Former Inter and Roma defender Nicolas Burdisso was interviewed by Laroma24.it where he was asked who his favorite President in club football is.
“I have to say Moratti. I could also say Maurizio Macro who is now President in Argentina but also Rossella Sensi who made a promise and also kept it, or even Preziosi, who is a President whom I’m confronted with every week and surprises me with his vast knowledge of football. But I have to say Moratti, who during a difficult time such as the illness of my daughter knew how to say: ‘you shouldn’t play football right now, return to your home.’ I have to say this, because aside from being a fantastic person, this was a unique gesture.”
The current Genoa captain was asked who the best team mate he ever had was to which he replied: “Walter Samuel. For me he was a legend. When I was a boy I saw him begin his career in the Under 20’s, Newells Old Boys, Boca. When i was promoted to the first team at Boca he was there and we won the Libertadores Cup together. Then I’ve followed his career in Europe, and we were reunited at Inter and the national team. We spent a lot of time together, shared the same room. He is a silent leader.”
i always like burdisso..he has always been a very good defender..but he couldn’t compete with samuel, chivu, lucio, maicon, zanetti when he was with us.. who could anyway??
lol burdisso was never a “very good defender”. Quite the opposite.
He had decent technical ability, but his complete lack of football IQ let him down again and again, which resulted in an almost absurd amount of brainfart on the pitch.
Similarly to Ranocchia and Chivu (post-treble in particular), Burdisso very often went a whole game playing fairly well, but then he would have a complete “WTF moment” that would result in a goal.
He was a ticking bomb every time he played.
c’mon.. he was a very good defender..
but what you said above reminds me of cannavaro when he was playing with us.. he would tackle and do all the tricks, but any mistake he did would cost us a goal..
He really wasnt. i dont think any defender who got a reasonable amount of minutes over the years made more individual mistakes that directly lead to the opponent scoring than Burdisso.
This game really sums up Burdisso for Inter lol, one brainfart after another.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7tpkh_anorthosis-inter-3-3-cl-2008-2009_sport
Yup..everytime he was on the pitch..red card was only a matter of time
His main problems. The fouls that always leads to cards or silly mistakes that leads to goal. Else he was good.. not excellent but good
Still remember Burdisso + Rivas back then