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Alex has Azzurri regrets Tuesday 17 October, 2006
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Alex Del Piero has admitted he was disappointed to be relegated to the stands during Italy’s Euro 2008 qualifier in Georgia. “I admit I’m still angry,” he stated.
The Juventus captain started in the 2-0 win over Ukraine earlier this month, but was snubbed by boss Roberto Donadoni for the next qualifier just four days later.
“I always want to play and I cannot hide the fact that being forced to watch the match from the stands bothered me, but there will be the right time and place to talk about this,” he told Sky Italia.
It has been suggested that Juventus have now become Del Piero’s 'national team’, seeing as the Old Lady still consider him to be a key player.
“This is not the Azzurri team, Juve are Juve and I am glad and proud to be part of this club,” he added. “The two things are separate and different.”
These are exciting times for the No 10 at club level who went close on a number of occasions last night against Treviso in scoring his 200th goal for the club.
“I wanted to find the net and I think that was visible on the pitch,” added the World Cup winner. “But never mind, there is an entire season ahead of us and I am sure the goal will finally come.”