i have the same boots.. and i have to say that Juve is looking as classy as ever with these kits, esp. del piero!
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Juve89 said:
If you are talking about the above picture then I got to let you down. The shoes are named Adidas F50, not predator...
BTW it was a good article the won posted above
BTW it was a good article the won posted above
I call them Predators though, just like I call any new addidas boots.
the players must did it by purpose to show that we are the real Champion of Italy!!
Del Piero remaining loyal to the Old Lady Sept 9 2006
By Rick Broadbent
Our correspondent discovers an Italian icon in positive mood despite negative points
IT HAS been an extraordinary summer of love, hate and mud and bullets. A shamed game, a fallen club and a crumpled hero on a life-support machine gave way to World Cup catharsis.
Then, after all the ifs and head-butts, Noel Gallagher asked Alessandro Del Piero to sign for Manchester City. At the Juventus training ground in Vinova, the player smiled. Things were not that bad, then.
Del Piero calls this “Year Zero” for Juventus and that goes for Italian football, too, even for a sport well versed in scandals ranging from dodgy bets to prostitutes in the referee’s room. Today, Juve start their Serie B life in their prison clothes away to Rimini. With his team 17 points adrift already, Del Piero has never looked happier.
“It has been devastating with all that this club represents,” he said. “But now there is a different spirit and different way of thinking. It’s why I stayed. It is going to be hard to overcome the hurdle, but this is an adventure. It is my year abroad.”
Del Piero is the Juventus captain and, with Fabio Capello having exited with unseemly haste, is assured of a place. That uneasy alliance with Capello, the former manager, underscored the Del Piero enigma. Seven scudetti, one European Cup and almost 200 goals for his club could not convince Capello that the numbers added up.
“I’ll run him over with his car and sink his damn boat,” he threatened if Marcello Lippi omitted him from Italy’s World Cup squad. He went to Germany, scored a wonderful goal in the semi-finals, but he was never a key cog.
What is uncontestable is that he is an honest player and, in the present climate, he accepts that is crucial. “I was brought up to believe that how you win is as important as winning itself,” he said. “If people praise me for my manner that is a victory.”
But how does he reconcile that ethos with the trial for match-fixing and the taunting of Zinédine Zidane in the World Cup final? And why will he not condemn Luciano Moggi, the former Juventus general manager at the heart of the scandal? Del Piero said: “It was not just one man. There were many people who had a certain way of dealing with things. What is certain is the players and fans had nothing to do with it. We were reading about it at the World Cup and it was unbelievable. Have [Juve] been harshly treated? Definitely. We’ve been singled out.”
As for the abuse of Zidane, he said: “Things happen that should not take place. But football is a hard, contact sport and it’s inevitable that things slip out. It was the World Cup final and [Marco] Materazzi did it because he was so desperate to win. He was showing he cared. That’s why his ban was harsh.”
As a former team-mate of Zidane, Del Piero’s sympathy bridges the trenches. “He has tarnished his reputation, but I know him well and he is a fantastic guy. We have spoken a lot about that, but you cannot take the World Cup away from us. Materazzi and Zidane will soon become an isolated incident that fades away.”
Italy went to the World Cup with a cynical press awaiting their fall. It never came. Instead, the news came that Gianluca Pessotto, the new general manager of Juventus, had plunged from a fourth floor window while clutching a set of rosary beads.
Del Piero said. “But if you consider what is important in life then sport is just an activity.”
Perhaps so, but Italian history is littered with attempts to appropriate that activity for twisted ends. Even Del Piero has been subjected to unfounded allegations about his “muscular expansion” during the infamous doping investigation. But this is “Year Zero” and Del Piero is more relaxed than ever. He said: “With the World Cup I have now won almost everything. Others are younger and left for medals. It will be hard but winning the league is still our objective.”
Juventus still hope that the points penalty will be reduced. Already the three-match home ban has been lifted on appeal. Del Piero scored nine seconds after arriving as a substitute on his first pre-season game. He is revived. So is Pessotto, who left hospital this week.
And Del Piero is not at Manchester City. “I’ve been here 14 years and have a strong bond,” he said. “I owed it to the Agnellis [the owners]. I couldn’t leave the Old Lady like this. Noel Gallagher did ask me to go to Manchester because we’re friends through music. I dee-jay and we have the same record label. He gave me my gold disc and came to the World Cup semi-final. He’s my lucky mascot.”
Only when talk turned to the Champions League did he look wistful. He said that Chelsea will win and wishes he was involved, but this is “Year Zero” and Del Piero’s Juventus have smaller fish to fry.
By Rick Broadbent
Our correspondent discovers an Italian icon in positive mood despite negative points
IT HAS been an extraordinary summer of love, hate and mud and bullets. A shamed game, a fallen club and a crumpled hero on a life-support machine gave way to World Cup catharsis.
Then, after all the ifs and head-butts, Noel Gallagher asked Alessandro Del Piero to sign for Manchester City. At the Juventus training ground in Vinova, the player smiled. Things were not that bad, then.
Del Piero calls this “Year Zero” for Juventus and that goes for Italian football, too, even for a sport well versed in scandals ranging from dodgy bets to prostitutes in the referee’s room. Today, Juve start their Serie B life in their prison clothes away to Rimini. With his team 17 points adrift already, Del Piero has never looked happier.
“It has been devastating with all that this club represents,” he said. “But now there is a different spirit and different way of thinking. It’s why I stayed. It is going to be hard to overcome the hurdle, but this is an adventure. It is my year abroad.”
Del Piero is the Juventus captain and, with Fabio Capello having exited with unseemly haste, is assured of a place. That uneasy alliance with Capello, the former manager, underscored the Del Piero enigma. Seven scudetti, one European Cup and almost 200 goals for his club could not convince Capello that the numbers added up.
“I’ll run him over with his car and sink his damn boat,” he threatened if Marcello Lippi omitted him from Italy’s World Cup squad. He went to Germany, scored a wonderful goal in the semi-finals, but he was never a key cog.
What is uncontestable is that he is an honest player and, in the present climate, he accepts that is crucial. “I was brought up to believe that how you win is as important as winning itself,” he said. “If people praise me for my manner that is a victory.”
But how does he reconcile that ethos with the trial for match-fixing and the taunting of Zinédine Zidane in the World Cup final? And why will he not condemn Luciano Moggi, the former Juventus general manager at the heart of the scandal? Del Piero said: “It was not just one man. There were many people who had a certain way of dealing with things. What is certain is the players and fans had nothing to do with it. We were reading about it at the World Cup and it was unbelievable. Have [Juve] been harshly treated? Definitely. We’ve been singled out.”
As for the abuse of Zidane, he said: “Things happen that should not take place. But football is a hard, contact sport and it’s inevitable that things slip out. It was the World Cup final and [Marco] Materazzi did it because he was so desperate to win. He was showing he cared. That’s why his ban was harsh.”
As a former team-mate of Zidane, Del Piero’s sympathy bridges the trenches. “He has tarnished his reputation, but I know him well and he is a fantastic guy. We have spoken a lot about that, but you cannot take the World Cup away from us. Materazzi and Zidane will soon become an isolated incident that fades away.”
Italy went to the World Cup with a cynical press awaiting their fall. It never came. Instead, the news came that Gianluca Pessotto, the new general manager of Juventus, had plunged from a fourth floor window while clutching a set of rosary beads.
Del Piero said. “But if you consider what is important in life then sport is just an activity.”
Perhaps so, but Italian history is littered with attempts to appropriate that activity for twisted ends. Even Del Piero has been subjected to unfounded allegations about his “muscular expansion” during the infamous doping investigation. But this is “Year Zero” and Del Piero is more relaxed than ever. He said: “With the World Cup I have now won almost everything. Others are younger and left for medals. It will be hard but winning the league is still our objective.”
Juventus still hope that the points penalty will be reduced. Already the three-match home ban has been lifted on appeal. Del Piero scored nine seconds after arriving as a substitute on his first pre-season game. He is revived. So is Pessotto, who left hospital this week.
And Del Piero is not at Manchester City. “I’ve been here 14 years and have a strong bond,” he said. “I owed it to the Agnellis [the owners]. I couldn’t leave the Old Lady like this. Noel Gallagher did ask me to go to Manchester because we’re friends through music. I dee-jay and we have the same record label. He gave me my gold disc and came to the World Cup semi-final. He’s my lucky mascot.”
Only when talk turned to the Champions League did he look wistful. He said that Chelsea will win and wishes he was involved, but this is “Year Zero” and Del Piero’s Juventus have smaller fish to fry.
