There are men you always want to have by your side, players you always want on your team, legends you always want to be part of your history. Tarcisio Burgnich embodied the strength and values of our Club and Inter had the privilege of seeing him fight for their colors: statuesque, relentless, humble and always loyal.
Having entered the history of the Grande Inter and in the memory of the Nerazzurri fans for the great temperament and character he showed on the pitch, he formed with Giacinto Facchetti one of the strongest pairs of full-backs in the world in that Inter where defense was a fixed point, forged by the wizard Herrera with athletically and mentally prepared champions to face and stop all kinds of opponents.
As in the match that Burgnich always carried in his heart, played two years after his arrival at the Nerazzurri, the final match against the sacred monsters of Real Madrid by Di Stéfano, Puskás, Gento, “the ones we had only seen in the stickers“. One day he managed to upset the hierarchies and bring the first Champions Cup to the Nerazzurri showcase. And then the story that repeats itself, exactly one year later, against Eusebio’s Benfica at San Siro.
12 seasons at Inter, 4 Scudetti, 2 Champions Cups, 2 Intercontinental Cups, 6 goals and 467 games to defend our colors, race after race, training after training, forging more every day to become the “Rock” that everyone we met, just as Armando Picchi had renamed it. The retreats, always alongside the unforgettable Giacinto Facchetti: “I slept more with him than with my wife”Burgnich always said. With him he was also a starter in the winning national team of the 1968 European Championship and vice-champion of the world of Mexico in 1970, when he scored the goal of the 2-2 in the semi-final Italy-West Germany (4-3): a furious and precious goal. in what went down in history as the game of the century. 66 times on the pitch with the Azzurri shirt and a life dedicated to football divided between a career as a player and a coach.
Humble and determined, unsurpassed for his opponents and a precious ally for his teammates: today his proud gaze and his strength are precious memories, an image that will always remain etched in our history.
Hi Tarcisio, you will always be our “Rock”.
The funeral of Tarcisio Burgnich will be held on Thursday 27 May at 2.30 pm, at the church of San Giovanni Bosco in the Marco Polo district of Viareggio, in via Maroncelli 332.
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