Pirlo Ready For Amazing Opportunity at Juve.

• Inter's Conte welcomed the news of Pirlo taking over at Juve.

• Andrea Pirlo expressed his delight at being named Juventus head coach.

Andrea Pirlo expressed his delight at being named Juventus head coach on Saturday.

Serie A champions Juve sacked coach Maurizio Sarri the day after they were knocked out of the Champions League by Ligue 1 side Lyon in the last 16 on Friday and replaced him with World Cup winner Pirlo.

And, the Juve club legend said on social media on Sunday: "I'm deeply pleased and honoured to receive such respect and trust from Juventus.

"Ready for this amazing opportunity!"

Inter Milan boss Antonio Conte - Pirlo's former coach at Juve, and the Italian national team - said: "I'm certainly very happy for Andrea.

"Besides what he gave me at a football level, we are talking about an exceptional person.

"What I think if there are players who I previously coached and are now coaching is that it means that I'm getting old!"

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