Del Piero's comments

February 17, 2002
Written by Alice (quotes' source: Sportal.it)

Yesterday evening, Del Piero scored the goal that gave Juve the victory against Fiorentina. But the results of Roma and Inter, this afternoon, were decisive to make Juve reach the first place on the Serie A table.

Alex made his comments on the situation: "We didn't expect to be on the top right now. We thought we were playing good matches, and we did win seven games, but we have been helped by the other teams' stumble. We are on the top, it's true, but the table hasn't changed: there are always three teams separated by one point. Sure, it's good to be on the first place, but the road is still very hard."

Besides the Serie A, Juve is still going for the Coppa Italia (where they will play the final against Parma) and the Champions League. About the European competition, Del Piero says that "the next month and a half will be intense: in order to advance to the next stage, four decisive matches are waiting for us. It will be important to be determinant and to have many players available and who can do well."

Finally, Alex talks about the situation of Brazilian Ronaldo: "I believe he will only want to play again when he is feeling 100% well. It's a long and difficult road, and it's not easy to be ready after what happened to him."
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