50 Greatest Players In World Cup History 40 Andrea Pirlo
Do not take the forbearance for complacency though. Andrea Pirlo was out there at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, displaying his immaculate passing ability in all its spectacular pomp, eagerly deliberated and calibrated like it was forensic science. The regista of registas pumped a delightful ball from the corner which was headed home by Marco Materazzi to equalize for the Italians after Zidane had put the French ahead. He was there to take the first spot-kick in the shootout and coolly slotted it past Fabian Barthez to ease the nerves of his teammates....