I Think, Therefore I Play

By: Andrea Pirlo, Alciato Alessandro

Narrated by: Ric Jerrom

Andrea Pirlo is one of the finest footballers of his generation - a World Cup and Champions League winning playmaker who has redefined his position at the base of midfield, and one of the most deadly free-kick takers the game has known.

This is his story, in his words. It is written with a level of humour and insight which confound his image as a dead-eyed assassin on the field of play. All the big names are in there: Lippi, Ancelotti, Conte, Maldini, Shevchenko, Seedorf, Buffon, Kaka, Nesta, Balotelli, Costacurta, Gattuso, Berlusconi and Ronaldo ('the real one'). But they're not always in their work clothes.

We hear Berlusconi playing the piano and telling 'various types of jokes' at Milan's training ground. We see Pirlo and Daniele De Rossi drawing Nesta's ire as they take him on a mystery tour of the German countryside in a hire car days before a World Cup semifinal. And we smell the aftermath of Filippo Inzaghi's graphically described prematch routine.

With the 2014 World Cup being his last international tournament, this is a timely salute to a special talent who may yet have one final chapter left to write.

©2014 Andrea Pirlo (P)2017 Audible, Ltd

Short and Sweet

Easy to listen to and paints nice picture of a footballing aristocrat. Even if it is at times difficult to imagine Pirlo using some of the turns of phrase. Some interesting insights into his football career: Juve, Milan, Istanbu, World Cup, etc. Those looking to learn about Pirlo the man however may be disappointed as nothing about family, childhood etc.

Very entertaining

Great general insight in what goes on in the brain of Andrea Pirlo, makes you like him even more and appreciate his great career from his lens.