Authors: Andrea Pirlo,Alessandro Alciato

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Agnelli, Umberto 100

Apicella, Mariano 81

Armstrong, Lance 146

Armstrong, Neil 31

Asamoah, Kwadwo 127

Atalanta FC 125

Baggio, Roberto 62–63, 100, 119

Baldini, Franco 17, 21

Balotelli, Mario 131, 134

Barca/Barcelona FC 15,
22–28, 77, 121, 145

Baresi, Franco 74

Barthez, Fabien 33

Barzagli, Andrea 40, 138–39

Battisti, Lucio 40

Beckham, David 148

Bennato, Edoardo 39

Bergomi, Beppe 62

Berlusconi, Silvio 8, 19,
75–79, 81

Blatter, Sepp 70–71

Boateng, Kevin–Prince 132

Bolsieri, Gino 147

Braida, Ariedo 46

Brescia FC 9, 12, 15, 18,
62–63, 65–67, 76, 113, 118

Brescia Reserves 39

Busquets, Sergio 26

Buffon, Gianluigi 34, 55, 57, 70, 134

Cagliari FC 97

Calciopoli 17, 104

Calcioscommesse 56

Cambiasso, Esteban 62

Camp Nou 145

Cannavaro, Fabio 70

Capello, Fabio 17–18, 21

Carrerra, Massimo 56

Casillas, Iker 70, 72

Cassano, Antonio 37

Castellini, Luciano 63

Champions League 18, 21, 38, 71, 120, 141, 144,

Champions League Final 2005 84–88, 92

Champions League Final 2007 87

Chechi, Jury 8

Chelsea FC 76–77

Chiellini, Giorgio 57, 134

Clerici, Roberto 147

Conte, Antonio 53–56, 61, 78, 97, 100, 103, 135

Coppa Italia 38, 120

Corioni, Luigi 63

Costacurta, Alessandro 73, 80

Coverciano 20, 38, 40, 46

Crespo, Hernán 86

Del Piero, Alessandro 100, 123, 125–126

Deportivo de La Coruña FC 143–144

De Filippi, Maria 42

De Rossi, Daniele 40–43,
45–47, 137

DiBenedetto, Thomas 21

Di Biagio, Luigi 35

Djorkaeff, Youri 63

Drogba, Didier 72

Dudek, Jerzy 84, 86

Elizondo, Horacio 139

Emerson 18

Estiarte, Manel 25, 29

Eto’o, Samuel 23

Euro 2000 35

Euro 2008 112

Euro 2012 35–36, 40, 72

Falcao, Radamel 70, 72

Ferguson, Sir Alex 110

FIFA Club World Cup 148

Foglio, Paolo 96

Galliani, Adriano 1–2, 19, 73, 77

Gattuso, Gennaro 45–49, 86, 143

Gazzetta dello Sport 119

Gilardino, Alberto 91–92, 94

Guardiola, Pep 23–28, 31, 39, 148

Guglielminpietro, Andrés 65

Hart, Joe 35

Hodgson, Roy 63

Huntelaar, Klaas–Jan 75–76, 78, 81, 83

Ibrahimovic, Zlatan 24,
27–28, 72, 83–84

Iniesta, Andrés 26, 70–71

Inter Milan FC, 5–6, 38, 45, 62–67, 69, 134

Inzaghi, Filippo 48, 62, 78, 87, 93–94, 96, 116

Ivanovic, Branislav 77

Juventus FC 1, 3, 6, 18, 21, 38, 53–57, 66–67, 77, 80, 97, 99, 100–5, 123–8, 132–5, 138, 141

Kaka 76, 86

Leonardo 6

La Masia 26

Lippi, Marcello 32, 40, 42, 47, 61–62, 64–65, 86

Liverpool FC 84–88

Lucescu, Mircea 12–13, 63

Maldini, Paolo 35, 72–74

Manchester United FC 110

Maradona, Diego 8

Marchisio, Claudio 57, 134

Masini, Marco 104

Materazzi, Marco 139

Mätthaus, Lothar 62

Mazzola, Sandro 63

Mazzone, Carlo 76

McBride, Brian 42

Medinah Country Club 101

Meier, Urs 144

Messi, Lionel 70–71

Meson Txistu 19

Milanello 3, 18–19, 23, 46, 48, 75, 78–79, 83, 85, 87, 116

Moratti, Angelo 66

Moratti, Massimo 6, 63–65

Mourinho, Jose 45

Muntari, Sulley 141

Nannini, Gianna 39

Napoli FC 127

Nesta, Alessandro 4, 23–24, 40–41, 44–45, 48, 74, 86, 117, 137

Nou Camp 24

Oddo, Massimo 48

Olympiastadion 32

Onyewu, Oguchi 83

Paris St Germain FC 6

Park Ji–Sung 111

Parma FC 62

Pernambucano, Juninho 115–8

Pertini, Sandro 92

Peruzzi, Angelo 95

Pirlo, Debora 96

Pirlo, Lidia 8, 147

Pirlo, Luigi 8, 112, 147

Pirlo, Niccolò 71, 96

Pizarro, Claudio 76

Platini, Michel 100, 119

Porto FC 145

Prandelli, Cesare 37, 70, 132, 134

Pro Patria FC 132

Raiola, Mino 24, 133

Real Madrid FC 15, 17–22, 27, 75, 121

Red Star Belgrade FC 18

Reggina FC 64, 96

Rivera, Gianni 12

Roma FC 21–22, 109

Ronaldinho 24

Ronaldo 63, 72

Ronaldo, Cristiano 70–71

Rossi, Sebastiano 95

Ryder Cup 101–102

Sacchi, Arrigo 55

Santiago Bernabeu 18

San Remo Music Festival 22

San Siro 3, 24, 95

Schembri, André 107–10

Scudetto 54, 69, 97, 104

Seedorf, Clarence 86

Serie A 59, 85, 118, 126, 135, 141, 150

Serie B 17, 58, 128, 134

Serie C 58

Shevchenko, Andriy 86

Simoni, Gigi 63

Stadio San Paolo 127

Stellini, Cristian 57

Tardelli, Marco 64–65

Tassotti, Mauro 74

Tempera, Vince 22

Terim, Fatih 79–81

Thiago Silva 74

Tinti, Tullio 2, 5, 18–21, 63, 65, 148–50

Torino FC 137

Totti, Francesco 35–36, 61, 109

Udinese FC 85–86

UEFA 72, 145

Van Bommel, Mark 5

Van Persie, Robin 72

Vatta, Sergio 39

Vespa, Bruno 78

World Cup Mexico 1986 39

World Cup Italia 1990 39

World Cup Germany 2006 12, 16, 18, 35, 40, 48, 71, 120

World Cup final (July 9, 2006) 12, 31–32, 139

World Cup South Africa 2010 46

Xavi 26, 70

Zeman, Zdenek 74

Zico 119

Zidane, Zinedine 139

Thanks

Thanks to Andrea Pirlo, first because I’ve found a friend. Secondly, because when he starts talking, there’s no stopping him, and that’s the discovery of the century.

To my wife Eleonora, who talks more about Andrea than me, but that’s okay: she’s the discovery of a lifetime.

To Cesare Prandelli, for a preface written from the heart and re-read the day of a game. He was thinking about the World Cup but he still found time to think of us.

To Martina Maestri, who read everything first up. She’s the Pirlo of friendship.

To Daniele De Rossi, for his advice on the jokes and the messing around.

To Marco Nosotti and Veronica Baldaccini, for all the time they gifted me. They’re my Nazionale.

To Massimo Ambrosini, for explaining Pirlo’s character to me.

To Paola because, come on, there must be a library up there otherwise what kind of heaven would it be?

To all my Coverciano friends, in particular Simone Orati, for pretending not to notice when I sneaked into secret rooms out of hours.

To Andrea Delmonte, for believing in me (and the man from Delmonte said ‘yes’).

To Ciacia Guzzetti, whom Samuel Eto’o called mum.

And, obviously, to my dad Mario and mum Carola, to my sister Benedetta, to my grandmother Sandra and my family in general. They’re always the first names on my teamsheet. All of them.

Alessandro Alciato