"When I saw him playing football, I wondered if I was a football player."
This sentence is Pirlo's closest comrade Gattuso's evaluation of him. Cafu also praised Pirlo's skills as "as good as Brazilian players". As a front waist, Pirlo led the team to win the European Youth Championship in 2000, and still holds the goal record of U2 1 national team (15 goals, tied with Gilardino). As a midfielder, he played the role of "brain" of AC Milan and became an irreplaceable tactical core in the process of winning the Champions League and League trophies. Pirlo combines the characteristics of Baggio and albertini.
Italy has not produced a convincing genius for a long time since Baggio. He is proficient in organization, scoring and set pieces, and Pirlo's comprehensiveness is amazing. Many fans criticized Pirlo for his soft style and unsuitable for midfield position, but the progress of Andre's defensive skills is obvious to all. What's more commendable is that compared with Piero's weakness, Totti's frivolity and Cassano's stubbornness, Pirlo has excellent leadership temperament, and the turmoil and displacement in his early career made his will extremely strong.