This archive report was first published on 4 July 2020.
On July 4, 2020, Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon made history by breaking the Serie A appearances record, as his team defeated Torino 4-1 in the Turin derby.
Buffon, 42, surpassed the previous record of 647 appearances, which he jointly held with AC Milan great Paolo Maldini, as he started the game at the Allianz Stadium.
His achievement comes 25 years after he made his Serie A debut for Parma and 19 years after he first signed for Juventus.
The hosts, Juventus, wasted little time in taking the lead as Paulo Dybala put them ahead in the third minute with an excellent individual goal.
They doubled their advantage just before the half-hour mark as Cristiano Ronaldo charged forward before laying the ball off for Juan Cuadrado to drill a low drive into the bottom corner.
However, Torino gave themselves hope when Andrea Belotti scored a penalty past Buffon in the sixth minute of first-half injury-time.
Simone Verdi was denied an equaliser early in the second half by the linesman’s flag, but Ronaldo put the game to bed in the 61st minute with a brilliant free-kick.
It was the first time the five-time Ballon d’Or winner had scored a free-kick in Serie A and it was his 25th league goal of the campaign, making him the first Juventus player to achieve that feat since Omar Sivori in the 1960-61 season.
Juve were not done there and made it four with three minutes remaining as Torino defender Koffi Djidji put through his own net.
