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[Dj Juve]

 

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[Elnur_E65]

Del Piero will hang his boots just when he loses a spot in starting 11, because he will never play elsewhere.

With a new coach he might indeed be sent to the bench.

 

[nina]

Month out for Del Piero

Alessandro Del Piero’s injury is less serious than first thought - even if he will still be out of action for a month.

There were fears that the Juventus ace could be sidelined for up to 50 days after he sustained a calf injury.

Yet tests carried out on the No 10 earlier today have suggested that he should be back in around four weeks.

Del Piero limped out of the 1-0 loss against Deportivo La Coruna on Tuesday amidst fears that his season could virtually be over.

Had the problem been a bit more serious then he could have been a major doubt for the 2004 European Championships.

However, he may now be back in mid April which should give him enough time to fully recover ahead of the Portuguese Finals.

His return has already been pencilled in for the Week 29 clash against Lazio or the Week 30 Serie A game at Parma on April 18.

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[MCPIERO]

This is good news I hope he comes back even sooner though.

 

[Ian]

++ [ originally posted by Graham ] ++
Dammit I'm glad I have Moz, because I tried to post in another thread, but it said "invalid thread specified", then i tried to post here while you were merging the other thread, and got the same message... :stress:


Even if he's only set to recover 1 day before the plane leaves for Portugal, Trap will take him. Whether he lost the #10 or whatever, he's still Italy's golden-boy. See how much effort went into taking Beckham to Japan? Methinks the same thing will happen to Del Piero.

Fit or not, Alex is going to Portugal.

That's really a bit of wishful thinking...With Cassano in the squad, Del Piero doesn't have to go to Portugal, and I don't see Trap wasting a spot on him.

 

[gray]

If only to prevent the riots that would come about if Del Piero is left at home, I think Trap will take him.

 

[Ian]

++ [ originally posted by Graham ] ++
If only to prevent the riots that would come about if Del Piero is left at home, I think Trap will take him.

I don't think that there will be a big uproar. If I were Trap, I wouldn't take DP even if he were healthy. Del Piero has never been a great one for the Azzuri, an dmost non-Juve fans see that clearly.

 

[gray]

Then again, there's a fair bloody few Juve fans in Italy.

btw it wasn't really wishful thinking, since i wouldn't lose sleep if DP was left out of the squad, but i just thought that's what the situation was

 

[Ian]

++ [ originally posted by Graham ] ++
Then again, there's a fair bloody few Juve fans in Italy.

btw it wasn't really wishful thinking, since i wouldn't lose sleep if DP was left out of the squad, but i just thought that's what the situation was

It could really go either way. Maybe I'm judging Italian public opinion wrong. But, from what I hear, Del Piero is not a national hero...

 

[Trezeguet_FC]

++ [ originally posted by Ian ] ++


I don't think that there will be a big uproar. If I were Trap, I wouldn't take DP even if he were healthy. Del Piero has never been a great one for the Azzuri, an dmost non-Juve fans see that clearly.

That's the most ridiculous comment I have ever heard. Yes DP doesnt perform well for Juve, but for Azzurri he is a key figure. Just look at the Euro 2004 qualification. He scored in every game he was played in EXCEPT one or two. He scored 5 goals in the qualification and was one of Italy's better players. Not taking DP would be a huge blow to the Azzurri.

 

[Ian]

++ [ originally posted by PersianMafia ] ++
That's the most ridiculous comment I have ever heard. Yes DP doesnt perform well for Juve, but for Azzurri he is a key figure. Just look at the Euro 2004 qualification. He scored in every game he was played in EXCEPT one or two. He scored 5 goals in the qualification and was one of Italy's better players. Not taking DP would be a huge blow to the Azzurri.

In qualification, yes, but qualification is over. Del Piero has never shown up for the tourney's.

 

[Trezeguet_FC]

++ [ originally posted by Ian ] ++


In qualification, yes, but qualification is over. Del Piero has never shown up for the tourney's.

Dont get ahead of yourself, when has Totti shifted up for the "Tourneys". We all saw what he did at WC2002. DP was great at Euro, except when he missed a couple of chances in the final.

 

[gray]

Totti was one of Italy's best players against Korea. Every time he got the ball, you could sense something dangerous happening. He set up lots of good chances for his team-mates, and that second yellow card wasn't a dive (well it might have been, but the defender did make contact with him after he hit the ball)

 

[Dragon]

He will save Italy same thing happened in Korea/Japan, he wasnt one of the starting eleven and he came against Mexico and scored the goal we needed

 

[Majed]

++ [ originally posted by fabiana ] ++
He will save Italy same thing happened in Korea/Japan, he wasnt one of the starting eleven and he came against Mexico and scored the goal we needed

actually, that goal was useless anyway because the score of the two teams in our group was to Italy's advantege.

 

[gray]

It only turned out to be useless after the matches were finished, but during the match every Italy fan was praying for their team to score a goal, and Del Piero delivered when called upon

 

[Majed]

++ [ originally posted by Graham ] ++
It only turned out to be useless after the matches were finished, but during the match every Italy fan was praying for their team to score a goal, and Del Piero delivered when called upon

true.... but to say he "saved us" isn't correct.

 

[gray]

Well he did what he needed to do, cheers to him for that.

The sad thing is that it doesn't happen often when playing for the NT :down:

 

[Ian]

++ [ originally posted by PersianMafia ] ++
Dont get ahead of yourself, when has Totti shifted up for the "Tourneys". We all saw what he did at WC2002. DP was great at Euro, except when he missed a couple of chances in the final.

When did I say that Totti was key to the squad? I didn't. In fact, I think that I referenced Cassano as being Del Piero's replacement...

 

[Len]

We don't even know how DP will play in May, if he plays well after his comeback, he defenitely deserves a spot!