Less than one month after the introduction of the "Players" section on 'The Offside', one of the greatest legends of Italian soccer arrives in the blogging world! I am talking of course about Juventus captain Alessandro Del Piero!
Believe or not, the birth of an Alessandro Del Piero blog could not arrive at a better time. The 2007-08 season has been somewhat special for our nº10 hero (and all Juventini in general), as it marked the return of the Bianconeri to top-flight Italian football (after the year of purgatory in Serie B), and also the continuation of Juve's rebuilding campaign after the shameful Calciopoli scandal of 2006. This year more than ever, players from La Vecchia Signora were asked to step up to the plate and bring added quality to a team which, after the Summer of 2006, was virtually plundered of some of its best elements (Cannavaro, Zambrotta, Vieira, and Ibrahimovic to name a few). As a result, players like Gianluigi Buffon, Mauro Camoranesi, Pavel Nedved, and David Trezeguet all remained at the club and helped their team rise from its Serie B ashes, becoming true heroes among Juventini supporters for their testament of faith and devotion to the club.
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Believe or not, the birth of an Alessandro Del Piero blog could not arrive at a better time. The 2007-08 season has been somewhat special for our nº10 hero (and all Juventini in general), as it marked the return of the Bianconeri to top-flight Italian football (after the year of purgatory in Serie B), and also the continuation of Juve's rebuilding campaign after the shameful Calciopoli scandal of 2006. This year more than ever, players from La Vecchia Signora were asked to step up to the plate and bring added quality to a team which, after the Summer of 2006, was virtually plundered of some of its best elements (Cannavaro, Zambrotta, Vieira, and Ibrahimovic to name a few). As a result, players like Gianluigi Buffon, Mauro Camoranesi, Pavel Nedved, and David Trezeguet all remained at the club and helped their team rise from its Serie B ashes, becoming true heroes among Juventini supporters for their testament of faith and devotion to the club.
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