Del Piero admits something's still missing

September 4, 2000
TeamTalk

Alessandro Del Piero has started his new adventure with the Italian national team just where he left off. Two missed scoring opportunities in the final of Euro 2000 against France added to his wide shot in the game against Hungary last night - three mistakes for which Italy has paid full price both in Amsterdam and in Hungary.

Del Piero admits that this state of affairs is clearly showing something still isn't right. He said: "Too bad about the result. We played well and deserved to win. The team played well but I'm still missing something. I tired but couldn't do better than that."

Del Piero also explained why he failed to net an apparently easy goal, revealing: "The ball bounced in such a way that I couldn't control it better. I'm sorry about that but I think that I played well. Trapattoni thinks that too and that's what matters."
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