Andrea Pirlo shares several qualities with Zinedine Zidane and that can help him be a success at Juventus according to Marcelo Lippi.
The Italian maestro was appointed as Maurizio Sarri's successor following a below par season for the Bianconeri.
At 41-years-old is young for a manager and played alongside some of the current crop of players in the twilight of his career.
Lippi believes that Pirlo's age will allow him to better relate to his players with team leaders Cristiano Ronaldo and Giorgio Chiellini well into their 30s.
Zidane took over at Real Madrid in 2016 with minimal experience but has still been a roaring success and the new Juventus boss has been backed to do likewise.
He told La Gazzetta dello Sport magazine Sportweek: “He is still like the great champions who are playing now, so he can talk on level terms with Cristiano Ronaldo and Giorgio Chiellini, like a colleague.
"Zidane was similar when he took over at Real Madrid, so perhaps Juve need someone with those characteristics at this moment in time.
“Zidane didn’t bring any technical, tactical or training innovations to Real Madrid. He just made the squad feel calm, used the best players in the ideal conditions to give their best. And he won everything.
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“Like Zidane, Pirlo retired from football and took three years to think carefully about what he really wanted to do next in life.
"I was having lunch with Zidane and his agent-friend Migliaccio in Ibiza when he confessed: ‘I want to try as a coach.’ Andrea has done the same.
“Just like Zidane, Pirlo spent his career at top clubs, he knows the philosophy, how it feels when you win or lose, what it means to be in that environment.”
Pirlo's major task will be to excel in Europe, something Zidane has done emphatically, with Juventus' last success in the Champions League coming in 1996.
