It’s not always easy to find the right words to describe the enormity of what Andrea Pirlo could do on a football pitch. Some years ago, a clever fan on the internet nonetheless had a go at “defining” what the word Pirlo meant, coming up with something remarkably insightful. His three variations of the Pirlo description included “having no equal; matchless”, “eminent or beyond comparison”, and “better than any other of its type”. This remains the most delightful — and befitting — Pirlo tribute I’ve encountered in all these years, one that I revisited after the Italian announced his retirement
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