The Andrea Pirlo exhibition at Euro 2012 began with a drop of the shoulder and an exquisite pass to set up Antonio Di Natale for Italy's opening goal of the tournament. The Pirlo show opened against ...

Take a look at the average pass numbers for Europe's top leagues this season, and you'll find four of the top five players have something in common. Mikel Arteta, Xavi, Michael Carrick and Andrea ...

THE peculiar thing about the world's two greatest playmakers of the last decade, Andrea Pirlo and Xavi Hernández, is that they have been unloved for so much of their careers. Pirlo made his Serie A ...

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 4, 2006 filer, Italy's Andrea Pirlo celebrates his side's first goal by teammate Fabio Grosso in the extra time of the semifinal World Cup soccer match between Germany and ...

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