Roma are in a different league, says Del Piero

April 6, 2001
Onefootball.com

Alessandro Del Piero has all but written off Juve's Scudetto aspirations and claimed that Serie A leaders Roma are "in a different league". Juventus are nine points adrift with ten games to play.

The Italy forward was speaking in the build-up to Sunday's League clash against Verona, a game in which the Turin giants will be without Zinedine Zidane, who has flu.

Del Piero is expected to drop back and play behind Filippo Inzaghi and David Trezeguet. "We mustn't think about Roma, because Fabio Capello's team are playing in a different league it seems. They are just like a UFO," he said.

"But we have to stay focused and play well, because it might still be possible to recover nine points - but only if we don't concentrate on the others.

"Now we have to face Verona and I remember last year's defeat, when it all started to go wrong for us. So we have one more reason to win - revenge."
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