http://delpiero.theoffside.com News about Italian and Juventus star Alessandro Del Piero Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:41:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en . Euro 2008 was not to be. After an exceptional 2007-08 season with Juve, Alessandro Del Piero's Euro campaign finished (once again, alas) with lack of luster. Pinturicchio's really been unlucky with the Azzurri shirt during his career: ever so much a protagonist at Juve, but never really taking the reins ... http://delpiero.theoffside.com/team-news/adp-and-adpb-holiday-time.html . . . . . . . . . http://delpiero.theoffside.com/team-news/grazie-ragazzi.html . After a pretty rough week of group stage games (resolved in extremis only on the last matchday), the Italian team was given a day of rest today. Time for Roberto Donadoni, Alessandro Del Piero, and Mauro Camoranesi to practice their swings. :] Donadoni played in a threesome with goalkeeping coach Ivano ... http://delpiero.theoffside.com/team-news/azzurri-tee-time-alessandro-del-piero-practices-his-swing.html . Cue another disappointing performance by Italy. Cue more doubts being cast on the Azzurri's Euro 2008 chances. Cue waiting one more day to finally see Alessandro Del Piero take the reins of this team and put in the ball in the net ("alla Del Piero" hopefully). The Juve forward was ... http://delpiero.theoffside.com/team-news/euro-2008-italy-1-1-romania-capitan-del-piero-trumped-by-capitan-buffon.html . ZURICH (Switzerland), 12 June 2008 - Alessandro Del Piero will go to sleep tonight relaxed and pumped up. Tomorrow he'll be on the pitch as part of the starting eleven AND he'll wearing the team captain's armband! Woo hoo! It has really been a while since the Juventus forward had any ... http://delpiero.theoffside.com/team-news/italy-vs-romania-preview-capitan-del-piero.html . Boy, that was a rough Monday for everyone huh? Well... not everyone... not anyone wearing orange certainly. For the people wearing blue though... ouch! . . ADP came on in minute 64, replacing Antonio Di Natale at a time during which Italy were 2-0 down, with their morale and play down the gutter. ... http://delpiero.theoffside.com/team-news/netherlands-3-0-italy-adps-euro-2008-adventure-doesnt-start-in-the-best-of-ways.html As many of you know, Del Piero's got a huge sponsorship deal with Italian mineral water Uliveto (which also sponsors Italy's national team). In fact, many people in the old boot made fun of him because he used to talk to... a sparrow in those commercials a few years back. ... http://delpiero.theoffside.com/team-news/adps-latest-uliveto-commercials.html   So ADP won the Capocannoniere title, and he's real happy about it (and so are we). But aren't you wondering just how he achieved it? In numbers I mean... Well I was, so I did some research and thanks to Gazzetta dello Sport was able to produce this. Enjoy. :] Oh, and ... http://delpiero.theoffside.com/team-news/alessandro-del-pieros-2007-08-season-in-numbers.html Tuesday morning in a press conference in Rome, the Azzurri coach announced his pre-selection for Euro 2008: 24 players (4 less than what everyone anticipated, and 1 to be trimmed down before May 28) which will be representing Italy in this Summer's great European tournament: Goalkeepers: Club: Marco Amelia Livorno Gianluigi Buffon Juventus Morgan De Sanctis Sevilla . Defenders: ... http://delpiero.theoffside.com/team-news/going-to-swissaustria.html . Fresh of earning the Serie A 2007-08 "Capocannoniere" title, Alessandro Del Piero tells us just how it feels to be league topscorer two seasons in a row. Straight from alessandrodelpiero.com, here goes: I am the leading goal scorer, for the second consecutive time and for the first time in Serie A. If I ... http://delpiero.theoffside.com/team-news/i-am-the-leading-goal-scorer.html