article_snippet.sent: Italy striker Ciro Immobile during Tuesday night's friendly in Turin .
article_snippet.sent: It's similar to what Sergio Busquets did for Spain when they won a World Cup and a European Championship.
article_snippet.sent: And before Sergio Busquets Marcos Senna did the same job in the midfieldSpain .
article_snippet.sent: Carrick performs a similar role to Spain's holding midfielder Sergio Busquets .
article_snippet.sent: Marcos Senna has also performed the Carrick role for the Spanish team with great success .
article_snippet.sent: Carrick may not quite be at the level of Italy's Andrea Pirlo but Carrick's the closest England have got .
article_snippet.sent: In that position Those two winners read the game, looked after the ball, and got the Spanish team with great success going the other way.
article_snippet.sent: And then there's Italy's Andrea Pirlo.
article_snippet.sent: It would be hard to make a case to say Carrick is as good as Italy's Andrea Pirlo, but Carrick is certainly the closest Spain can offer.