All rise for Alessandro Del Piero

    Last piece of history for Alex, he will play from the beginning


     There are situations where no matter how you see things but how others see them in your place. For those who remember the 703 games he played for Juventus the emotional point of its history starts here. Everything else, from the Italian Cup final match in Rome to the American League where he seems to be directed, will form the credits that you stop reading out of curiosity but does not change the plot of a good movie.

      In Turin, in Juve stadium. Eight months ago, Del Piero was sitting in suits next to Boniperti on a bench in the middle of the field illuminated by a lighthouse. A month later to the official send-off in the way we know that night, but Alex was the star and a symbol of the company that gave you a house. Today is a man who greets the company, with little desire to leave, but with dignity and another league title in a suitcase, the last, most precious. I imagine that when take the field, and especially when it leaves, it will be hard not to get excited. Relatives, friends, teammates. Certainly will not end on the shoulders of Atalanta, if anything could be auctioned for charity. Del Piero will play from the start for the fourth time in the league, will trade the pennant with their counterpart in Atalanta, shake hands with the referee Gava, a ritual consumed. "Del Piero was the captain in the first league game against Parma and will last" anticipated Conte. Actually Juve and his coach have prepared the ground for the "standing ovation", 40 000 people packed the stadium for the party will stand up to applaud. Then Del Piero as captain raise the cup of the League for the success in the league and will be granted around the field to bid farewell to fans. What is a special game Alex also knows, though he did not say. He only pretended to be a simple farewell, certainly not on tiptoe because you can not, however, without dramatics. Del Piero in the stands wanted there to be his mother, his wife Sonia and his three sons, brother's family, friends who have followed him in the shadows in the last 19 years. And of course, there will be his supporters, everyone of us will be having a turning point in what Juve was with him and what Juve will be without him. No defeat that Juve has suffered can compare with this moment that will happen today. We'll miss you Alex.