Last Sunday many Italian people watched
Totti's tears during his last ride
around the football field as ''Roma's
Captain''. ''Time has come'' Totti said in a post-match speech, from the centre
of the pitch, in front of almost 60,000 fans inside the 'Stadio Olimpico'
The weeping of ''er Pupone'' (Italian
people call him this way) was
accompanied by the soundtrack of the movie ''The Gladiator''; his hug to his children, The
King Lion song, Ennio Moricone's music,
Francesco Totti's close-up face on the
giant screen and when the songs by Antonello Venditti started from the speakers
of the Olimpic Stadium, we were all in tears.
''Here we are, the time has come which I hoped would never come'' he said on the
microphone. ''But there’s always a
moment when you must grow up, that’s what happens in time... Damn time!''
It was impossible not to be moved. It's strange, everything appeared so
beautiful but at the same time extremely sad.
So many people followed the farewell to
football of a champion, a man, who has never left his
club, Roma , for more desirable and international
destinations. His loyalty was amazing and it is a rare thing in the world of
nowadays football.
''Totti is a Gladiator as his tattoo says''
his supporters said regarding his football career, ''his goals are masterpieces and we will never forget them, as
well as his “spoon” or his assists''.
His fans will never hardly feel those emotions again.
Last Sunday was called ''Totti Day'', emotions the no-one wanted to end. At that
moment Francesco Totti took off his captain band and put it on the arm of a
boy: a very young footballer of Roma club that was , for his supporters, a bridge between past, present and future. For
Mattia the boy, it was a moment he won't forget for the rest of his life.
Totti took leave from Roma Club, after an
infinite field ride, with his last ball kicked in the grandstand, called
''Curva Sud'', on the ball there was written '' I will miss you''. The right
epilogue for a soccer fairy-tale.
Here are the most significant events of Totti’s
career.
- Debut and first goal in Serie A. ''Let's get the boy to the field'' these were the Mihajlovic's words the 28th Marc 1993, In the Rigamonti stadium in Brescia. Francesco Totti’s story started then. On that day he also scored his first goal, the first of his 250 goals in Serie A.
- Sliding doors. Roma Team risked to lose Totti when the football manager Carlos Bianchi decided to sign a loan to take him to Sampdoria Club and, subsequently, when Milan Club wanted him. It was almost done but, fortunately, Totti played the last matches very well and the president decided to keep him.
- The first shirt with number 10 will be forever. From the 1997 until the 2017 Totti wore only number 10 shirt giving thanks to Zeman, the 1997s Roma team manager
- There’ll only be one Captain. In 1998 Totti received the Captain band by Brazilian Aldair.
- Mo je faccio er cucchiaio. It means ''Now
I'll give him a spoon'', his famous penalty. During the European Championship kicked
his first ''spoon'' to Van der Sar,
playing against Holland.
- Italian Champion. In the season 1999/2000 Roma became the Italian football champion
- Let's take Madrid. There was a time when Roma defeated Real Madrid!
- Villa Stuart-Berlin-Circo Massimo. It was the year of the World Championship. During a match against Empoli, Totti got injured, so it seemed that he wouldn't go to Berlin to play the World Cup. Instead, he surprised everyone and went to Berlin to raise the Cup to the sky.
- Before Ronaldo and Messi's eras. He won the Golden Boot for scoring 52 goals during the season 2006/07
He became the longest-active footballer to score in the Champions League. In the last
great championship final, he reached 300 goals with Rome Club. What Totti did on the field will remain in the history of football.
MATTEO
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