knocked out in the quarter-finals by Real Madrid on Wednesday.

Italy's great goalkeeper was left incandescent by referee Michael Oliver's decision to award Real a debatable but decisive stoppage-time penalty at the Bernabeu in Juve's 3-1 win that was to secure Real a 4-3 aggregate victory in the quarter-final tie.

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