Federico Buffa Talks, special celebration for Alessandro Del Piero

Alessandro Del Piero on Sky

The journey of Federico Buffa Talks, the Sky Sport original production hosted by Federico Buffa and Federico Ferri, Sky Sport managing editor,&nbsp. Starting tonight, Friday, November 8, on Sky and streaming on NOW (also available on demand), the focus of the eighth episode, Alessandro Del Piero and the celebration of the champion and the man who tells his story on the occasion of his 50° birthday, tomorrow, November 9. Recordman with the Juventus jersey and world champion in 2006 with Marcello Lippi’s national team, Alessandro Del Piero è among the greatest performers in the history of Italian soccer and beyond. Born in Conegliano, in the province of Treviso, Del Piero’s career began at Padova, in Serie B, Giampiero Boniperti brought him to Juventus. In bianconero, the young footballer became a legend. Nineteen seasons in Turin, with a record number of appearances (705) and goals (290), in which Pinturicchio won everything, collecting year after year trophies as an absolute protagonist, including the 1996 Champions League and the subsequent Intercontinental Cup, which was settled with one of his goals. From the World Cup to the Serie B in bianconero, successes and falls, and extraordinary comebacks, up to the last Scudetto won on the day of his tormented farewell to his Juventus: all this and much more emerges in a narrative that is not chronological, but intimate and sincere, showing the most human face of the champion.

"I believe that a person, or more than one person in the entourage of a company, who has participated in the history of the club should be there and should hold positions. Do I miss Juventus? The bond that I have with Juventus – and by Juventus I am talking about all the people who participated with me in the journey, which … remains as beautiful as it was at the time – I will never soil it with anything, if I ever hold a position in this companyà".

Born under the sign of Scorpio, like Gigi Riva, for him the will to win and revenge è has always been the driving force behind everything. And once he had achieved the goals he had set for himself, curiosity and the desire to continue discovering pushed him to explore new worlds again: Australia, India, America. And after soccer played, television. Today è he is one of the most beloved faces of Sky Sports, becauseé with experience, politeness and irony, he always manages to say the right things at the right time. His champion mentality adapts to every new challenge, or commitment, that he sets his mind to face.

"I don’t know if è stronger in me is the desire to win or the’hatred to lose. I have the inner awareness of what I can do, what I want to do. I like challenges, competition, but I also like to have the ’humilityà to say that there’è someone better than you, especially at certain times in your life".

The’eighth episode of Federico Buffa Talks – Alessandro Del Piero will be broadcast starting tonight, Friday Nov. 8, from 10:45 p.m. on Sky Sport Uno and at midnight on Sky Sport Calcio and streaming on NOW (available on demand). In addition, as a preview for customers subscribed to Sky Sport Insider it will be possible to listen to the dedicated podcast with unreleased content, presented by Del Piero himself during the Champions League studio on Wednesday evening.

The program will be introduced as always by Massimo Oldani, the unmistakable voice of Radio Capital and Federico Buffa Talks.

Federico Buffa Talks – Alessandro Del Piero
The’seventh episode on Sky and streaming on NOW. Available on demand
A program by Federico Buffa and Federico Ferri, directed by Leopoldo Muti, edited by Sara Cometti.

Friday, Nov. 8

Sky Sports One at 10:45 p.m.

Sky Sports Football at 24

Saturday, November 9

Sky Sport Uno at 8:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. (after Juventus-Torino)

Sunday, November 10

Sky Sport Uno at 10 a.m., at 1:30 p.m., at 00:30 a.m.

Sky Sport Arena at 8:45 p.m.

Sky Sport Max at 9:45 p.m.