Defender, a position that is often described as a collection of hard players. rely on physical strength, and do not hesitate to bring down his opponent, and not infrequently get a red card. However, all negative things do not apply to Alessandro Nesta. Growing up in a country famous for its culture, and getting trained in two big Italian clubs, Nesta grew up as a special defender. And under the care of topnotch coaches such as Sven-Goran Eriksson, Zdenek Zeman, and Carlo Ancelotti.
Nesta, who at the beginning of his career played as a striker and midfielder, transformed into a defender who has high artistic value and various achievements. In lazio and milan he has won various trophies on a national scale as well as in Europe, ranging from championship A-series, Italian coppa, super Italian trophy, champions league and European super cup with Gli Aquilotti and Diavolo Rosso.
Rows of prestigious trophies are not included with the medals won by the Azzuri, such as the U-21 European Cup, and of course the peak of the 2006 World Cup. The career of a Nesta is indeed extraordinary, besides the series of achievements above, the individual award is equally flashy. including the best A-series young players, entered the list of 100 best players of the FIFA version, the best team in the European cup, FIFPro world XI, and Uefa, and was named the best serie-A defender for 4 consecutive seasons from 2000- 2003.
As a defender, that number of points is clearly somewhat extraordinary, and then why is Nesta’s career full of achievement? of course because Nesta is not an “ordinary” defender. As mentioned earlier, the defender is a position that is synonymous with rough play. but Nesta did the opposite.
In his career Nesta is a defender who has his own artistic soul. the tackles are smooth, and almost always lead right on target. escort calm but deadly. and even his physical contact looks painless but is very effective in snatching the ball from opposing players.
If players like Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Pirlo have been called green field artists because of their ability to “bewitch” the ball, Nesta is an artist who is different from a position that is often considered to have no artwork.
Nesta paints with all her tackle slides, colors it with a directional header, then is equipped with proper positioning. Even though Nesta is a top defender, he won’t be able to work alone continuously. he needs a tandem that is compact, complementary and also leadership. From a string of high-class defenders called, the first three names are the best players to be called Nesta’s true tandem, Maldini is a defender who often pairs with Nesta in the field.
Around 194 of their matches are played together, with an average of 2.02 points (Opta) earned per match. Both are also part of the golden age of Milan in the early 2000s. Then there is the Negro Paolo, who is the defender who became the patent partner of Nesta while still defending Lazio.
For more than 8 years they spent time together in the green field, and could bring the capital eagle flapping its wings high in the late 1990s. However, because of lazio entwined with financial problems (bankruptcy cragnotti) this duet had to separate in the summer of 2002 which was marked by the sale of Nesta to A.C Milan.
At the end of his career with Milan there was Thiago Silva, a duet that was quite unique, considering that at that time Nesta had passed its heyday (to be exact 32 years old when it was a first duet with a 23-year-old silva). but the combination of the two is sweet, which ends in the 2010/2011 season.
Nesta’s 21-year career is a time filled with joy. although he was hit several times with severe injuries, recorded 16 times on the operating table, and even had time out for 8 months because of a back injury he got, this Rome-born player can always return to his best form of performance.
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