Juventus icon Alessandro del Piero is sorry about the way his time in Turin ended.

Del Piero is now playing in Australia.

"I didn't think that my career at Juve would finish that way," he told the Gazzetta dello Sport.

"I would have never of thought it a year and a half ago. But then things change. I am left with the satisfaction that I gave everything I had to Juventus.

Del Piero, however, was given a stunning goodbye at the Juventus Stadium on the last day of the 2011-12 campaign.

"The fans surpassed themselves that afternoon," he added. "Even my new teammates have spoken to me about that day as they saw it on TV. Buffon told me that he envied me for that. I knew I was loved, but not like that…

"I sat on the bench after being substituted and the fans dragged me back on to the pitch. I did two laps of the pitch, they threw hundreds of scarves at me.

"Every now and again I stopped to take in the moment. I saw people cry. It was extraordinary because it was so spontaneous."