From the papers

May 8, 2000
Juventus Official Site

Alex Del Piero predictably takes centre stage in today's papers after breaking his goal-scoring drought after no less than 566 days, with a header against Parma yesterday.

Tuttosport starts the Del Piero bandwagon rolling, its headline "Alex: Triumph!" unequivocal. After a year-and-a-half in the goal-scoring wilderness Alex has netted that elusive first goal from open play, so crucial to the Bianconeri's Scudetto charge. Over to Del Piero himself in the Turin-based daily: "I'd like to thank all the fans for their patience." Carlo Ancelotti was thrilled with his charges and admitted to being emotionally and physically drained.

More of the same in the Gazzetta dello Sport, its headline stressing the impeccable timing of the goal: "The perfect moment". For Del Piero himself, the team comes unswervingly first: "For me the goal is a watershed but the win is the main thing."

Umberto Agnelli, the club's honorary president was the first to congratulate Alex in the Corriere dello Sport: "He has been to hell and back and this is the just reward for his efforts." The final word in the Rome-based daily goes to the Coneglaino-born striker: "The best present would have been if my goal clinched the Scudetto but I can't complain. How many days was it, 566? Well, I think there are least 566 people I would like to thank for their total support: I have not heard a single fan jeer me." And so say all of us.
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