Italy legend Alessandro Del Piero joked with a German TV that he was ‘more than sorry’ for scoring a goal against their national team in the 2006 World Cup semis.
Del Piero returned to the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund on Saturday for Italy’s opening EURO 2024 match against Albania.
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It was the same stadium where he had scored in a 2-0 win over Germany in the 2006 World Cup semifinal, so a German TV station jokingly asked the former striker to apologise for his goal almost 20 years later.
“Yeah, I’m more than sorry; I’m really sorry, guys,” Del Piero said, smiling.
Italy progressed to the Final that year and eventually lifted the trophy beating France on penalties.
Alessandro #DelPiero läuft Alexander Bommes vor die Linse, woraufhin dieser die italienische Legende auffordert, sich für 2006 zu entschuldigen. 😂
Deutschland verlor damals gegen Italien und schied bei der Heim-WM aus. Del Piero war einer der Torschützen. #EURO2024 #ITAALB pic.twitter.com/O5INJsPLRx
— SiM 🦥 (@simzwitschert) June 15, 2024
he should apologise for his two misses vs France in 2000. Reminded of it everyday. vs Germany, the game was already won.