Delpi Serves Notice

I’d brought up the idea of Vieri as ‘super sub’ a few days back, but it’s going to be hard for him to push past Del Piero on the “most likely to cause mayhem in the final minutes” category. His free-kick today to top Inter and hand Juventus another Serie A title almost seemed liked fate.

(It must be said though…the Adriano goal in the first half should have counted. The only people in the stadium who knew it was an Indirect Free Kick were the Bianconeri and a man in neon.) At any rate, you have to figure Alex punched himself a ticket to Germany today. His play off the bench has been stellar for a month, and his relationship with Lippi is top notch. Lippi has said time and again though, that the players who will go will be the players who are in form. Should Del Piero hit a rough patch, it will be interesting to see how Lippi handles it.