You can man mark Pirlo because we leave 3 players behind half. There is no consequence for Lyon to sacrifice a player just for Pirlo since we only have 6 players in attack.
If you swap a CB for a trequartista, you can still man mark Pirlo but you will leave a hole in the midfield if Pirlo moves to Bonucci's area to play regista. Then we score goals.
If you swap a CB for a trequartista, you can still man mark Pirlo but you will leave a hole in the midfield if Pirlo moves to Bonucci's area to play regista. Then we score goals.
But I agree that is a simple way to open them up.
