Let me explain this for the last time...
There's nothing as Del Piero hasn't performed, specially this year.... you know why? because the man hasn't received services since couple of years now. Everything he has done last year or even this year he has done it alone. Almost alone.
No services, no passes, no vision nothing is around him but Molinaro and Grygera on the flanks while Marchisio and Sissoko defending with Nedved and Marchionni doing defensive jobs more than offensive.
Enough with the Del Piero has been poor, enough with the Del Piero hasn't performed, enough with bla blabling about the player just because we want to post.
The man is already in his mid 30's and everything he's doing he's doing on the field he's doing it on his own, whether we like it or not.
The one to be blamed more is Ranieri of course for not having the balls to be creative when you have the likes of Ale and Giovinco. Why not play them together? Why not give Ale a decent creative player next to him? why he has to create his OWN chances?
Anyway..
I agree with this.
Just think of last year and the great passes Zanetti used to make. This year Del Piero got nothing of the kind, no service for him. Apart from those two great through balls he got from Brazzo against Bologna, i can't think of more similar assists for him. The guy is forced to do everything by himself.
When you think about it, it's almost a miracle how the guy scored 19 goals this season.
He works like a horse, takes the ball from midfield because he can see that the midfielders can't do shit alone, he's fouled a lot far from the goal, when there is no danger for PK or FK close to the goal. Many times he's forced to do the work of 2-3 players (and he's 34 may i add).
Some may say Camoranesi could help, but Camo makes different kind of assists because tall players benefit from Camo's crosses, not players like Del Piero.
What Del Piero needs is another player who can play football on the ground and this year we didn't have such player in CM, in attack and even on the wings because Ranieri didn't play Giovinco enough.
I checked all 19 goals he scored this season.
- 5 from penalty kick. He won 4 of these PKs alone and only 1 was won by Giovinco
- 6 from free kick. He won 3 of these free kicks alone
- 3 from shots outside the box.
- 2 scored by using his magic. The coppa goals against Lazio and Catania
- Only 3 came after assists. Marchionni assisted him against Atalanta (cross from the right, when Marco was offside) and the 2 assists Brazzo made against Bologna.
And the guy is also our leading assistman.
It's a crime that this man isn't getting any help from the others because he will be 3 times as effective with 2 more players who know how to play football.