Audacious Pirlo gets its right second time around
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June 26, 2012, Tuesday
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ITALY playmaker Andrea Pirlo was rightly praised after conjuring an audacious chipped penalty to beat England's Joe Hart in Sunday's Euro 2012 quarterfinal shootout in Kiev. His brave gambit appears even more courageous when you consider a clip doing the rounds on YouTube of him trying the same trick in a friendly vs Barcelona in August 2010.
Playing for AC Milan in Barca's annual Gamper Trophy game, Pirlo strikes the ball cleanly but Barca goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto anticipates the move and stands his ground and simply catches the ball. Pirlo's humiliating failure causes a good deal of mirth among the players, including Barca's Carles Puyol and Milan's Ronaldinho, as Barca went on to win the shootout.
Playing for AC Milan in Barca's annual Gamper Trophy game, Pirlo strikes the ball cleanly but Barca goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto anticipates the move and stands his ground and simply catches the ball. Pirlo's humiliating failure causes a good deal of mirth among the players, including Barca's Carles Puyol and Milan's Ronaldinho, as Barca went on to win the shootout.
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