La Stampa 05/02/00
A couple of stats regarding Alessandro Del Piero:
November 8th, 1998, Del Piero injures himself in Udine. He returns August 4th, 1999 against Rostov in the Intertoto: 14 minutes played, 1 goal. Tonight will be his first game back in Udine since his injury.
4: goals scored this season in Serie A, all on penalty kicks, against Udinese, Piacenza, Parma, and Perugia. He hasn't scored on a play in Serie A since October 18th, 1998 against Vicenza (note: actually it's October 25th against Inter, but many don't count his tap-in after Gianluca Pagliuca saved his penalty kick).
19: games played in Serie A this season with 1,587 minutes played, tops Juventus. The next player is Alessio Tacchinardi with 1,582 minutes played.
26: goals scored in European Cups (note: La Stampa says that it's "goals scored in the UEFA Cup", but it's obviously wrong). He played in 4 UEFA Cup games (3 victories, 1 loss). He needs one more goal to tie Roberto Bettega for all-time Juventus scorer in European competitions.
45: minutes played in the Italian Cup, all against Lazio: 13' in the first leg, 32' in the return leg (with 1 goal).
