Del Piero: "The first penalty wasn't a foul, but I didn't miss it on purpose"

January 27, 2002
Calciomercato (translated by Alice)

Alex Del Piero has made very honest comments about the first penalty conceded to Juve: "No, it wasn't a penalty. In my opinion, there shouldn't have been any calls on that play. I smiled because I hit the ball poorly and Lupatelli was brave in saving it. I wanted to score, I didn't miss it on purpose. I thought I'd do something which I didn't manage to, and I made a mistake. Trezeguet was taking the second penalty kick. For the referee, however, it is hard to make a decision: when one is so close to the ball, one of the two squads will certainly complain. It was a nervous match, but a very correct one as well. At the end of the match everything was over, but it was normal that things went that way between two squads that wanted to win".
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