Pirlo set for emotional Milan return

Andrea Pirlo is ready to confront his old team-mates when Juventus meet AC Milan in Sunday's Trofeo Berlusconi.

But, he is ready to challenge his former club after leaving them this summer following a decade of success

Pirlo returns to San Siro for the first time since departing the champions in June and while he is not afraid, emotions are likely to run high.

"I will feel an emotion, but sooner or later it was likely that I would be playing against Milan," Pirlo told La Stampa.

"It's best to get stuck in straight away."

Pirlo built strong relations with some of the veterans at San Siro during his 10-year spell there but he has insisted that it will not cloud his judgement on the pitch.

"Relations to not end just because you move away. I had to change as everyday was the same, and I wanted a fresh challenge," he concluded.

Kick-off at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium is at 20:30 CET.

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Still can't believe he's a juve player. Just sounds weird!!

He looks so different in our kit. Going to be even stranger with a full match against AC Milan. I hope he creates a goal or 2 just for old times sake.

It doesn't feel good :/

We need him as it is right now. We have no creative midfielder, and its so annoying that we sold him when we could have sold Gattuso, Ambrosini, Seedorf etc instead!

Eivindo wrote:We need him as it is right now. We have no creative midfielder, and its so annoying that we sold him when we could have sold Gattuso, Ambrosini, Seedorf etc instead!

you let him go on free ( and yes I agree with u bro

Well Pirlo played a bit versus BOTH his former teams in the Trofeo TIM, but this is much bigger.