Del Piero Is Juventus - Lippi

Del Piero Is Juventus – Lippi

Marcello Lippi has heaped praise on the in-form Alessandro Del Piero, saying that “he is Juventus”.

Del Piero has been producing some simply brilliant performances in recent months, and was at his incredible best again this weekend, scoring a hat-trick in Juve’s 4-0 thrashing of Atalanta.

This treble took Del Piero’s goal-tally in Serie A to 17, just two behind Capocannoniere leader Marco Borriello.

There have been cries in the media from journalists, players and coaches that ‘The Golden Boy’ must now be taken to Euro 2008, and Lippi was asked for his thoughts on the matter.

“I do not want to say because it would be unfair seeing as there is now another person [Roberto Donadoni] in my old position,” the World Cup-winning Azzurri boss from 2006 told Sky Italia.

“But I will say just one thing – he is Juventus.

“He is the representative of this club, he has exceptional motivation, an extraordinary mind, and gave an example in the World Cup in Germany, when he accepted a [substitute] role as a protagonist even if it was not in a way that he would have wished.

“He is in exceptional physical condition,” the Paul Newman-lookalike concluded.

Gianni Wilson