Andrea Pirlo autobiography

[KeyserSoze]

some absolute pearls from this one.

"Even Sir Alex Ferguson, the purple-nosed manager who turned Manchester United into a fearsome battleship, couldn’t resist the temptation. He's a man without blemish, but he ruined that purity just for a moment when it came to me. A fleeting shabbiness came over the legend that night." This is him talking about Man U getting Ji Sung Park to man-mark him.

on taking a penalty in euro 2006: "I lifted my eyes to the heavens and asked for help because if God exists, there's no way he's French. I took a long intense breath. That breath was mine, but it could have been the manual worker who truggles to make it to the end of the month, the rich businessman who's a bit of a shit, the teacher, the student, the hooker on the street corner. In that moment I was all of them. It was right in that moment that I understood what a great thing it is to be Italian. It's truly a priceless privilege."

"I’ll never fully shake that sense of absolute impotence when destiny is at work. The feeling will cling to my feet forever, trying to pull me down…

There are always lessons to be found in the darkest moments. It’s a moral obligation to dig deep and find that little glimmer of hope or pearl of wisdom. You might hit upon an elegant phrase that stays with you and makes the journey that little bit less bitter. I’ve tried with Istanbul and haven’t managed to get beyond these words: for feck’s sake."

what a man.

[bwfcdan94]

Always thought he was an absolute little shit as a player but was non the less a technical genius. Clearly quite a funny bloke.

[Prufrock]

Ha! Loving 'if god exists there's no way he's French'.

Is it published in English or has someone translated?

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

"We met in the room used for team meals, halfway between the kitchen and the hall with the hearth where Berlusconi would pound away on the piano and tell various kinds of jokes."

[KeyserSoze]

i'm not sure whether this is real or just some sitcom Pirlo's created in his head.

[bwfcdan94]

i'm not sure whether this is real or just some sitcom Pirlo's created in his head.

I think some of it must be in his dreams.

[malcd1]

i'm not sure whether this is real or just some sitcom Pirlo's created in his head.

I think some of it must be in his dreams.

Each to their own is what I say.

[LeverEnd]

"We met in the room used for team meals, halfway between the kitchen and the hall with the hearth where Berlusconi would pound away on the piano and tell various kinds of jokes."

I wonder who he had over the piano, the old letch?!

[superjohnmcginlay]

I see he's settling in for a day on the piss in that picture. He's got a good few bottles of wine ready to go.

[superjohnmcginlay]

Or has he finished them already?