++ [ originally posted by ZAF3000
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hmmm very intersting.. You say that Del Piero failed to perform in a Borusia's match.,.. hmm well there are many people who can't remember that match remember his absolutely ASTONISHING goal..
That was the best goal scored that year.
I am expecting your reply saying that a goal does not justify his performance, well let me tell you something, he is an attacker .. he scored a goal.. we conceeded 3.. Its not his problem..
On his shoulders, and the shoulders of other heros, we managed to reach the final 4 times. Lets see, we won against Ajax in 96, we lost against Borusia in 97 where he scored a beautiful goal in the final, we lost to Real in 98 with an offside goal mind you pippo wasted some good chances in that game, we lost to Milan on PKs... Hmm now that is a dispointment that we didn't win the cup more than once... But it is quite an acheivement that we did reach the final 4 times in a short period. You just cannot say that our team failed to perform or failed to make a presence. You also cannot blame a player who actually performed and played really well the whole season for losing the final either on PKs, or an offside goal, OR even a match where he scored your teams only goal.
This only shows that you just don't remember any good thing for Del Piero. Whether you like or not, he is one of our winning cards.. and he is a valuable player to Juventus DURING THIS TIME (not in the past). This year he scored 3 goals in the CL and 14 in the serie A, mind he didn't play all matches. And even the matches that he played he didn't play them 90 minutes.. You cannot say that he wasn't decisive during the last 1/3 or the season, because he was. You cannot say that he failed to perform against big teams because he did perform.. Examples just look back. Even during the Liverpool game.. Ok he wasted a one-on-one situation but that was due to brillience keeping by the goaly. Infact, in that game he scored a 100% legal goal that was disallowed. The return match, it was a very tachtical match by Pool PLUS capello didn't play his cards right.
During the Milan game... well I won't comment on that.
EDITED: here is a reminder
Del Piero Vs Dortmund