The former Juventus captain: “At the Stadium it will be a nice match, the teams are equipped to do everything. The black and white strikers would need continuity. The Rossoneri, without cups, can win”
“From Italy, a great captain, eternal captain”: between the skyscrapers of New York and the Brooklyn bridge, here is Alessandro Del Piero. He appeared from nothing wrapped in an artificial mist, announced by a speaker with a discreet Italian with American accent. Under the arm, as per children to the pitch, Alex brings the 2006 World Cup ball, his (and ours) triumph. The audience shouts for him. It is one of the five legends chosen by Adidas to present another ball to the world, the official one of Canada-Messico-Stati united 2026, “Tronda”. To bring it is Zinedine Zidane, the last of a parade that began with Xavi and continued with Cafu and Klinsmann. A lot of series A at Molo 2 of Brooklyn Bridge Park, one of the most fashionable areas of New York, with the chaos and Manhattan skyline in the background. There is an atmosphere of Juventus-Milan also here, between past, present and future. To Del Piero, the Rossoneri recall many memories, bitter such as the Champions League final lost in Manchester in 2003 and sweets such as the inverted-Assist for Trezeguet who decided the 2005 Scudetto race. We spoke with the former number 10 of the next comparison between the two rivals and the National of Gattuso, a few hours before Creator and Influencer all over the world asked him, always satisfied, their videos. Even today, eleven years after the retreat and thirteen from farewell to Juve, a few seconds with Alex can make you fly on Instagram and Tiktok.
Alessandro, so far many ups and downs for Juve of his former partner Tudor, Milan instead comes from five wins in a row, between the championship and the Italian Cup. How do you see the match on Sunday evening?
“It will be a nice match. It is still early because we are at the beginning of the season, maybe the return will be more interesting in other aspects, but this is already a good test for both teams, to understand their current maturation state”.
What weight of Juve commitments what weight will it have?
“The fact that we play the Champions League does not involve greater pressure. When you play a game a week you absolutely have to do it well, so Milan has a great responsibility. But they are two teams equipped to do anything”.
Juve now has many options in front and Tudor is rotating Vlahovic, David and Opennda very much. On the basis of his experience, at a certain point is it right that a clear hierarchy is found, that a center forward is called?
“You have to know the attackers you have at the character and human level to understand what is better to do. I believe that in today’s football the changes are necessary, if you want to have fresh players playing every three days. As it was also in the past, in reality, but then the teams were structured in a different way and we happened to be owners several times, let’s say so”.
“The current situation seems to me well digested by everyone, but it is clear that not having continuity is not entirely positive. When you play four-cyinque games consecutively you get used to certain situations, so you can be more ready. The important thing is that those who are out of the tension can maintain high: let’s see more and more often games decided by the changes, from what happens later. We hope that Tudor will put it before and after the right players”.
And the Milan of the former Allegri and Rabiot in your opinion can already be as a Scudetto, on the basis of what has been seen so far?
“For a series of dynamics yes. Because it only plays the championship and this allows him to prepare the week very well and to have players ready on a physical level, without travel or hitches. And also because he has qualities, not only Rabiot, but also Modric, Leao, Saelemaekers … is a well -structured team”.
The relationship she has with Yildiz is beautiful, of which she is the great idol. Before Atalanta, the black and white number 10 came to embrace her as a bordocked, while she was live in the pre -match of American TV CBS. She too, like him, became very famous very early. A tip that would feel like giving Kenan?
“For what I have seen to date, both on the field and outside, it does not need advice. He is a serious boy, who loves to work hard, who wants to become a symbol of this society and be successful, rightly. He is doing it in my opinion in the most right way. It is obvious that there will be moments of difficulty, more or less positive moments and there will have to rely on the right people.
Since we are in New York for the launch event of the World Cup, we can only close with the national team. He has certainly spoken with Gattuso since he became CT: is he the right man to take us overseas next summer?
“I believe that the coaches are always the right, then you have to understand the other factors that determine the success of a team, whether it is a national team or a club: the players, the environment, the moment. Rino has an unbridled passion, great knowledge and also experience. Obviously he has my cheering, as a friend and former companion. I wish him not only to qualify for the World Cup but many other successes, for various reasons. Passion he has for the game of football.
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