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I know what you mean but it is in the grand scheme of things. Pirlo can be the exception to the norm, because he is world class. He is the one that dictates the pace of the game. The way the side is set up also counters for the fact he isn't a 'presser', because he is that good at his job the team makes allowances for him. No team would ever in their right mind do that for someone as average as Huddlestone.
I still think that Italian football is pretty lets say languid compared to the PL and for that matter La Liga and there are other factors (in terms of Hudds suitability), Italian defenders defend, Hudds biggest weakness is he is not agile and has a turning circle similar to the QE2, which makes it easy for nimble players to get round him, however in possession he shields the ball well enough and has enough nous to turn players and find space to look up and play the passes and from what I have seen, though I have to say I'm no avid Serie A watcher is that a lot of the attacking players tend to be prepared to make the runs. What always surprises me about us is that despite having supposedly pacy players we are often far too static and our off the ball movement-especially now Modric has gone has once more declined making it not just hard for deep lying playmakers to play long range cutting passes but for the midfield to generally play a flowing passing game from back to front