Ranieri: «Luckily we have Del Piero»

Ranieri: «Luckily we have Del Piero»

Twelve months later, the new year begins once again with Alessandro Del Piero as protagonist. However, contrary to the penalty scored in 2008 against Catania, this time the goal scored by the captain is twice as valuable. The one against Siena is in fact a fundamental victory against Siena due to the reduction of the margin from the top of the table.

Juventus, just like Inter halted by Siena, had no easy game against Siena. Mr. Ranieri had in fact warned of this prior to the match: «I told the boys before the match that we would have some hard food to chew. Siena is led by a great coach and they made us suffer. In order to win such matches it is often necessary to find a magical touch and luckily for us we have Del Piero. The captain has allowed us to win, not so much for the table because we do not look at Inter but to start-off the year on the right footing. We know that there is still much work to be done because we are not yet on last year’s level»

*juventus.com