Alessandro Del Piero predicts a Juventus victory against Milan tonight and is amazed by the Bianconeri’s Scudetto comeback.
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“For many years this was the most eagerly-awaited fixture in the Serie A calendar, especially in the 1990s,” Del Piero told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Alessandro Del Piero predicts a Juventus victory against Milan tonight and is amazed by the Bianconeri’s Scudetto comeback.
It kicks off at San Siro at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), click here for a match preview.
“For many years this was the most eagerly-awaited fixture in the Serie A calendar, especially in the 1990s,” Del Piero told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
“There are Inter and Roma too, of course, but it’s difficult to match the aura of playing the Rossoneri at San Siro.
“The first Milan side I took on had Tassotti-Baresi-Costacurta-Maldini in defence. I always had great respect for the team and club.
“I believe tonight Juve will take the initiative and maintain possession. Milan will try to remain solid and focus on the counter-attack. In the end Juventus to win 2-1.”
Max Allegri’s men had a disastrous start to the Serie A season, yet with 20 wins and a draw have surged six points clear of Napoli at the top of the table.
“After such a bad start, it really is a huge achievement,” continued Del Piero. “Juve’s mental strength certainly has no rivals.
“Their legs have also been crucial this season. In order to make such a comeback and then stay up there once reaching the summit takes a lot of gas.
“The essence of the sport is beating your opponent, giving everything to win and having victory as an obsession. That is the only way to respect and honour the sport.
“Winning is the only thing that counts is not a slogan, but what it means to be champions. This is very clear at Juventus, both when you win and when you don’t.”
The extraordinary run of 21 rounds began in October after Gigi Buffon and Patrice Evra slammed their teammates for an “embarrassing” defeat to Sassuolo.
“At the start their words seemed almost excessive, but then I realised what they had in mind and why they expressed themselves that way.
“Napoli are still in the running, but I would honestly be surprised if Juve let this Scudetto slip through their fingers. Napoli played wonderful football and will react. I admired Maurizio Sarri’s work and it’d be a shame if they let go now, because it’d be throwing away something great that is also building for the future.”