Just play Del Piero in his normal fucking position and you'll get the best out of him. As simple as that. Play the right formation with Del Piero in his normal position and there you go.
Cassano, Di Natale plus Quaggy don't have half of Dp's impact. It's all about playing the right formation.
Exactly, if u watched the first match, it was very evident DP was playing great, because he was playing central and pretty well advanced and stuff and was getting the ball alot, which is how he should be playing. But then in the game where he gets to start and play almost all of the game, Donadoni changes the tactics, and makes the wingers run and run and cross all game, forgetting that Del Piero is extremely short, so the guys were all really trying to cross to one player, Toni.
This wasnt effective because the defenders basically just have to worry about Toni's presence, and just cover DP a little bit, in case the ball does somehow get to him. For this reason Del Piero did not really get the chance to make his usual impact on the game, and suffered horribly, it was upseting to watch.
I was really looking forward to him ripping it up, but i would not blame him for not, i'd blame the Azzurri tactics and formation for his downfall. Maybe Cassano and Del Piero both playing along with Toni would be more effective vs the Frenchies. Grosso has been playing great and Chiellini and De Rossi also were great, so i do not see changes being made to the midfield or back line (except for maybe Camoranesi). However, I fear Del Piero will now lose his starting place, and that really sucks alot. Either way, Forza Alex and we all love u (especially me and Rab).