VIDEO: Pirlo's free kick completely fools Joe Hart
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Andrea Pirlo's miss in the dying minutes of Italy's 2-1 victory over England was a thing of beauty.
It seems strange that a video of a miss at the World Cup could potentially go viral, but the movement on Pirlo's free kick left goalie Joe Hart bewildered as he stood still watching the ball glide over the wall and swerve into the crossbar.
It would have been the second straight international tournament where the Italian maestro made Hart look silly had the ball gone in the net.
This penalty at the 2012 UEFA European Championship was probably in the back of Hart's mind as he watched the ball float through the air.
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