Buffon eyes quarters spot

Italy captain Gianluigi Buffon claims the Azzurri’s minimum target at the World Cup is to reach the quarter-final stages.

The 2006 winners finished runners-up in Euro 2012.

“I can’t say with absolute certainty that we will reach the final or the semi-finals,” Buffon said yesterday. “I believe we are reliable team, in the sense we are able to win the games we have to win.