Signori supports Del Piero

September 5, 2000
Italiansoccer.com

It's the topic of the day in Italy: why didn't Alessandro Del Piero score anymore? Giuseppe Signori, forward of Bologna, spent a similar moment in his career, successive to his moving away from Lazio: he missed the goal in Serie A for 10 months, from January to November 1998. So on Monday, interviewed by Ansa press agency, he takes part to the "Del Piero case" and defences the Juventus forward.

"It's not crisis in my opinion, first of all because the work of Del Piero is not just to score, but to be an assist man as well. If he nets ten times in a season, but he does twenty assists, well, I rate his championship as very good. And despite all the talks of these days, I think he is still one of the best Italian players around!" Beppe-gol said.

And added "This is a typical Italian thing: as soon as something doesn't go in the right way, we submerge it with criticisms! When Del Piero says the ball had a wrong rebound when he had the chance to score the 3-1 in the second half against Hungary, well, it's the truth, as television images proved. So I cannot understand why everyone blames him for an easy chance missed, it's not his fault that rebound!"

"Anyway, in a career of a forward it happens to find a period where everything seems against you. The best thing is to not think about that at all, and to continue to wait. But I repeat, despite the lack of goals, I don't think Del Piero is in crisis"
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