Cementing the legend status in Calcio history
Gabriel Batistuta, Roberto Baggio, Gunner Nordahl, ring any bells? Yes, these are some of the most prolific strikers in history of Serie A. And then there is this guy, who, despite playing as a trequartista for most of his career, has broken into the list of those legends. Welcome to Francesco Totti:
Another interesting phenomenon to spot in that list is that apart from Capitano’s next target — Boniperti — none of the top 10 strikers have dedicated their careers to any particular club. In fact, #5 even went as far as having a pseudo-motto of changing clubs every three seasons of his 18 in the league.
Sometimes, statistics do speak.
P.S.: To all the Pinturrichio fans: With utmost respect, goals scored in Serie B just don’t compare with the ones scored in top-flight, so it’s not even an argument.
Comeback #1976
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If he had been absent from yesterday’s Bologna equation, the 4th spot would already have been a good-bye, it’s as simple as that. Highlights can be found on Chris’ post-match writeup, along with the golden words: “There is simply no greater difference maker in all of [...]
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The Catch-22
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The same old: If he plays, there’s a whopping 5% chance he’ll go through the match uninjured; if he doesn’t there’s an equally colossal probability for Roma snatching the three points. Mirko’s out for the game, with Baptista and Menez capable of converting chances almost as [...]
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Giving Marcello the shivers
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“Seeing how [David] Pizarro and [Francesco] Totti were limping at the end gave me goosebumps. They played with heart and courage for a wonderful romantic game in which everyone gave their all.” — Marcello Lippi
The dream of playing a Champions League final in his own [...]
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Beating the blues
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Oh, and yes they have done that directly too. But this time, they also raced ahead of Chelsea in Group A standings. Here’s a rundown for viewpoint of the masses after European fixtures so far:
Match-day 1 (Roma 1-2 Cluj): LOL, Chelsea are going to annihilate [...]
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The Totti Effect
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Roma’s form: D*WW*W*W*
[*] Denotes matches with Jesus on the score-sheet.
It isn’t just co-incidence. Surely, the men of the match against Fiorentina included Doni, Mexes and Juan too. But this has been evident over the entire past decade: Totti takes Roma to a whole another level, period. [...]
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Back to spoon-feeding the keepers
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“Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.” — E. M. Forster
There are few sights in the world more joyful than seeing Er Pupone exploit goalie’s decision-making abilities with a Cucchiaio. Sure, Amantino did it last season too, with a [...]
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What goes around, comes around (read as: pseudo Deja Vu)
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Alberto’s dummy assist, Francesco’s freekick leaving a tap-in, Panucci scoring the opener and Super Mirko not scoring despite being orgasmic. Rings any bells? All of that happened previous year too against the very same team, Reggina. Except for the fact that Roma wasn’t in a crisis heading [...]
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The Ankle and the Miss-hape
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Let me state the obvious: Terry’s miss in Moscow was infinitely more tormenting for him than Jesus’ one for him. This was Supercoppa. And while every Romanista would have been thoroughly pleased with another one, very few would be aggravated at Totti for his penalty.
No. What mattered [...]
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Return of the King
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Replacing Stefano Okaka Chuka, the Captain was back and … he ran (for those of us who weren’t losing our sleeps only because we had his pics of running on Trigoria stairs, this is huge). He also threaded a long first-touch cross to the wing (typical Totti [...]
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