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The making of Pirlo: “From an early age, I knew I was better than others”
“When I see Andrea Pirlo play, when I see the ball at his feet, I ask myself if I can really be considered a footballer” – Gennaro Gattuso
Down the stairs, or the escalator for the impossibly lazy, come a dozen Juventus players.
An hour before meeting Barcelona in the Champions League final, they traverse a small concrete valley before bounding up another set of steps and into the warm evening glow that illuminates Berlin’s Olympiastadion.
They emerge, to polite applause, and the group scatters.
At its front, 22-year-old forward Alvaro Morata crosses himself before sprinting onto the pitch, changing direction every couple of strides to dissolve any nervous energy.
His strike partner Carlos Tevez, an ADHD footballer utterly incapable of even momentary stasis, follows suit.
Another six break into a jog, swinging arms from side to side and performing a couple of stretches