Del Piero hoping for final fortune

Alessandro del Piero is hoping to put an unhappy major finals record behind him at Old Trafford tonight.

Wed, 28 May, 2003 - 07:04

Alessandro del Piero is hoping to put an unhappy major finals record behind him at Old Trafford tonight.

Since securing the European Cup with a penalty shoot-out win over Ajax in 1996, the Juventus skipper has played in two more Champions League finals and Italy’s Euro 2000 decider with France and lost the lot.

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