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‘Pirlo has skipped ahead’, says Del Piero – The World Game
Alessandro Del Piero says former teammate Andrea Pirlo has ‘skipped ahead’ in his coaching career with his surprise appointment as Juventus head coach.
Pirlo, a teammate of Del Piero’s for six years in the Italy national team and one year at Juve, was named new head coach of the Serie A champions after Maurizio Sarri’s sacking.
This came as a shock since Pirlo has zero senior coaching experience and only one week earlier had been named coach of the Juve Under-23s.
Reports suggest club president Andrea Agnelli thinks Pirlo will automatically command great respect from the squad due to his incredible playing career, which includes four glitteri…
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