Arriving this summer at AS Roma from Olympique de Marseille, Leonardo Balerdi (27) is already making an impression. The Argentine central defender is having an interesting first step and is still coming off a solid performance against Torino (2-0) this Monday for his first start. After the meeting, his coach Gian Piero Gasperini did not fail to praise him.
He went to compare him to Franco Baresi, the AC Milan legend at the microphone of DAZN : “a very strong, modern defender, with an exceptional physique and speed. Who does he remind me of? In Baresi, a defender with similar characteristics, of course, without wanting to make a comparison or mention it. “By his way of interpreting the role and organizing the game, Balerdi is an important element.”
