Diego Perotti struck at the death as Roma handed club icon Francesco Totti a farewell to remember with a thrilling 3-2 win at home to Genoa in a packed Stadio Olimpico yesterday
Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti gets a farewell. Pic/ AFP
Diego Perotti struck at the death as Roma handed club icon Francesco Totti a farewell to remember with a thrilling 3-2 win at home to Genoa in a packed Stadio Olimpico yesterday.
Totti, playing his final game with the capital side after a storied 25-year career that garnered only one league title, was handed a final-day gift when he was called upon to replace Egyptian Mohamed Salah on 54 minutes.
Totti failed to score on what was his 619th and final Serie Aappearance of 785 in total. But by the end of a valuable win that secured Roma’s place in next season’s Champions League, the evergreen playmaker experienced a send-off that saw almost the entire stadium shed tears.
One teary-eyed fan broke the barriers to run and hug his hero as they waved off arguably the most symbolic player in Italy over the past 20 years.
Totti played a pivotal role in Roma ending an 18-year wait for the scudetto in 2001 is now set to start working alongside Roma’s sporting director Monchi.
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