exactly. pirlo cant defend anymore. maybe he can but at this age he phisically cant play defense at the highest level while at the same create our play and make deadly passes like he used to. actually he doesent work in defense at all lately. in the CL, we cant afford ourselves to have one player less on the field as big teams would have an easy job scoring goals against us. again, his passes and creativity cant compensate the defensive illability we have when hes on the field...