Monday 31 May, 2004 | Football Italia
Alessandro Del Piero maintains that he will make a telling contribution to Italy’s Euro 2004 campaign.
There are massive question marks over whether the Juventus ace should start after his performance against Tunisia last night.
Del Piero seemed to struggle at times during the 4-0 win which have led to calls that he should be dropped for the in-form Antonio Cassano.
But the former Padova player is confident that he will be in good shape by the time the tournament starts.
"I’m very satisfied with how everything is going," said the Italian ace. "In the past I’ve always been unlucky enough to arrive at major tournaments with fitness problems.
"But I know that in Portugal I will be in the right place at the right time. After all, I still have 15 days of training left before the tournament starts."
Del Piero also cooled reports that his form is suffering due to the pressure Cassano is putting on him.
"He isn’t a rival of mine but a new teammate," continued Alex. "I say new because we’ve spent little time together as he arrived in the national side when I was injured."
The Bianconeri captain didn’t have the best of tournaments during the 2002 World Cup but he believes there will be no repeat of that this time around.
"I went to those Finals as a first team player but then we changed tactics over there and I was left on the bench," he noted.
"If Trap doesn’t change the system (4-2-3-1) then I don’t think there will be too many problems for me."
Alessandro Del Piero maintains that he will make a telling contribution to Italy’s Euro 2004 campaign.
There are massive question marks over whether the Juventus ace should start after his performance against Tunisia last night.
Del Piero seemed to struggle at times during the 4-0 win which have led to calls that he should be dropped for the in-form Antonio Cassano.
But the former Padova player is confident that he will be in good shape by the time the tournament starts.
"I’m very satisfied with how everything is going," said the Italian ace. "In the past I’ve always been unlucky enough to arrive at major tournaments with fitness problems.
"But I know that in Portugal I will be in the right place at the right time. After all, I still have 15 days of training left before the tournament starts."
Del Piero also cooled reports that his form is suffering due to the pressure Cassano is putting on him.
"He isn’t a rival of mine but a new teammate," continued Alex. "I say new because we’ve spent little time together as he arrived in the national side when I was injured."
The Bianconeri captain didn’t have the best of tournaments during the 2002 World Cup but he believes there will be no repeat of that this time around.
"I went to those Finals as a first team player but then we changed tactics over there and I was left on the bench," he noted.
"If Trap doesn’t change the system (4-2-3-1) then I don’t think there will be too many problems for me."
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