qs! wrote:
Klaus wrote:
Fail to see what Pirlo did wrong in the game.
Well there was the feigning injury in the first to get play stopped for a start.
Yeah, it wasn't pretty. I was asking why some thought he had a poor game though, not whether he'd gone to ground easy.
spaceman spiff wrote:Are you being serious? Misplaced all sorts of passes long and short, even got caught on the ball a handful of times which almost never happens to him. I'm sure his opta stats will paint a pretty picture but he didn't provide enough for the forwards, and Prandelli surely couldn't have expected the other 3 midfielders to do it - that's why Pirlo is there.
He's there to play the quick ball out of the defence. That's why he's positioned deep and not behind the strikers. I thought he looked like he usually does. Italy just decided to back home and played a very deflated formation after Cassano scored which meant there wasn't much movement in front of him.
