“I Am The Leading Goal Scorer“…

By: Marco P. | May 19th, 2008

alessandrodelpiero.com

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 had known at the beginning of the season, I would have bet that, once at the top of the league table, my first thought would have been:” I told you so…”. Dedicated to those who didn’t believe…. to those who have never believed.

However when I reached this goal for real, I realised that the first thing that crossed my mind was: “You told me so…” I dedicate this topscorer title to those who believed in me. To those who have always believed in me. To those who have never stopped inciting me. To those who have supported me and who have worked for me. To those who were always there for me, who have shared my passion and my difficult times, my joy and my will to keep on winning.

All of you told me so, yes, and I have told myself so. In the end I scored 21 goals in the league and a total of 24 in the season. But what really counts more than anything is that, together with all my teammates whom I will never thank enough, these goals helped us each our most important objective: the comeback to the Champions League and to complete a great season in the Italian Serie A. I’m satisfied with Juve’s season as well as with my own season, and not only for the goals I’ve scored, because they are not and will never be everything for me.

Now we have to take all the experience we have accumulated and use it, as a starting point to improve more and more. And also to improve myself. In other words, this is not the end. And don’t say I didn’t tell you so…

Alessandro