Standing Ovation in Madrid

By: Marco P. | November 6th, 2008

Through decades of football history, very few people have managed to get the chance to play at a mythical stadium like Santiago Bernabéu. Fewer people have even managed to score at Santiago Bernabéu. And fewer people still, managed to play, score, and receive a standing ovation at Santiago Bernabéu, the stadium where legends are born and home of Real Madrid, the team still holding the record for the most Champions League trophies in history.

After Wednesday night, Alessandro Del Piero is one of those people.

At 34 years of age (his birthday is coming up on Sunday), Pinturicchio travelled to Spain to Madrid, hoping to lead his team to victory and turn the tide of a match which for over 46 years had not seen Juventus come victorious on Royal soil. Hoping that for the first time ever his name would appear next to the goalscoring legends like Puskas, Di Stefano, and Raúl Gonzalez Blanco, those who over the course of history so many times had found the way of the net at Avenida de Concha Espina 1. For Del Piero, reaching those legends would be an impossible feat, but even one goal would have probably been satisfactory for him. Instead, he got two, and Juventus went on to beat the Spanish giants.

Could you ask for a more perfect day?

Full Match Report here.

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Arm your left foot… Goal nº1

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Arm your right foot… Goal nº2

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IL FENOMENO VERO… E’ ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO…
ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO ALEEEEEEEE

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Category: Alessandro Del Piero, Juventus, UEFA Champions League

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• Mat |  November 6th, 2008 at 6:03 pm

  
  
  

  I’d love to see a video of the standing ovation from the Bernabeau … doesn’t happen that often

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• Marco P. |  November 6th, 2008 at 6:33 pm

  
  
  

  Ask and you shall receive.

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• Al |  November 6th, 2008 at 6:50 pm

  
  
  

  Right before the second goal, I told my roommate (doesn’t know a thing about the sport) to look at my screen and to watch “this dude take a shot”. When he scored it, my roommate just stood in awe and said “no way….”. I guess Del Piero does that to people…

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• Mat |  November 6th, 2008 at 9:43 pm

  
  
  

  thanks Marco mate… ADP rocks… can’t believe I was watching another game at that time…

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• Marco P. |  November 7th, 2008 at 8:53 pm

  
  
  

  That and more Al… That and more…

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• John |  November 8th, 2008 at 10:10 am

  
  
  

  Over the years I’ve watched Alex deliver some great performances, the one he gave on Wednesday 5th November 2008 will stay with me in my mind forever.

  AL, I did (almost) the exact same thing, as soon as the referee blew the whistle I turned to my dad and said exactly these words

  “It’s going in, It’s in, Del Piero”

  twenty seconds later 0-2

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• alessio |  November 9th, 2008 at 2:28 pm

  
  
  

  Yet another stunning free kick, on his 34th birthday. I hope he has a great one with Sonia and Tobias.

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• Bhimbim |  February 12th, 2009 at 2:19 pm

  
  
  

  Yeaaah !, that what the il pinturichio, il venomeno vero, and captain of italia, and juventus should do !, fantastic !, a great, and consistent perform from il capitano, forza Ale !.

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