In the upcoming clash between Juventus and Real Madrid to contest the Champions League trophy, the legendary captain of the Old Lady, Alessandro Del Piero, spoke to Q’s microphones:

"There are encouraging analogies between the 1996 victory and Cardiff. Even then we were eliminating a Spanish team in the quarter-finals, a French team in the next round and then in the final we faced Ajax, which like Real today held the trophy."

Then he adds, "There are also negative suggestions. I lost three finals in 1997, 1998 and 2003. We've just won the Scudetto. Juve has raised the Cup in 1985 and 1996, that is, in seasons when the Italian championship had escaped, but Allegri's team is a team that can ignore references to the past. We are talking about a group that has won six consecutive titles in Italy and in my opinion already has a strong investment on seventh, in twelve months time. It is an Old Lady who is also mental capable in decisive battles. Then, of course, I admit, Real know better the atmosphere of the Champions League final. It is their third final in the last four editions.”

Finally on the comparison, "Juve of 1996 can not be compared to this, then we still had few victories, just two years prior the fans wanted to pass on us after Cagliari had eliminated us in the Italian Cup. Vialli played in the midfield because we knew they would not understand how to deal with it... Our explosion was a surprise, here not so. Presently, there is a consistent sequence of successes, it's very different."