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On the stream, the framerate dropped to a slideshow. Mateo saw Pirlo place the ball. Freeze. He saw Pirlo take three steps back. Freeze. He saw the wall jumping.

"Teach me," Marco whispered.

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The stream snapped back just as Pirlo struck the ball. It wasn't a pass; it was a laser. He didn't run. He didn't need to. He simply leaned back and whipped a diagonal ball forty yards through the air. It sailed over Ashley Cole’s head and dropped like a stone onto the foot of Fabio Quagliarella. On the stream, the framerate dropped to a slideshow