Il Capitano Alessandro Del Piero (109 Viewers)
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Alex`s brother Stefano, who is nine years older, briefly played football for Sampdoria before injury struck him. Alessandro's father Gino, died in February 2001.
He once said that he used to play as a goalkeeper because he could play a lot more football that way. His mother thought it would be better for him if he played as a goalkeeper, since he wouldn't sweat and the possibility of him getting injured was smaller. But one day, Stefano told their mother: "Don't you see that Alex is good in the attack?"
Sonia Amoruso is Del Piero's wife. Alex and Sonia have been together since 1999 and eventually married in 2005.
Del Piero was once the world's best paid player from salary, bonuses and advertising revenue.
Del Piero is into other sports and also into music. He has even released some music CDs himself.
Del Piero is regarded also for his character off and on the pitch. He has won several awards such as the "'Coppa d'Argento' Premio Speciale Gentleman" , the "San Siro Gentleman Serie A TIM". and the Associazione Soomaaliya Special Award for Fairness which is assigned to the persons who with their silence have not been arrogant, aggressive or violent.
Del Piero is known for his sense of humour. He once joked that if Lippi does not convoke him to the World Cup in Germany, he will "run him over with his car and sink his damn boat".
Pelé named Del Piero in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations. He was also voted in the list of best European players for the past 50 years in the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll.
Del Piero was rated 10/10 in 1996 after leading Juventus to the championship title UEFA Champions League and the Italian Championship title.
Del Piero was a 2006 Winter Olympics Torchbearer in Turin.
He is considered to have a strong bond with the fans; "I'm proud to be a Juventino, to be a "bandiera", like you define me to be often, in reality I'm just a small part of a big black & white "bandiera" (flag) that grows with the years and if you look closely your name is part of it... To continue making this "bandiera" grow we need everybody: let's stay united."
Del Piero is an Oasis fan and has a good relationship with Noel Gallagher. In fact, Del Piero claimed Gallagher was Italy's lucky mascot in their 2006 World Cup success and invited him to the final and the team hotel after victory.
He appeared in a Rolling Stones Concert in Milan in 2006 together with Marco Materazzi, following Italy's World Cup victory.
Famous sport icons such as NBA star Steve Nash and cycling legend Eddy Merckx stated that they are fans of Del Piero.
In November 2006 Del Piero received the Airc prize "Believe in Research" for having done a great deal to promote and support the research in the cure for cancer.
In Italy's semi final game in the 2006 Fifa World Cup against Germany Del Piero scored a record latest goal in the tournement's history in 120 minutes plus stoppage time. The final whistle blew 8 seconds after he scored.
Del Piero had an awful game against Faroe Islands. He was ok in the first half with a good free kick and a good through pass but in the second half he wasted two extremely good chances and gave a lot of bad passes. That was not a good performance, not at all.
He will definately not start against Lithuania. It would've been nice to see DP succeed but he failed pretty badly today and it will effect his status in the NT.
He will definately not start against Lithuania. It would've been nice to see DP succeed but he failed pretty badly today and it will effect his status in the NT.
Del Piero had an awful game against Faroe Islands. He was ok in the first half with a good free kick and a good through pass but in the second half he wasted two extremely good chances and gave a lot of bad passes. That was not a good performance, not at all.
He will definately not start against Lithuania. It would've been nice to see DP succeed but he failed pretty badly today and it will effect his status in the NT.
He will definately not start against Lithuania. It would've been nice to see DP succeed but he failed pretty badly today and it will effect his status in the NT.
Word, but I doubt he won't start. Him + Pippo worked really well together, when Pippo was taken off, he started to fade. Lucarelli is utter sh*t, and Donadoni will not start him. Quagliarella had a good 5-10 minutes, but I also don't see him starting either. IMO, he'll start with the same forwards, unless he plays Rocchi in a forward role.
Alex takes the points
Sunday 3 June, 2007
Alessandro Del Piero insists the media were wrong to expect a huge goal haul in the storms of the Faroe Islands.
“The last five minutes we were very disappointed to run such risks, as we had barely let them see the ball before then. At least the carpenter has his place in history,” he said after Italy’s 2-1 away victory.
Rogvi Jacobsen scored only the Faroe Islands’ second goal in this Euro 2008 qualifying campaign and is a carpenter by trade.
“This match had been painted as a walkover, but when we saw the state of the pitch, the terrible weather conditions and the fact the side was not entirely improvising, we saw that really was not the case.”
Nonetheless, the three points send Italy just two behind Group B leaders France, who saw off Ukraine 2-0.
“The result and France’s win over Ukraine puts us in second place despite the tough start we had a year ago. So this is definitely a positive evening for Italy.”
Del Piero had been fielded in a 4-2-3-1 system, but admits the tactic didn’t go entirely according to plan.
“At the start the movement went well and we could certainly have finished a lot better. Unfortunately it wasn’t easy for me to find space between the lines, as the rain slowed the ball and the Faroe Islands put 10 men behind the ball permanently.
“The idea was to find space between the lines, but as they went so very deep there really wasn’t a gap! Even then, had we scored a third goal earlier then it could have been far more.”
The Juventus captain, Aimo Diana and Cristiano Lucarelli wasted glorious scoring opportunities, while Andrea Pirlo’s free kick was turned on to the upright.
Sunday 3 June, 2007
Alessandro Del Piero insists the media were wrong to expect a huge goal haul in the storms of the Faroe Islands.
“The last five minutes we were very disappointed to run such risks, as we had barely let them see the ball before then. At least the carpenter has his place in history,” he said after Italy’s 2-1 away victory.
Rogvi Jacobsen scored only the Faroe Islands’ second goal in this Euro 2008 qualifying campaign and is a carpenter by trade.
“This match had been painted as a walkover, but when we saw the state of the pitch, the terrible weather conditions and the fact the side was not entirely improvising, we saw that really was not the case.”
Nonetheless, the three points send Italy just two behind Group B leaders France, who saw off Ukraine 2-0.
“The result and France’s win over Ukraine puts us in second place despite the tough start we had a year ago. So this is definitely a positive evening for Italy.”
Del Piero had been fielded in a 4-2-3-1 system, but admits the tactic didn’t go entirely according to plan.
“At the start the movement went well and we could certainly have finished a lot better. Unfortunately it wasn’t easy for me to find space between the lines, as the rain slowed the ball and the Faroe Islands put 10 men behind the ball permanently.
“The idea was to find space between the lines, but as they went so very deep there really wasn’t a gap! Even then, had we scored a third goal earlier then it could have been far more.”
The Juventus captain, Aimo Diana and Cristiano Lucarelli wasted glorious scoring opportunities, while Andrea Pirlo’s free kick was turned on to the upright.
