I have a feeling Pirlo will struggle against Dortmund's endless pressuring.
To me Pirlo has lost a lot of glory this year, but I am not sure if he has declined because of his age or because of the tactic. It's not like his style should be hampered by his age much though his motivation might have been.
I feel like he is being deployed even deeper down the pitch and have to break down more attack rather than create attacks. He is also not covering as much areas of the pitch anymore as before, he doesn't roam around and I think that is down to tactics rather than loss of stamina. He has likely been told to sit more deep and hold position in order to reduce room in the middle for opponents to counter and attack.
He's now more of a first pass from the defence to the midfield rather than from the midfield to a running attacker (or midfielder/Licht running through). That being said I feel like it's more of a tactical disposition where he is not allowed to flourish as much and by that I am not trying to attack the tactics or Allegri. However, with the current tactics our running patterns into the box and set ups are rather different than last years and do perhaps not suit Pirlo's game as much.
I hope Pirlo can adapt and find his game again as he will always remain a champion. Finally, I hope he remains in our club after he hangs up his boots and teaches our young kids to look and play like a WC2006 player.
To me Pirlo has lost a lot of glory this year, but I am not sure if he has declined because of his age or because of the tactic. It's not like his style should be hampered by his age much though his motivation might have been.
I feel like he is being deployed even deeper down the pitch and have to break down more attack rather than create attacks. He is also not covering as much areas of the pitch anymore as before, he doesn't roam around and I think that is down to tactics rather than loss of stamina. He has likely been told to sit more deep and hold position in order to reduce room in the middle for opponents to counter and attack.
He's now more of a first pass from the defence to the midfield rather than from the midfield to a running attacker (or midfielder/Licht running through). That being said I feel like it's more of a tactical disposition where he is not allowed to flourish as much and by that I am not trying to attack the tactics or Allegri. However, with the current tactics our running patterns into the box and set ups are rather different than last years and do perhaps not suit Pirlo's game as much.
I hope Pirlo can adapt and find his game again as he will always remain a champion. Finally, I hope he remains in our club after he hangs up his boots and teaches our young kids to look and play like a WC2006 player.
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