After his most difficult season, Gianluigi Buffon is back on form. And he’s helping new Ciro Ferrara’s Juventus FC with great matches. “I am in a good period of form and hope to continue like this, as it’s right to always try to do your best and be at the top,” he said after performing heroics in Bianconeri’s 2-0 win over Livorno. “I’m not doing anything special. It’s just that when you are coming off eight months of constant torture from injuries and suddenly you feel fine, it gives you back that joy and desire to play that before you didn’t have. It was one thing after another, as I either had a back problem or a muscular injury, I was never entirely OK. Clearly all the criticism that was piled on me also helped fire me up.”This is a sign we give to ourselves of consistency and optimism. We know we have a lot to improve, but evidently the fact we still manage to win games when not 100 per cent is already very useful.” Buffon is one of 2009 Golden Foot award candidates. (Photo: Getty Images)