Del Piero: "I'm ok and I don't feel any fatigue"

October 22, 2002
Juventus Official Site

Who's tired? Alex Del Piero doesn't even want to know the word "tiredness". The Juve captain is in an incredible condition, scores goals on goals and doesn't feel in his legs any tiredness for all the matches played with Juventus and the National team. And, after all, a match on the English soil has a peculiar appeal: "It's enough looking at the stadium and watching the way pepole live football in England, and I find straight the energy to play! It's so beautiful!".

This was the debut of Alex in front of the journalists, who were asking him how he can be not tired after this "tour de force": "I'm not tired- he repeated - When the body and the mind are allright you don't suffer any fatigue"

The exploit of these part of the season made someone think that today's Del Piero is even stronger than the one in the years before the injury suffered in 1998. He replied this way: "I don't know if I'm better, I know I'm a different player, because from the experiences, good or bad, you always learn a lot, and they made my stronger in my character and more mature".

Someone asked also how does it feel to be the player in the best condition in an attack composed by great champions. Calmly, Alex stressed this: "I scored more than the others because I played more and I kicked also the penalties and the free kicks. But I'd like to talk also about my teammates: Salas played an excellent match Saturday in San Siro, he found himself often free, had a good chance of scoring, thanks also to an incredible action by Camoranesi. Zalayeta scored and helped us lot aginst Como, Di Vaio, before the injury, was doing well and Trezeguet couldn't give his help only because physical problems. I was the only one to play all the time". The usual humble captain, ready for another important match which, in case of victory, would help Juventus to make an important step towards the next round of Champions League.
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