Del Piero: "Lippi coaching Italy? I would play more!"

July 23, 2002
Sportal (translated by Alice)

The Champions League wants Italian squads: "We have to and we can all do better in Europe, not only Juventus, even though we must recognize the opponents' great merits."

Del Piero has just changed his looks. A haircut that makes him similar to Vialli: "Maybe I could resemble him - he comments -, he is a person who I esteem very much as a player and as a man, but I don't want to feel like a leader as Vialli because here everyone's done well in the group and everyone knows their own responsibilities. Lippi taking over the National Team? That's good but not now. We don't have the intention of letting Lippi go so soon. Maybe with him coaching Italy I would play more."

And finally, the foreign players issue. Del Piero is in favour of the new rule that limits the purchases: "Many players haven't fitted in, other times they have good technical skills, but it's fair to protect the Italian youth teams. Brighi and Moretti a bet? More than a bet, if we got them it means the club has no doubts. Roma, Inter, Lazio and Milan: these will be the strongest opponents and I think they are equal. Even if Rivaldo or Nesta arrived, we would all start at the same level."
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