By Joe Strange for MailOnline
Published: 01:14 BST, 10 May 2019 | Updated: 01:21 BST, 10 May 2019
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This is the moment legendary midfielder Andrea Pirlo surprised a group of unsuspecting amateur footballers in New York – and then coached them through their weekly game of five-a-side.
And if that wasn't enough, the former AC Milan star even took the teams to a local bar and got the beers in after showing off the skills which made him one of Italy's greatest-ever players.
Pirlo was back in the Big Apple – the city in which he ended his 22-year career – for Heineken's Champions League Trophy Tour, which gives fans around the world the opportunity to see the famous cup in person in the build-up to the final.
Andrea Pirlo returned to New York City with Heineken's Champions League Trophy Tour
After visiting South Africa, Namibia, Idonesia, China and Nigeria, the tour made its penultimate stop across the pond to give thousands of lucky New Yorkers the chance to experience – and in some cases pose with - the silverware which Liverpool and Tottenham will be competing for in Madrid next month.
The day before giving some locals the shock of their lives, Pirlo made an emotional return to his old club, New York City FC, for their Major League Soccer fixture with Orlando City.
Having won the Champions League twice with Milan and played the final two seasons of his illustrious career in the States, there was no better man to parade the trophy around Yankee Stadium prior to kick-off.
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