Azzurri di Euro 2008 : Del Piero

Del Piero mulls Azzurri future
Sunday 22 June, 2008

Alessandro Del Piero never got to take his penalty and concedes he may not make it to the 2010 World Cup.

“It is the same disappointment and pain, no matter how many tournaments you go through,” said the veteran after their shoot-out quarter-final exit to Spain.

Iker Casillas saved kicks from Daniele De Rossi and Antonio Di Natale, winning the game 4-2.

“It is a lottery on shoot-outs and unfortunately that is the problem with them. We won two years ago on penalties and this time went out, so we must not put any blame on De Rossi or Di Natale.”

Del Piero was set to take the final penalty, but never got to take it because the result was already assured.

“It is not easy right now to say what went right and wrong in the tournament. The only thing that matters is the end result.”

Italy now prepare qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, but Del Piero is not sure if he will be a part of the side.

“There is a long road before the World Cup. I have the same desire to play for the Nazionale, but we’ll have to see what happens over the next two seasons.”

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dlm partai ini Alex diturunkan oleh Donadodol menit ke 108 ! gw gak tau knapa??? apa krn dia di turunkan hanya utk mengambil tendangan pinalti? tp yg ada malah Alex gak sempat menunaikan tugasnya krn Italia sdh tersisih seblom Alex tiba gilirannya!

tp Alex memperlihatkan kebesarannya dgn meminta utk tidak menyalahkan pemain2 yg gagal dlm adu pinalti tsb! great Alex!!!


Quarter-finals Euro 2008

Spain 0 - 0 Italy aet (4-2 on pens)

Shoot-out: :

Spain: Villa (goal), Santi Cazorla (goal), Senna (goal), Guiza (saved), Fabregas (goal)
Italy: Grosso (goal), De Rossi (saved), Camoranesi (goal), Di Natale (saved)

Spain: Casillas; Sergio Ramos, Puyol, Marchena, Capdevila; Senna; Iniesta (Cazorla 59), Xavi (Fabregas 59), Silva; Villa, Torres (Guiza 84)

Italy: Buffon; Zambrotta, Panucci, Chiellini, Grosso; Ambrosini, De Rossi, Aquilani (Del Piero 108); Perrotta (Camoranesi 57); Cassano (Di Natale 74), Toni

Ref: Fandel (Ger)