Andrea Pirlo reinvented the life of the average person in New York
Andrea Pirlo reinvented the life of the average person in New York
For many people around the world Andrea Pirlo was a god. He has played in some of the best teams in the world, he has won twice the Champions League and has six titles in Italy. Three times voted the best player in Serie A, and in 2006 became the world champion Azzurri with squadra. They call it the Mozart and professors. His autobiography, released in 2013, titled "I therefore play" and became a bestseller in Italy. He has met with two popes, and with a quick search in Google you can find the results as "37 reasons why Pirlo was the greatest man alive."
All this does not matter in New York, where he currently lives Pirlo. He tossed along with everyone in the crowds at the crossroads of Manhattan, from time to time someone fan turns to see if he really has seen football star. Last summer Pirlo surprise the world with its passage in New York City for 2.5 years. 36 years old boy from Brescia, which in his homeland graced the cover of "Vanity Fair" and "GQ", is preparing for his first photo shoot for the magazine in the US. The gentle rain does not bother him - over the years in Turin is accustomed to bad weather.
Although just did a workout, Andrea appears perfectly dressed in a blazer of "Massimo Piombo" with bright orange jacket open. Dutifully standing in the rain while several photographers and stylists to fuss over laptop between shots. A similar scene in Italy would quickly gather a crowd, but here people go around without paying attention. Well, New York has all soon appear three milanisti who are on vacation in the Big Apple. "Bye, Andrea", shout, and a few tourists take out their phones to take pictures. Pirlo smiles modestly.
Life in America is the exact opposite of the one that led the previous celebrity of Major League Soccer, David Beckham. While the Englishman rode in a custom "Cadillac Escalade" in which shone the number of incidents his Pirlo prefers to walk around Manhattan on foot. Evening often walk around the High Line or goes to play golf in the Bronx. Once he took his girlfriend exhibition of Alberto Burri and failed to consider the pictures without being bothered by anyone. Occasionally drops in "Felidiya" - Italian restaurant, which is owned by the mother of a friend to drink a glass of wine. One could say that Italian restaurants should be fed him as far always lived at home.
"But there could not walk to restaurants. So now I like to just go out, "says Andrea. In New York Pirlo enjoys anonymity because his every public appearance in Italy was quickly transformed into a mass event. He still remembers the crowds of fans and police escorts, including living in Europe. "There have been cases where we stood for hours in the locker room. Only late at night by the police they tell us that it is safe and we can go back to their homes. Other times it has happened to us attacked the bus or its burst tires, "recalls Pirlo.
Last June his contract with Juventus expires and Pirlo began seriously considering whether to move to America. He was eager to leave behind charter and five-star hotels, in which reside the top players in Europe. Months later, he can not believe his luck. "I always wanted to come to play here, but I never expected it would happen so quickly," he admits. The same applies to football fans in New York. Among his new fellow citizens as Alex Rodriguez, Eli Manning and Carmelo Anthony Pirlo is the man with the most success on the world stage. Here he also performed at the level - finished third on the team in number of assists, although arrived mid-season. His ability to organize the game from midfield helped the team full of young players to stabilize performance.
"It is the people that I saw as a child. It is amazing that now play on the same team with him, "says 22-year-old Auks Shelton, who is 14 years younger than Pirlo.
Medzhar League Soccer also quick to capitalize on what we have in the face of Pirlo. Commissioner Don Garber compares the influence of Italian to that of Beckham. "I can not say exactly how many people who paid attention to football past him, but certainly a lot. Even fans of other sports teams in town are already saying, 'Man, I need to get the game to City, "said Garber. Shirt midfielder is already the fourth best selling in the league, which will quickly kill annual salary of 2.3 million. Dollars. This is 46 times the salary of the worst paid players in MLS, some of which work and anything else for a living.
Pirlo has no such problems, but there are others. Eight months after his arrival has not yet perfected his English enough. However progressing and hopes soon to learn it so far as to visit the production of "Broadway" and this is not a waste of time. Already he learned most of the rules of American football and watch all matches. Still ordered clothes from Italy, but that does not mean that New York did not like. There are two years of the contract with the City, then? "Maybe I will stay to live in the city. It would be interesting, "admits Pirlo.
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