Il Capitano Alessandro Del Piero (227 Viewers)
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One more game, 100th more emotions, hopefully one more cup. My hero Alex I don't know how I will deal with the fact that I will not see you in the black and white you have made your own. I have only ever known Juventus with Alex and Alex with Juventus...I remember growing up with pictures of you on my wall, watching you play, even when I could not understand the game I was drawn to you. You have given so much to this team, the sport and me...I know I will never be as emotionally attached to a player as I am to you..There is something that is more than football here, it is more than admiration, it is genuine love. I feel as if I have known you my whole life. It is crazy, I feel like I am losing a loved one. I remember how angry I got when I saw you on the bench under Capello and how I defended you even if I was so young after those famous Euro's (and I would do it again). While the kids at school went from Ronaldo to Ronaldihno, Messi to C.Ronaldo I could never find a player better than you. I admired many others but in my eyes you were the best and no one came close. There was something different with you Alex, you had an aura around you not of arrogance but a quiet confidence and intelligence, a humble captain who did things so effortlessly. I remember how I cried when you scored in Germany, I knew what that moment meant for you, to shut the haters up as you did was poetry. When you lined up to take that penalty in the final I was so nervous, more for you than the final itself. It was strange, you are more than a footballer to me, you are family. You loved this shirt like us fans, you bled for it, you made it sparkle when times were bleak. Those goals against Real Madrid, the standing ovation...Man I have never been more in awe of anyone. I get tears in my eyes thinking about it. The way you were leading goal scorer in Serie B and then you came up and did in Serie A, it was something only you could do. You did it not with selfishness but with brilliance. The way you tried to have Trez be joint goalscorer with you, sadly it failed but we saw the man you were, the man you are and the man you continue to be. The quiet genius, the humble captain. You are more than numbers and statistics, when I think of you I think of more than our leading goal scorer...So much more, for me you are the greatest player to grace this beautiful game. No words will ever be enough to describe my love for you, thank you truly Alex...It will never be the same without you, but the memory of you in this shirt will comfort me. Your smile in that last Serie A game will live with me forever.
Grazie Alex, lets win another cup together!
Grazie Alex, lets win another cup together!
Never. I'd kill myself if that happened.
I got to say I loved Juve's stadium announcer. "Con la fascia di capitano, con la sua maglia numero dieci, il CAMPIONE Alessandro... "
Because that's what he is. A champion.
I got to see Juventus twice at home. Both times Camoranesi, Trezeguet, Nedved, Ibrahimovic, Thuram, Zambrotta and other great players were announced. Nedved got a lot of cheers, I remember. But when the announcer went "il numero dieci, Alessandro.." it was just incredible. It wasn't twice the sound Nedved got. It was four times that. Because in all honesty everyone was there for Alex. When I went to see Juventus at Bologna, the stadium exploded when his name was announced. Both opponents and supporters made noise. Not everyone was praising Alex, but no one could keep quiet. Del Piero.. was all about passion for the game. Cristiano and Messi don't even come close.
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If Del Piero goes to England, it will be Arsenal.
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Giuseppe Meazza is about as dead as they come though.
Because that's what he is. A champion.
I got to see Juventus twice at home. Both times Camoranesi, Trezeguet, Nedved, Ibrahimovic, Thuram, Zambrotta and other great players were announced. Nedved got a lot of cheers, I remember. But when the announcer went "il numero dieci, Alessandro.." it was just incredible. It wasn't twice the sound Nedved got. It was four times that. Because in all honesty everyone was there for Alex. When I went to see Juventus at Bologna, the stadium exploded when his name was announced. Both opponents and supporters made noise. Not everyone was praising Alex, but no one could keep quiet. Del Piero.. was all about passion for the game. Cristiano and Messi don't even come close.
---------- Post added 15.05.2012 at 10:47 ----------
If Del Piero goes to England, it will be Arsenal.
---------- Post added 15.05.2012 at 10:48 ----------
Giuseppe Meazza is about as dead as they come though.