{"id":946054,"date":"2026-03-09T15:39:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/?p=946054"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:39:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:39:30","slug":"juventus-italy-legend-del-piero-jokes-modric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/juventus-italy-legend-del-piero-jokes-modric\/","title":{"rendered":"Juventus and Italy legend Del Piero jokes with Modric: &#8216;You can play until 50&#8217;","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Article Start --><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juvefc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juventus<\/a> legend Alessandro Del Piero joked with Luka Modric after Milan\u2019s 1-0 win over Inter on Sunday: \u2018With Italian restaurants and food, you can play until 50.\u2019<\/p><p>Modric was <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/player-ratings-milan-1-0-inter-surprise-derby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the best players on the pitch<\/a> in Milan\u2019s 1-0 victory over city rivals Inter on Sunday.<\/p><h2>Del Piero tells Modric: \u2018You can play until 50<\/h2><p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: px\"><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"a61405551f80e72f675225f083759bb9\" image-id=\"fwuQ4zJPyvaW\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 4096px; aspect-ratio: 4096\/2731;\"><\/smartframe-embed><\/p><p>Italy and Juventus legend Del Piero commented on the game as a pundit for CBS Sports last night and joked with the Croatian legend: \u201cIt was amazing again watching you. Congratulations again,\u201d Del Piero said.<\/p><p>\u201cWith Italian restaurants and food, you can play until 50. Our quality of food is amazing, don\u2019t know if you agree.\u201d<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_942475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-942475\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/real-madrid-v-fc-bayern-munchen-1-414x276.jpg\" alt=\"MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 08: Alessandro Del Piero looks on prior to the UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg match between Real Madrid and FC Bayern M\u00fcnchen at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on May 08, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-942475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/real-madrid-v-fc-bayern-munchen-1-414x276.jpg 414w, https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/real-madrid-v-fc-bayern-munchen-1-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/real-madrid-v-fc-bayern-munchen-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/real-madrid-v-fc-bayern-munchen-1-190x127.jpg 190w, https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/real-madrid-v-fc-bayern-munchen-1-245x163.jpg 245w, https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/real-madrid-v-fc-bayern-munchen-1-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/real-madrid-v-fc-bayern-munchen-1-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/real-madrid-v-fc-bayern-munchen-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/real-madrid-v-fc-bayern-munchen-1-310x207.jpg 310w, https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/real-madrid-v-fc-bayern-munchen-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/real-madrid-v-fc-bayern-munchen-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-942475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MADRID, SPAIN \u2013 MAY 08: Alessandro Del Piero looks on prior to the UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg match between Real Madrid and FC Bayern M\u00fcnchen at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on May 08, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The Rossoneri\u2019s win leaves them second in the standings, still seven points behind their city rivals, and Modric argued that if the team had <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/modric-milan-would-be-up-there-with-inter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">performed better in \u201csmall games\u201d,<\/a> they\u2019d have been closer to their rivals.<\/p><p>Milan, in fact, have only lost twice in Serie A this term, while Inter have suffered five defeats.<\/p><p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: px\"><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"a61405551f80e72f675225f083759bb9\" image-id=\"fwuQCiYS8JPF\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 4096px; aspect-ratio: 4096\/2731;\"><\/smartframe-embed><\/p><p>The Nerazzurri, however, only picked up one draw against Milan\u2019s nine.<\/p><p>Inter have won 22 of 28 games this term, and their city rivals have collected 17.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe are very proud people. We like to fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luka Modri\u0107 shares what being from Zadar means to him \ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6azHQPAgRM\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/6azHQPAgRM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS Sports Golazo \u26bd\ufe0f (@CBSSportsGolazo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSSportsGolazo\/status\/2030772739003269471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><!-- Article End -->","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juventus legend Alessandro Del Piero joked with Luka Modric after Milan&#8217;s 1-0 win over Inter&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":102,"featured_media":942473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,41482,29,30,4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-946054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-azzurri","category-italy","category-juventus","category-milan","category-news","category-serie-a"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/atalanta-bc-v-real-madrid-cf-uef-2.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946054"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946054"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":946056,"href":"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946054\/revisions\/946056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}