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Raz

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Nov 20, 2005
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Yes. And I mean no disrespect to Pirlo but he has clearly declined and to me is mostly unusable in the CL.
Unusable is a stretch, but I agree, that it seems he declined a lot. At least he seems a lot slower and slows the team too much.

So if you did, you should know that probably just a few from here would have made that pass in a competative match :D
 

MikeM

Footballing Hipster celebrating 4th place with Tuz
Sep 21, 2008
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Unusable is a stretch, but I agree, that it seems he declined a lot. At least he seems a lot slower and slows the team too much.

So if you did, you should know that probably just a few from here would have made that pass in a competative match :D
Yes perhaps you're right. Maybe they have a better chance at beating Pirlo in a sprint then? I think that contest would be closer. ;)
 

Ragazza

Calciopoli Director
Jul 22, 2013
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Yes. And I mean no disrespect to Pirlo but he has clearly declined and to me is mostly unusable in the CL.
Against quicker teams like Madrid I would say so, but not necessarily useless in general. It does seem like his time at the very top level is winding down though, but who knows he might rediscover himself for another couple years after international retirement.
 

Ragazza

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Jul 22, 2013
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If you don't think he's underperforming at all whatsoever, then I wonder if you've actually been watching the matches or just reading the stats afterwards. Anyone with eyes can see he's been declining this season, except for a few occasional glimpses of his usual self.
 
Mar 9, 2006
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If you don't think he's underperforming at all whatsoever, then I wonder if you've actually been watching the matches or just reading the stats afterwards. Anyone with eyes can see he's been declining this season, except for a few occasional glimpses of his usual self.
Our opponents are using new tactic against us - one of their forwards/midfielders man marks Pirlo for 90 minutes and giving him some problems whenever he is with the ball, even Benzema was doing it, to resolve this problem Conte should show some games on TV of Italy NT to Vidal/Marchisio/Pogba etc. when Gattuso/De Rossi were playing near Pirlo and were protecting him from any fucker who was about to press on him, in many situations Pirlo is absolutely alone and it's huge problem
 

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