JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Italy’s football legend Andrea Pirlo along with the squad of Juventus FC will entertain their fans in a friendly match against Indonesian All stars at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday (August 6) evening.
The kick off of the match is expected to star at 8:00 pm of Jakarta time. The match is a part of Juventus FC’s 2014 Asia Tour.
The tickets of the match, meanwhile, have been reportedly almost sold out. The promoter of the match, Nine Sport, was selling the ticket at a price of Rp150,000 (regular) to Rp2,500,000 (VVIP) per ticket.
Juventus brought 28-man squad to their Asia Tour in Indonesia. Other than Pirlo, legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, Arturo Vidal, Carlos Tevez, and young France star Paul Pogba also join the squad.
For football fans, Pirlo is not just a legend but simply a Mozart in a football field. Pirlo’s milimetric precision magical assists had brought him and his teams to win a lot of trophies in Italy, Europe, and the worldwide.
In 2006, Pirlo brought Italy to win their fourth World Cup title. Besides that, Pirlo had won 2 European Champions League twice with AC Milan in 2003 and 2007. He had also won Italy’s Serie A scudetto title for five times in combined with AC Milan and Juventus. (haryantos@yosefardi.biz)