Having
played for European giants like AC Milan, Juventus and AC Milan and having a
World Cup medal to his name, Andre Pirlo is now at that stage of his career
where a successful player is expected to hang his boots up however from that
chip to Joe Hart in World Cup 2006 to playing for fierce rivals Juventus, Milan
and Inter, one thing that could be said about this man is that he is
un-predictable to say the least.
Here
are 5 quotes from his book that will change the way you think of this bearded
genius:
Play-station and Pirlo:
Looking
like a man that is so serious throughout a game that you cannot see a smile
flashing out of his teeth, Andre Pirlo tried to show his lighter side here.
During his Milan days, Nesta was one of his best friends and that was where his
love for Play-station begun. Both he and Nesta used to play with Barcelona i.e.
Barcelona Vs Barcelona and this is what the genius has to say about the toy all
of us LOVE.
“After
wheel, play-station is the best invention of all time”
World Cup final 2006:
During
the final of World Cup after that infamous Zidane head-butt incident, match
gone on to penalties and Cesare Prandelli, Italian manager, told Pirlo that
he’s gonna take the 1st penalty out. Looking so somber from his appearance and
calm like a cucumber, Pirlo told what he was feeling at the moment when he gone
on to score against Fabien Barthez then:-
“I
lifted my eyes to heaven and asked for help because if God exists, there’s no
way He’s French!”
Antonio Cassano & Women:
Well
we all know footballers have super-hot girlfriends but here in this very quote
of Pirlo, the Italian maestro explained what he thought about that and what
comes first in his life i.e. women or football.
“Antonio
Cassano says he’s slept with 700 women in his time, but he doesn’t get picked
for Italy any-more.”
Football and defense:
In
terms of defense, Pirlo shares the opinion of Sir Alex Ferguson as the Italian
believes that putting star players in team is good for selling tickets, but in
order to win a match, you have to get defenders like “KING Cannavaro” in
Pirlo’s precise words.
“If
I was a president, I’d never build a team with champions up front and dummies
in defense .Put more simply, the team that concedes fewest goals wins the
match.”
Football and Sex:
While
this may seem to be an odd comparison for many, but Pirlo who explained about
subjects like Geography in his book believed to put pen on the topic that ruins
careers of the newcomers once they come in the glamour world that we see as
football. Here is how the Italian puts an = sign between these two subjects:
“Football
is better than sex, it lasts longer and even if it goes wrong, it’s not your
fault alone”
haha pirlo is love <3
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