Pirlo extends Juventus Stay till 2016
By Opeyemi Oladunjoye
Italian talisman, Andrea Pirlo has renewed his contract with the Italian champions, Juventus until June 2016.
The 35-year-old, who is an embodiment of fear for England ahead of their first World Cup match on Saturday, joined Juve from Milan in 2011.
The club website said: “For 131 games, Andrea Pirlo has been the fulcrum of the side, the intersection through which every move passes.
“Six thunderbolts have been released from his foot this season, 14 goals in total. In three years he’s played his team-mates through on goal 30 times, touching the ball at least once for every minute he’s spent on the pitch (11,551 balls played versus his 11,344 minutes in action), with a pass completion rate of over 90%.”
England’s coach, Roy Hodgson has picked him out as the man England most feared after he destroyed their European Championship hopes in 2012.
