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The ageless Andrea Pirlo has renewed his contract with the Italian champions Juventus until June 2016.The ageless Andrea Pirlo has renewed his contract with the Italian champions Juventus until June 2016.
Pirlo, 35, the Italian dangerman for England’s World Cup hopefuls on Saturday, joined Juve from Milan in 2011. Pirlo, 35, the Italian dangerman against England’s World Cup hopefuls on Saturday, joined Juve from Milan in 2011.
As the club website put it: “For 131 games Andrea Pirlo has been the fulcrum of the side, the intersection through which every move passes.As the club website put it: “For 131 games Andrea Pirlo has been the fulcrum of the side, the intersection through which every move passes.
“Six thunderbolts have been released from his foot this season, 14 goals in total. In three years he’s played his team-mates through on goal 30 times, touching the ball at least once for every minute he’s spent on the pitch (11,551 balls played versus his 11,344 minutes in action), with a pass completion rate of over 90%.”“Six thunderbolts have been released from his foot this season, 14 goals in total. In three years he’s played his team-mates through on goal 30 times, touching the ball at least once for every minute he’s spent on the pitch (11,551 balls played versus his 11,344 minutes in action), with a pass completion rate of over 90%.”
Roy Hodgson has picked him out as the man England most fear after he destroyed their European Championship hopes in 2012.Roy Hodgson has picked him out as the man England most fear after he destroyed their European Championship hopes in 2012.
Hodgson managed him at Internazionale but felt he never got the best out of him. “Inter let him go to Milan, which showed they didn’t fully believe in him, and it was Carlo [Ancelotti ] who transformed him into a deep-lying midfield player, rather than a second centre-forward. That’s when he really started to blossom,” the England coach said.Hodgson managed him at Internazionale but felt he never got the best out of him. “Inter let him go to Milan, which showed they didn’t fully believe in him, and it was Carlo [Ancelotti ] who transformed him into a deep-lying midfield player, rather than a second centre-forward. That’s when he really started to blossom,” the England coach said.