England goalkeeper Joe Hart said he has no scars from Andrea Pirlo s Panenka at Euro 2012, ahead of their meeting in Brazil.
Italian stalwart Pirlo chipped his penalty in their shootout win over Hart s side in their quarter-final meeting of the European championships.
Hart is set to face Pirlo again in Group D at the 2014 World Cup but the Manchester City custodian insisted he was not fazed by the dishonour of being beaten in such nonchalant fashion by the Juve man.
He scored. I don t think he did it to embarrass me. He just tried to get it in the net and they won the shootout. That s it, Hart said.
Pirlo s recent release of his autobiography revealed he only decided to chip Hart at the last minute, given the Englishman s frenzied tactics in the shootout.
I made my decision right at the last second, when I saw Joe Hart, the England goalie, doing all sorts on his line, Pirlo wrote.
As I began my run-up, I still hadn t decided what I was going to do. And then he moved and my mind was made up. It was all impromptu, not premeditated.
The only way I could see pushing my chances of scoring close to 100 per cent. There was absolutely no showboating about it that s not my style.
Hart is England s first-choice goalkeeper but the 27-year-old said he was wary of being overtaken by Ben Foster (West Bromwich Albion) and Fraser Forster (Celtic).
I m not there yet, I m still pushing hard, Hart said.
We have two great goalkeepers in the squad. We have some fantastic talent.
Ben has had a fantastic season and Fraser has kept clean sheet after clean sheet at Celtic.
I m fully aware of what s around me and it s an enjoyable position to be in.
I m just fighting to keep it.
