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Burdisso: Luis Enrique poorly treated by Roma

Former AS Roma defender Nicolas Burdisso felt Luis Enrique was poorly treated by the Giallorossi. The Barcelona coach barely lasted a year at Roma.

Genoa defender Burdisso told Marca: "He paid great attention to detail and was always watching the opposition.

"He's a perfectionist who is meticulous, but I think he didn't get the respect he deserved [at Roma] because he's young and was in a new place.

"He's also foreign.

"However, it's impossible to speak ill of him and nobody at Roma did that. He's an absolute innovator who arrived at a time when the club was in a process of change, with new leadership, young signings and some veterans.

"When he was here we started to play from the back, with one-on-one actions, and took risks. In Italy they didn't do that before.

"Luis Enrique was key in that developing in Calcio, particularly with Antonio Conte's Juventus, who also started to play the ball out of defence."

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