Pirlo:"Verratti is the future of Italian and European football"

While Andrea Pirlo is starting what could be his last season, there is another midfielder ready to inherit his role on the Italian national team. The former Milan and Juventus registra described Marco Verratti during an interview with L'Equipe:"He's really a great footballer and he'll be the future of Italian and European football for next twenty years. He plays a position similar to mine, but we are different in style. He makes more short passes and dribbles a lot more compared to me. He's the best player today and will continue to be so tomorrow. At the end of the match against Barcelona, I sent him a message to congratulate him and he told me that was the message that he liked the most. Then I told him he became the number one because I'm about to end my career