Alessandro Del Piero says that he is not concerned about the enormous pressure of Australian rules football the biggest ever signing.
Still signs of a little jet lag on his first media conference since arriving in Australia on Monday 24 hours earlier, Del Piero said he was ready to get down with his Sydney FC team-mates ahead of the 2012/13 A-League season.
The 2006 FIFA World Cup winner will train with the Sky Blues for the first time on Tuesday and could his first game in the Saturday friendly against Newcastle in Budgewoi.
Sydney and football fans know the 37-year-old for the purpose to score ability and impressive skills and Del Piero to deliver on the club AU $ 4million investment will immediately expect.
"I know there's a lot of expectation, and I love that," he said.
"I played 19 years with Juventus and Juventus have to win every game, every game, every year. Fortunately a lot of the time that has happened.
"My whole life I played to win and I'm here to win. (I'm not here) the time to stay healthy with my family. I am here because I have confidence in the victory.
"I know it's difficult because winning is not easy. On paper you write what you think and what is perfect to do, but the real thing is to do it.
"It's a long way, but I hope to do that and I'm here with this purpose."
While Del Piero has not played a competitive match since the end of the Serie A season in may, he is convinced that his fitness levels are satisfactory with the start of the A-League less than three weeks away.
"I have trained for two months with my personal trainer and a young team in Italy," he said.
"I've done everything I can to stay in good condition. Now I need to the team, if you want to get to know the players and the coach and elaborate what he needs.
When signing with the Sky Blues earlier this month, said Del Piero that he chose Sydney because he wanted to leave a legacy in the country and hopes to help increase the A-League popularity.
"First of all I'm here for Sydney FC and I'm fully focused for Sydney FC, then we have the A-League inflating hope from day to day," said Del Piero.
"This is hard work, but one of the objectives of the workers in football, in the sport of the round ball.
"I'm really fascinated by sport, I follow everything in the world and every sport.
"I saw the World Cup in 2011, the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, it is situated very close to here, I know for the Wallabies, it's not great result, but it was a great moment for the sport. I hope it will be the same for football here and for Australia. "
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