[Sport]Mister Pirlo: younger than Buffon, rival of Gattuso, the tenth Scudetto, Cristiano and the Champions ...

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When, in May 2011, Juventus announced the signing of Andrea Pirlo as a new footballer, Gianluigi Buffon had already been with the team for a decade. Next season, Pirlo will make his debut as a Bianconero coach ... and Buffon will continue there. The legendary Italian goalkeeper, with 42 springs behind him, is a year older than his current coach. This is one of the several notes that the signing that has revolutionized Calcio has given us.

 

 

From the U23 to the first team in 10 days When 10 days ago.

 

 They chose him to lead the Juventus U23 team, nobody could imagine that Pirlo's jump to the first level would be so instantaneous. The painful elimination in the last 16 of the Champions League against Olympique de Lyon struck down Maurizio Sarri. As soon as the match ended, Andrea Agnelli, the club's president, said they would take time to decide. That's how it went. The time was 12 hours He still does not have the UEFA PRO card The bet on Pirlo has been compared to that made by Real Madrid four years before with Zinedine Zidane. However, beyond the class on green, the comparison does not hold. The French coach was second to Carlo Ancelotti and led Castilla before jumping to the Bernabéu bench. By contrast, the Italian has no previous experience. What's more, you won't have your UEFA PRO coach card until September or October ...

 

favorite system is 4-3-3.

 

We have to turn to Fabio Cannavaro's Instagram to find the first clues about how his future Juventus will play. In a direct they maintained during confinement, the former midfielder revealed to his former teammate in the Azzurra defense that his favorite system was 4-3-3 "and all forwards", although he also specified that "it depended on the players." He will train old friends ... and Cristiano From those words to Cannavaro it is intuited that Pirlo will land at Juventus with flexible ideas and not as rigid as those of Maurizio Sarri. In the Bianconero locker room he will meet friends and old trench co-workers: the Buffons, Bonucci or Chiellini. He will also direct two players that the Turin team had signed with Sarri in mind: Arthur and Kulusevski. Although undoubtedly the eyes will be on Cristiano Ronaldo.