Il Capitano Alessandro Del Piero (144 Viewers)
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No idea what are you talking about, Hoori. He is (or better was) an amazing player but try to watch him play now. Even Ranieri subbed him earlier when he was just dragging all over the pitch.
Alen, you can't rely on that. He scored tons of goals against clowns when the season started. He had like 7 goals in 2 games. He did have some good matches for Roma when he saved their ass but that's not it. He was never a fast player but he can barely move now.
How can he add a lot? If there's Pirlo behind him who can't run anymore? Or if there's Gilardino/Pazzini who don't get out of the box at all?
He can't add anything. Maybe he should lose 10 kilos but I highly doubt that will happen. It's not just recent form, he is getting older and sadly we're loosing to see one more legend play.
Alen, you can't rely on that. He scored tons of goals against clowns when the season started. He had like 7 goals in 2 games. He did have some good matches for Roma when he saved their ass but that's not it. He was never a fast player but he can barely move now.
How can he add a lot? If there's Pirlo behind him who can't run anymore? Or if there's Gilardino/Pazzini who don't get out of the box at all?
He can't add anything. Maybe he should lose 10 kilos but I highly doubt that will happen. It's not just recent form, he is getting older and sadly we're loosing to see one more legend play.
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19.02.2010 VITTORIA DI SQUADRA
Siamo rientrati da Amsterdam con la consapevolezza di avere ottenuto una vittoria di squadra. Ci siamo sentiti squadra, siamo stati squadra, siamo rimasti compatti e abbiamo sofferto insieme quando c’era da soffrire e attaccato insieme quando c’era da attaccare: tutti abbiamo dato qualcosa di importante per portare a casa questo risultato.
Abbiamo ottenuto la seconda vittoria consecutiva, cosa non scontata in questo periodo, e per la seconda volta siamo riusciti a rimontare. Probabilmente siamo stati anche fortunati, ma la fortuna te la devi andare a cercare. E’ un risultato importante, non c’è dubbio. Ma siamo solo all’inizio.
Il senso di questa partita rappresenta perfettamente il periodo in cui ci troviamo. Di per sé, non vale nulla. Nel senso che abbiamo fatto soltanto metà strada, per qualificarci dobbiamo ripeterci nella partita di ritorno all’Olimpico. Allo stesso modo, queste buone prestazioni non varranno nulla se non sapremo dare un seguito a tutto questo e continuare a migliorare.
Sul piano personale sono soddisfatto per la mia partita, impreziosita dai complimenti che mi sono arrivati dall’allenatore, dai miei compagni e dall’allenatore dei nostri avversari (l’Ajax è un’ottima squadra e merita tutto il nostro rispetto in vista della partita di ritorno). E così mi tengo strette le loro parole… ma penso già al Bologna!
Alessandro
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Siamo rientrati da Amsterdam con la consapevolezza di avere ottenuto una vittoria di squadra. Ci siamo sentiti squadra, siamo stati squadra, siamo rimasti compatti e abbiamo sofferto insieme quando c’era da soffrire e attaccato insieme quando c’era da attaccare: tutti abbiamo dato qualcosa di importante per portare a casa questo risultato.
Abbiamo ottenuto la seconda vittoria consecutiva, cosa non scontata in questo periodo, e per la seconda volta siamo riusciti a rimontare. Probabilmente siamo stati anche fortunati, ma la fortuna te la devi andare a cercare. E’ un risultato importante, non c’è dubbio. Ma siamo solo all’inizio.
Il senso di questa partita rappresenta perfettamente il periodo in cui ci troviamo. Di per sé, non vale nulla. Nel senso che abbiamo fatto soltanto metà strada, per qualificarci dobbiamo ripeterci nella partita di ritorno all’Olimpico. Allo stesso modo, queste buone prestazioni non varranno nulla se non sapremo dare un seguito a tutto questo e continuare a migliorare.
Sul piano personale sono soddisfatto per la mia partita, impreziosita dai complimenti che mi sono arrivati dall’allenatore, dai miei compagni e dall’allenatore dei nostri avversari (l’Ajax è un’ottima squadra e merita tutto il nostro rispetto in vista della partita di ritorno). E così mi tengo strette le loro parole… ma penso già al Bologna!
Alessandro
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We came back from Amsterdam, knowing that we have obtained a team victory. We felt being a team, we were a team, we remained united and we suffered together when we had to suffer and attacked together when we had to attack: we all gave something important to take home this result.
We won for the second time in a row and for the second time we managed to recover. May be we were lucky as well, but luck isn’t easy to find, you have to look for it. No doubts, this is an important result. But we are just at the beginning.
The sense of this victory represents perfectly well the period we are going though now. Out of context it isn’t worth much. I mean, there’s still a long way to go and to be qualified we have to play in the same manner at the Olympic in the second round. But at the same time our good performance won’t have any sense if we don’t continue improving it.
Personally, I’m satisfied with my performance during the match, embellished by compliments from my coach, my team mates and from the coach of the opposite team (Ajax is an excellent team and it is worth all our respect for the match of the second round especially). So, I keep tight all their words…but I’m already thinking about Bologna!
Alessandro
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20.02.2010 SILVER MEDAL JUVENTINO
I told you that I would be passionately following the Vancouver competitions of our National team (and not only). After the first week of Winter Olympic Games they have already given us some satisfactions, and I hope that the second week will be even better. There’s a wonderful contrast between our first medals, the one of Alessandro Pittin (20 years old and already at his second Olympic Games, and bronze medal) and the other one of Armin Zoeggeler, Olympic Games veteran, who has managed to conquer the luge podium for four Olympic Games in a row. This impressive result proves the fact that he isn’t just an extraordinary athlete but that he has also managed to keep up his professional level in all this time. And he has no intentions to give up.
Also the medal of Arianna Fontana is not to be left out, she isn’t yet twenty and can already boast two Olympic bronze medals, in relay in 2006 and individually in 2010 in such a spectacular sport as short track.
Apart from that I wanted to say some words about Pietro Piller Cottrer, great National team sportsman and great…Juventus fan! I met him before the Olympic Games in Turin in 2006, he came to see us in Pinzolo in retreat, then, later he came also to Vinovo and I tried his medals on. Well, real Juventus supporter that conquered extraordinary silver medal in Vancouver in the 15 km cross country skiing free style. At 35 ( just think…), eight years after he won his first medal in Salt Lake City. I’ll be waiting for him again in Vinovo, because I want to try on also the Vancouver medal, even more,let’s hope there’ll be me more than just one to try on.
My best compliments to all! Go Italy, go! And…go Plushenko, go! He wanted (and he was worth) a gold medal, but he took silver and it surely doesn’t reduce the enormous value of Zar!
Alessandro
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I told you that I would be passionately following the Vancouver competitions of our National team (and not only). After the first week of Winter Olympic Games they have already given us some satisfactions, and I hope that the second week will be even better. There’s a wonderful contrast between our first medals, the one of Alessandro Pittin (20 years old and already at his second Olympic Games, and bronze medal) and the other one of Armin Zoeggeler, Olympic Games veteran, who has managed to conquer the luge podium for four Olympic Games in a row. This impressive result proves the fact that he isn’t just an extraordinary athlete but that he has also managed to keep up his professional level in all this time. And he has no intentions to give up.
Also the medal of Arianna Fontana is not to be left out, she isn’t yet twenty and can already boast two Olympic bronze medals, in relay in 2006 and individually in 2010 in such a spectacular sport as short track.
Apart from that I wanted to say some words about Pietro Piller Cottrer, great National team sportsman and great…Juventus fan! I met him before the Olympic Games in Turin in 2006, he came to see us in Pinzolo in retreat, then, later he came also to Vinovo and I tried his medals on. Well, real Juventus supporter that conquered extraordinary silver medal in Vancouver in the 15 km cross country skiing free style. At 35 ( just think…), eight years after he won his first medal in Salt Lake City. I’ll be waiting for him again in Vinovo, because I want to try on also the Vancouver medal, even more,let’s hope there’ll be me more than just one to try on.
My best compliments to all! Go Italy, go! And…go Plushenko, go! He wanted (and he was worth) a gold medal, but he took silver and it surely doesn’t reduce the enormous value of Zar!
Alessandro
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First of all thanks for the compliment, I do enjoy reading your posts as well.
Yes italy winning the world cup was a team's effort, no one can argue against that. In the same time, that team had influential players. If worse comes to worst when any of these players is on the pitch they take with them a player or two from the opponent team opening up space for others to play freely.
Why do you think, as a general rule, Juve performs better when Del Piero is on the pitch? Ok besides the point that he is one of the best footballers ever, even when he plays poor juventus performs better than if he was injured or unavailable? The reason is simple, his presence on the pitch has its weight. I know some will jump on my face with no del piero shouldn't play if he is not ready or not in good form, yes I agree with you but I was merely pointing out the fact of the potential influence such players have on the pitch.
Even if you were right that their influence was just 2/11 in WC2006 but until you can find me ANOTHER two who can do what these two do on the pitch then they are a must to the italian national team. The only player capable of doing similar things is Cassano. What I am talking about is a player who can connect the whole team together. A player who can engineer the attacking power and create spaces. Currently in Italian football there are only 4 italian players who can carry such responsibility; Del Piero, Camoranesi, Totti and Cassano. If it was my choice I'd take them all to the world cup.
Yes italy winning the world cup was a team's effort, no one can argue against that. In the same time, that team had influential players. If worse comes to worst when any of these players is on the pitch they take with them a player or two from the opponent team opening up space for others to play freely.
Why do you think, as a general rule, Juve performs better when Del Piero is on the pitch? Ok besides the point that he is one of the best footballers ever, even when he plays poor juventus performs better than if he was injured or unavailable? The reason is simple, his presence on the pitch has its weight. I know some will jump on my face with no del piero shouldn't play if he is not ready or not in good form, yes I agree with you but I was merely pointing out the fact of the potential influence such players have on the pitch.
Even if you were right that their influence was just 2/11 in WC2006 but until you can find me ANOTHER two who can do what these two do on the pitch then they are a must to the italian national team. The only player capable of doing similar things is Cassano. What I am talking about is a player who can connect the whole team together. A player who can engineer the attacking power and create spaces. Currently in Italian football there are only 4 italian players who can carry such responsibility; Del Piero, Camoranesi, Totti and Cassano. If it was my choice I'd take them all to the world cup.
