Friday Flashback: Alessandro Del Piero in his Prime

Friday Flashback: Alessandro Del Piero in his Prime

Friday Flashback: Alessandro Del Piero in his Prime

Alessandro Del Piero is sheer class. While his career may be in a twilight stage, Il Pinturicchio has rightfully earned his spot among the legends of Italian calcio. At 35 years old, the little magician has scored 270 for Juventus and 27 goals for Italia. Del Piero has won it all, from a World Cup in 2006 to seven Serie A championships (1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006) to a Champions League trophy in 1996. Del Piero earned the nickname Il Pinturicchio, in reference to a comment by former Juve president Gianni Agnelli when he compared the emerging Del Piero to the renaissance artist Pinturicchio. Signore Del Piero couldn’t stop his side from crashing out of the Europa League to Fulham, let’s all go back to a time when the superstar was an untouchable. As they say, form is temporary, class is permanent. Del Piero is just so clearly the latter. Here’s one of the marksman’s signature strikes dating back to 1994 against Fiorentina.