Juventus may have been halted in its tracks in search of another record, but goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon is within touching distance of one — or 184 minutes to be precise.
Juve’s run of consecutive league victories was ended at 15 — two short of Inter Milan’s Serie A record — by last Friday’s goalless draw at Bologna.
But it was a seventh clean sheet in a row for Buffon, who hasn’t conceded a goal in the league in 745 minutes.
Another shutout, against fierce rival Inter on Sunday, would move Buffon up to third on the list of goalkeepers who have gone unbeaten the longest in Serie A.
The record is held by Sebastiano Rossi, who kept a clean sheet for 929 consecutive minutes for AC Milan from Dec. 12.
1993 to Feb. 27. 1994, beating the previous mark set by former Juventus goalkeeper Dino Zoff in 1972-73 by 26 minutes.
Mario Da Pozzo (791 minutes), Ivan Pelizzoli (774) and Davide Pinato (758) — who are all retired — are the only other ones above Buffon
