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The update on injury is neither hopeful nor disastrous. Surgery won’t be required, yet, but there’s also no update on when this “therapy” is going to enable him to hit back. In fact, there’s no vague timeline either. He might be back against Livorno — which, to be honest, will be nothing but bad karma [...]
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Video: First 5 games of the season
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Here’s a short compilation made up of Francesco’s highlights of the season so far:
Category: TottiSummer Recap
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Ladies and gentlemen, the definition of epic fail:
“From Totti too. That’s my opinion. Shoo! He is ruining you! He is ruining you! Just like Real Madrid need to do with Raul, Roma need to get rid of Totti. Is that clear?” — Nicola Irti
Obviously the guy watches some different brand of Calcio than the one [...]
Category: TottiCementing the legend status in Calcio history
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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 [...]
Category: TottiComeback #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 calcio on planet Earth.”
Calmly slotting two penalties with CL-qualification [...]
Category: TottiThe 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 consistently as I do the blogging here. In fact, [...]
Category: TottiGiving 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 city is finally over; but just as Francis Bacon famously [...]
Category: TottiBeating 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 the group with Cluj or Bordeaux behind them most probably.
Match-day [...]
Category: TottiThe 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. Whether you dislike either or both, you just can’t [...]
Category: TottiBack 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 tougher one against a substantially better keeper. But [...]
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