New Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo has named Lionel Messi in his best ever Champions League eleven but left out Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo.
Pirlo and Ronaldo will work together at Juventus next season after the legendary Italian midfielder replaced Mauricio Sarri.
However, when listing is best eleven players who have featured in Europe’s elite club competition, Pirlo has no place for Ronaldo.
Among those who made the list are Pirlo’s club and Azurri teammates Gianluigi Button, Filipo Inzaghi, Gennaro Gatusso, Fabio Cannavaro, Kaka and Paolo Maldini.
Other players included are Manchester United great Paul Scholes, former Barcelona and Spain star Xavi and ex-Bayern Munich and Germany skipper Philip Lahm.
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During his playing career, Pirlo won two Champions Leagues, Serie A and FIFA Club World Cup at AC Milan.
He left Milan and joined rivals Juventus and also picked up the league title.
Also, he helped Italy emerged world champions at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
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5 Italians in the all time eleven? We know Pirlo is patriotic, but this is ridiculous.
Inzaghi picked ahead of CR7, Thierry Henry, Drogba, Etoo, Suarez, Lewandowski, Van Basten? Hehehehehe! In the midfield, what is Scholes doing there? And Gattuso? No Iniesta, no Zidane, no Lothar Matthaus, no Gullit, no Rijkaard?
This is ogogoro selection. If this is how Pirlo is going to manage Juventus next season, the fans have much to fear!
I don’t know what happens to Pirlo
I thought I was the only one laughing at this pirlo selection.. Only God can save Juve from relegation if this is how he intended to coach them. Lolz
This is Corona ecentric selection. Just because you are an Italian, then you now pack all your childhood friends into best eleven, I don’t know you like parapo like this pirlo.
I don’t know what Mr. Pirlo smoked before this interview. Going by the selection, it must be some very strong substance. The man needs to cool down. Smoking all this things that scatter the brain will not help him in his new job!