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THE GOALKEEPER HAS STOPPED AND TALKED ABOUT THE FUTURE AT INTER CAMPUS AND THE RIVALRY WITH THE BRAZILIAN. WHO IS THE BEST? "IBRA, BATI, DEL PIERO AND MONTELLA."
- "Perfect game": Toldo after one of the three saved penalties in the semi-final of Euro 2000 between Holland and Italy. "My best game and it's better than Fiorentina-Arsenal and Valencia-Inter."
- "I mocked Buffon": "The goal against Juventus in 2002 was a pearl. It erased the brawl in Valencia. I lost my head and I went to do me justice in the dressing rooms."
- "Mou is the best": "Mourinho weighed a lot for the treble. He always has right words, a reward to make you feel important. He is a top coach."
Milan - Branca was in a hurry going to Ghelfi's office to terminate the contract for the player and at the same time sign him to a four-year deal as a manager. Francesco Toldo leaves football with serenity of one who had seen and won everything.
When did you decide to retire?
"Two months before the end of the season. I told myself that if everything went as I wanted the it's time to start another life. On the night in Madrid, I did inform Branca."
And if you had not won it all?
"I would have stayed for the final year of the contract. I also this summer received some offers but I could never wear the shirts other than Inter's and Fiorentina's. Now I will start working with Inter Campus, a wonderful reality."
And yet this was a perfect season with difficult times.
"Yes. Especially between January and February when results did not come. Tension was increased, even in the dressing room. But compared to the past it was a unique synergy between the team, managers and the fans. We all felt the possibility that something specially could happen. We were finally aware of our strength. The turning point was in November with the comeback in Kiev when we were on the brink of elimination. Then taking out Chelsea gave us decisive momentum."
Continue to talk about the dressing room.
"In the team, there are so many strong characters and fighting is not a crime. Indeed, it was an added value. If we didn't have a strong group we would not win the Champions League, Serie A and Italian Cup."
So Balotelli was not the one that created the trouble?
"We all want good things for Mario. He has the intelligence to understand what is right for him and what is not. He must learn from some of his mistakes."
How much did you weigh Mourinho?
"A lot. Even for those who played little. Always had good words to make you feel important. He is the top coach because the way he prepares for the games. But only the weakness are the fossilized memories. I'm sure that Benitez will do well and we won't be regretful."
At first, living with Julio Cesar was not easy.
"When Julio came, Inter did not tell me that I would become the second choice. Also because otherwise I would leave. He started so well. And he exploded. He also found me as a competitor and a loyal friend. I accepted that role and I chose to stay at Inter because Inter are my family."
In which, Italians are lacking...
"True. And for me this was a source of pride. That being said, if the regulations allow us to play many foreigners then I don't see how this is Inter's fault." :thumbsup:
The strongest defender you played with?
"Cordoba. Great physical strength, elevation and hunger. A great security for the team."
The most dangerous striker?
"Batistuta, Ibrahimovic, Del Piero and Montella."
Which one is harder to digest? The final lost to France in Euro 2005 or May 5th at the Olimpico?
"On May 5th. Although it is not worth going back because the facts showed that this was a distorted Scudetto. Yes we collapsed against Lazio, but if certain things didn't happen we would have won by 10 points. It seems like 30 years ago. Not eight."
Your best matches?
"Holland-Italy, against Arsenal in Viola shirt and Valencia-Inter where I saved everything. And the best of all: the goal against Juve."
The worst night?
"The brawl in Valencia. At fist, I tried to restrain Burdisso to avoid trouble but then he became the target for the hand of Navarro. I lost my head. I even threw him into the Valencia dressing room."
The future of Buffon, Marchetti or Sirigu?
"Prandelli will decide. But now I hope Italian schools will shine once more. With children who are feeling invincible on the field. And if you are not convincing then you could take the goal. You are part of a group, but in fact you are always alone."
Who would you like to thank?
"Too many. For now it is the fans. Who were with me even in bad times. My sons Alessandro and Andrea. And especially to my wife Manuela."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8TZpI9Pv40&feature=related
The triple save is at the end of the video, around 6:45.
Amazing, legend.
I was almost in tears when he saved those penalties against Netherlands
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10 years of FIFFriday 9 July, 2010
Blog: Tribute to Toldo
Maybe it was finding out that his Inter teammates had nicked his gloves that persuaded Francesco Toldo to call time on a remarkable career between the sticks. “At times they used to hide them,” he laughed. “I’d find them hung up on different trees.”
Those gloves are now finally hung up for real and although Toldo spent the last five years making no more than 20 appearances in Serie A, he can undoubtedly look back on his two decades in Italian football with an immense feeling of accomplishment, having distinguished himself out as one of the finest goalkeepers of his generation.
Interviewed in yesterday’s La Gazzetta dello Sport, Toldo said: “I hope with all my heart that the Italian school shines again.” The 38-year-old was referring to Italy’s tradition of producing great shot-stoppers of which he is part, such as Dino Zoff and Enrico Albertosi in the `70s, Franco Tancredi, Walter Zenga and Stefano Tacconi in the `80s and Gianluca Pagliuca and Angelo Peruzzi in the ‘90s.
Toldo’s misfortune was to find competition from the irrepressible Gigi Buffon. Yet time and again, he would find a way to step out from his rival’s shadow, no more so than at Euro 2000. Buffon missed that tournament after breaking his wrist in a friendly against Norway, but his absence wasn’t felt.
In the semi-final against Holland, Toldo saw off two penalties in normal time, saving one from Frank De Boer before watching another taken by Patrick Kluivert hit the post. Italy had been down to 10 men since the 34th minute following Gianluca Zambrotta’s sending off. Journalists would later claim that Toldo’s exploits convinced the Azzurri to play for a shoot-out. He didn’t disappoint, saving once again from De Boer and Paul Bosvelt to book Italy’s place in the European Championship Final.
“People still stop me in the street and remind me of that game,” says Toldo. “In those cases doubt creeps into my mind – is that the only thing I did in my career?” The answer is obviously ‘no’. In 1996, when Buffon was still just emerging, Toldo was an inspiration alongside Gabi Batistuta and Manuel Rui Costa in the Fiorentina side that won the club its first Coppa Italia for 21 years, a feat he would help them repeat in 2001.
At Inter, he was a member of the side that notoriously choked on May 5, 2002, but that season was still remarkable from an individual point of view for the fact that Toldone scored a dramatic 95th minute equaliser against Juventus.
And just as Buffon came to eclipse him with La Nazionale, another great goalkeeper, Julio Cesar, would eventually keep him out of the Inter team. But Toldo remained a consummate professional throughout, becoming what Italians call a uomo-spogliatoio, literally a man of the dressing room who keeps morale high and uses his experiences to help his teammates.
“When Julio Cesar became a regular, I understood that it wouldn’t be right to throw a spanner in his works so I tried to resolve any tense situations with a joke while helping the group from the bench,” Toldo later explained.
Just how he would help became clear against Siena on May 16. “I kept a ball hidden under the bench, ready to throw it on to the pitch if need be. A few seconds before the end, I looked around me like a child and kicked it on to the field to waste time. The referee saw me and booked me, while all my teammates took the mickey out of me.”
Italy needs more Toldos, not just from a goalkeeping perspective. His professionalism, talent and perhaps even his furbizia – the sort of cunning that earns respect on the peninsula – mark him out as the quintessential Italian footballer.
http://www.football-italia.net/blogs/jh107.html
Blog: Tribute to Toldo
Maybe it was finding out that his Inter teammates had nicked his gloves that persuaded Francesco Toldo to call time on a remarkable career between the sticks. “At times they used to hide them,” he laughed. “I’d find them hung up on different trees.”
Those gloves are now finally hung up for real and although Toldo spent the last five years making no more than 20 appearances in Serie A, he can undoubtedly look back on his two decades in Italian football with an immense feeling of accomplishment, having distinguished himself out as one of the finest goalkeepers of his generation.
Interviewed in yesterday’s La Gazzetta dello Sport, Toldo said: “I hope with all my heart that the Italian school shines again.” The 38-year-old was referring to Italy’s tradition of producing great shot-stoppers of which he is part, such as Dino Zoff and Enrico Albertosi in the `70s, Franco Tancredi, Walter Zenga and Stefano Tacconi in the `80s and Gianluca Pagliuca and Angelo Peruzzi in the ‘90s.
Toldo’s misfortune was to find competition from the irrepressible Gigi Buffon. Yet time and again, he would find a way to step out from his rival’s shadow, no more so than at Euro 2000. Buffon missed that tournament after breaking his wrist in a friendly against Norway, but his absence wasn’t felt.
In the semi-final against Holland, Toldo saw off two penalties in normal time, saving one from Frank De Boer before watching another taken by Patrick Kluivert hit the post. Italy had been down to 10 men since the 34th minute following Gianluca Zambrotta’s sending off. Journalists would later claim that Toldo’s exploits convinced the Azzurri to play for a shoot-out. He didn’t disappoint, saving once again from De Boer and Paul Bosvelt to book Italy’s place in the European Championship Final.
“People still stop me in the street and remind me of that game,” says Toldo. “In those cases doubt creeps into my mind – is that the only thing I did in my career?” The answer is obviously ‘no’. In 1996, when Buffon was still just emerging, Toldo was an inspiration alongside Gabi Batistuta and Manuel Rui Costa in the Fiorentina side that won the club its first Coppa Italia for 21 years, a feat he would help them repeat in 2001.
At Inter, he was a member of the side that notoriously choked on May 5, 2002, but that season was still remarkable from an individual point of view for the fact that Toldone scored a dramatic 95th minute equaliser against Juventus.
And just as Buffon came to eclipse him with La Nazionale, another great goalkeeper, Julio Cesar, would eventually keep him out of the Inter team. But Toldo remained a consummate professional throughout, becoming what Italians call a uomo-spogliatoio, literally a man of the dressing room who keeps morale high and uses his experiences to help his teammates.
“When Julio Cesar became a regular, I understood that it wouldn’t be right to throw a spanner in his works so I tried to resolve any tense situations with a joke while helping the group from the bench,” Toldo later explained.
Just how he would help became clear against Siena on May 16. “I kept a ball hidden under the bench, ready to throw it on to the pitch if need be. A few seconds before the end, I looked around me like a child and kicked it on to the field to waste time. The referee saw me and booked me, while all my teammates took the mickey out of me.”
Italy needs more Toldos, not just from a goalkeeping perspective. His professionalism, talent and perhaps even his furbizia – the sort of cunning that earns respect on the peninsula – mark him out as the quintessential Italian footballer.
http://www.football-italia.net/blogs/jh107.html
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10 years of FIFLegend is all you can say i will never forget his euro 2000 performances they were just sick. Also he was one of the best while with us sadly he was unlucky to have gigi in front of him in the nt and then jc here at inter.
Still it s unbelievable that he stayed here as a backup considering that in his first year on the bench he still would have been a starter at most clubs.
Still it s unbelievable that he stayed here as a backup considering that in his first year on the bench he still would have been a starter at most clubs.
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Augurissimi Toldone, happy birthday!
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Happy Birthday Toldo