Welcome to Naples!

September 30, 2000
Juventus Official Site

The Bianconeri couldn't have hoped for a better welcome in Naples. The squad emerged at the airport to a rapturous greeting from a healthy-sized crowd of local Juve fans.

There was more of the same outside the squad's hotel, where they will be based in the run-up to Saturday night's match. No sooner had the team bus pulled up than chants for Alessandro Del Piero reached fever pitch. The man himself certainly had a sense of the occasion, and revealed his new look: a return to short hair which, for the record, visitors to juventus.com had recommended in emails to the great man.

But on the receiving end of the biggest surprise of all was a group of French tourists. They hadn't known about the Bianconeri's important fixture in Naples - and looked distinctly taken aback to see Euro 2000 heroes David Trezeguet and Zinedine Zidane in the flesh. They just had time to pay their respects before the squad disappeared into the hotel foyer, where they were promptly welcomed by club general manager (and Naples-born) Luciano Moggi.
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