Del Piero on the bench

October 5, 2000
Sportal
Translated by Alice

Alex Del Piero seriously starts to think about the possibility to sit on the bench against Romenia on Saturday at San Siro. The bianconero player, who on Wednesday's training match played with the reserves, comments on his situation: "It wouldn't absolutely be a drama if I had to stay on the bench. The most important thing right now is that I am fine, I am ready to play and I feel my mind is free. There are two matches to be played in the space of only four days and I am available as all of the other called-ups. Trapattoni will field the players who repute the better".

Del Piero then returns to the game against Hungary who marked Trap's debut on the azzurra bench: "At Budhapest I have been unlucky, a wrong ball bounce made me miss the most important chance of the match, the one that could make the team win. At Napoli with Juventus it's gone better, I have scored an important goal that doesn't eliminate the personal problems and all that, lately, has been said and written about me. It was about an instinctive stroke".

The last words are for Marcello Lippi, the coach that more than anyone has believed in him and made him become one of the best footballers of the world. "His resignation is different from what happened at Juventus. At Inter, indeed, the situation wasn't very well for a long time and then he's been dismissed. At Turin he decided to get rid of disturb because he wanted to shake the team and the place. Without that attitude of his nobody would have dismissed him".
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