Juventus players still hopeful

May 1st, 2000
TeamTalk World

Despite yesterday's defeat against Verona that left Juventus with a narrow 2 point lead, the players of Turin's team are still convinced that they have an advantage over Lazio that shouldn't be overlooked.

Alessandro Del Piero, probably the most famous Juventus player, commented that his team is still very determined: "We still are on the top spot, we still have two points over Lazio - it might not be much but maybe it'll be enough. We must convince ourselves that we can make it because that's true. There's not much to say about yesterday's game, we lacked determination and they didn't. We deserved to lose and they to win, that's happened."

Gianluca Zambrotta, who was among the best players in Italy's game versus Portugal last week, couldn't help matters much against Verona, but just like Del Piero is ready for the final battle and denies that the team is too tired to keep on going: "Even if we lost, Lazio is still two points behind and I think it's always tougher for those who are behind you to keep up with you. I don't think that the team is tired, we might have had a few problems in the last two games, but still that doesn't mean that we don't have enough energy to finish this championship on top."
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