Il Capitano Alessandro Del Piero (282 Viewers)

Gazzo

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I don't know wat Donadoni's problem is with Alex but whatever it is its fucking disgraceful.. Who could hold a grude against Ale? The bloke is pretty much unhateable.. Del Piero's performances are still mesmorising us at the age of 34 & if the azzurri are serious about winning this thing they need to pick the best fowards and theres no justification at all leaving out a player of the calibre of Del Piero and those who say he's too old or he's not performing should just take a peak at the Inter game.. As an Azzurri supporter there's nobody else id rather like to see on the pitch in an important game like France needing to win than Del Piero, and i'm sure most of the Azzurri players share the same view
 
Martin

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I hear the Italian media is in uproar over DP's latest snubbing. But this kind of thing is not new and a lot of coaches have chosen some player they just weren't going to pick. Ironically, the more of an uproar there is about it the less likely Donadoni is to change his mind. The more pressure there is on him now, the more he'll look like an ass with a personal grudge if he picks DP.

Meanwhile he took Quagliarella who is decidedly average this year, and Iaquinta who's great but who doesn't start any games.
 
Azzurri7

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If we talk tactically, snubbing Del Piero would be the most stupid thing Donadoni would do in his football career. Looking at how Totti retired and looking at the players he's called for the Spain test. There's no single player able to make a diff on the pitch and have the Dp/Totti style.
 
Omair

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Azzurri7 said:
here's something to warm things up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad_rhLcPtCo
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as i promised i wore that shirt today in campus


Azzurri7 said:
If we talk tactically, snubbing Del Piero would be the most stupid thing Donadoni would do in his football career. Looking at how Totti retired and looking at the players he's called for the Spain test. There's no single player able to make a diff on the pitch and have the Dp/Totti style.
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:agree:

ummm guys what's that gift Zanetti gave DelPiero before the match last night ? was it because the record or what ?
 
ZAF3000

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Omair said:
ummm guys what's that gift Zanetti gave DelPiero before the match last night ? was it because the record or what ?
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Maybe he was bribing alex not to run circles around him :D ..

Seriously speaking, Although Zanetti has been in Inter for quite some time hei is a good experienced player. If that was a gift for the record that its a very nice thing :)
 
Zaim

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Anybody know the name of the shoes he wore last night? They looked great. I cant find them on the Adidas website.

EDIT I've found them. The name is adidas adiPURE TRX FG Firm Ground :p
 
Alen

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Azzurri7 said:
If we talk tactically, snubbing Del Piero would be the most stupid thing Donadoni would do in his football career. Looking at how Totti retired and looking at the players he's called for the Spain test. There's no single player able to make a diff on the pitch and have the Dp/Totti style.
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Actually, Del Piero is not being picked especially because of the tactics. (or that's what the papers in Italy think).
Donadoni prefers the 4-3-2-1 formation with two attacking players on the wings (Camo-Di Natale, or Iaquinta-Di Natale, or even Camo-Palladino or Quagliarella-Palladino) and there is no room for Ale in this formation.
Ale also made it clear that he doesn't want to play in this position.

That's clear and it's understandable why there is no place for Del Piero.
But there is one small detail that Donadoni must have in mind, and that's : Formations change depending on the opponent and depending on the result.
He won't play 4-3-3 all the time, he'll be stupid if he does so. That's exactly why he must have someone who can play as a support striker and also play the trequartista role.
Since Totti retired, he won't have a better player for this than Del Piero.
And as Rab said, since Totti is not available, no-one from the available ones is more influental than Del Piero.
 
Azzurri7

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Alen said:
Actually, Del Piero is not being picked especially because of the tactics. (or that's what the papers in Italy think).
Donadoni prefers the 4-3-2-1 formation with two attacking players on the wings (Camo-Di Natale, or Iaquinta-Di Natale, or even Camo-Palladino or Quagliarella-Palladino) and there is no room for Ale in this formation.
Ale also made it clear that he doesn't want to play in this position.

That's clear and it's understandable why there is no place for Del Piero.
But there is one small detail that Donadoni must have in mind, and that's : Formations change depending on the opponent and depending on the result.
He won't play 4-3-3 all the time, he'll be stupid if he does so. That's exactly why he must have someone who can play as a support striker and also play the trequartista role.
Since Totti retired, he won't have a better player for this than Del Piero.
And as Rab said, since Totti is not available, no-one from the available ones is more influental than Del Piero.
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Thats exactly what I was thinking....Look at Italy's Lippi how he was changing his tactics, formation, system depending on the opponents he's facing, on the results on everything.
 
Alen

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