Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Andrea Pirlo, Ufficiale OMRI (born 19 May 1979 in Flero, Lombardy), is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus and for the Italian national team.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Italy has always been known as a defense- first team, relying on one or two moments of magic in the offensive third to achieve success.
So when the Italians conceded only two goals in 10 matches during Euro qualifying, it came as little surprise.But manager Cesare Prandelli has attempted to make the Azzurri a bit more offensive minded, which he did with some success during qualification as Italy netted 20 goals."The feeling was that we needed to evolve our style, to try and play a little more on the front foot," Prandelli said.That mentality worked in qualifying, but the real question is whether or not that style of play will hold up against better opposition, like Spain for example, which will be Italy's first opponent in Group C at Euro 2012.After a downright poor performance at the 2010 World Cup in which Italy finished last in a group that included Paraguay, Slovakia and New Zealand, Italy is in need of a fresh approach.The question is whether or not Prandelli has the players to mak...Zlatan Ibrahimovic returned from a three- 0 AC Milan win over Palermo on Saturday at the Renzo Barbera.Ibrahimovic scored all three of his goals in a 14-minute span ...
Juventus midfielder Andrea Pirlo will be returning to the San Siro to face AC Milan for the first time after spending the better part of 10 years with the Rossoneri....
Juventus returned to the Serie A summit on 1 win over Catania at home.Juve had played to a pair of 0-0 draws in its last two matches and fell behind inside of four m...
Juventus could finish unbeaten in Serie A, but there is no guarantee that will result in a title. It is tough scenario to comprehend, but it has happened before, and...
Juventus missed out on a chance to return to 0 draw at Parma.Juve's weekend match with Bologna was postponed because of poor weather, which allowed AC Milan to take ...
Juventus finished off the first half of the 0 win at Atalanta on Saturday, moving the club four points clear at the top of Serie A midway through the season.Second-h...
Simone Pepe and Fabio Quagliarella scored and long unbeaten streak to 15 games to return to the top 0 win against overmatched Novara.Pepe opened the scoring after 4 ...
Arsenal lost to Sunderland 2-0 in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Saturday, leaving the English Premier League club facing a seventh straight season without a troph...
Manchester City's expensively assembled squad showed Sunday that it may have the character as well as the talent necessary to win the Premier League , beating Arsena...
Claudio Marchisio scored the sixth goal of his breakthrough season and Arturo Vidal converted a controversial penalty as Juventus beat Cesena 2-0 Sunday to reclaim t...
Napoli had Juventus on the ropes at the 3 draw.Marek Hamsik notched the opening goal of the match while Goran Pandev, on loan from Inter Milan, added two more for Na...
Barcelona led all clubs with 11 players man shortlist for the FIFA FIFPro XI released Thursday.Barcelona's Lionel Messi , the reigning two-time world player of the y...
Italy coach Cesare Prandelli trimmed his final Euro 2012 squad Tuesday as striker Mattia Destro and defender Andrea Ranocchia were the final two players cut from the...
Italian midfielder Andrea Pirlo is leaving AC Milan after 10 seasons with the club.Pirlo, who turns 32 on Thursday, is expected to join Juventus.He told reporters ou...
MILAN (AP) — Italy midfielder Andrea Pirlo is resting at home following a calf injury that could force him to miss the World Cup in South Africa.The AC Milan midfiel...
AC Milan left it late but managed to come away from the San Siro on Wednesday with a 1-0 victory over Genoa to keep pace with first-place Juventus.The two sides look...
Juventus rolled to a 4-0 home win over Roma on Sunday to move three points clear of second-place AC Milan at the top of Serie A.The home side wasted little time in s...
Juventus failed to move back to the top of 1 draw at Bologna.Juve has drawn four of its last five games and has shared the points on 13 occasions in 26 matches, leav...
MILAN (Reuters) - Midfielder Andrea Pirlo looks set to skip Italy's World Cup opener against Paraguay on June 14 with a calf injury and he could even miss the entire...
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