“In my opinion Spalletti came to Roma to make me stop.” Francesco Totti without filters. The former Giallorossi captain spoke about himself to Phenomena, new streaming format by PrimeVideo, conducted by Luca Toni. Maybe it was because he immediately felt at ease among friends, but Totti – guest of the first episode – made some revelations about various key episodes of his career: from farewell to football and the much discussed relationship with Spalletti until spit a Poulsen and the soccer a Balotelli in a Roma-Inter.
Episodes – the last ones mentioned – which have partly tarnished the career of the Giallorossi captain. “Someone may beat my records with Roma, but only those on the pitch. Overcoming my affection and bond with people is impossible. I have never been greater than Roma: we took each other to the top.” Then the focus has moved on to more episodes “warm”, including precisely the farewell al soccer con Luciano Spalletti on the bench.
“In my opinion, Spalletti arrived at Roma in 2016 to make me quit, supported by the company. They were with him every time problems, towards me he was the opposite of Spalletti compared to the one in 2005. Perhaps he is convinced that I did it move away taking his place Ranieri, but it’s not true,” explained Totti, who then spoke about his Goodbye. “It was the company that told me I had to stop. I’m not stupid, I knew that sooner or later I would have to stop but I still felt good about it.” legs e di testa”.
I spit at Poulsen and kick at Balotelli
However, in Francesco Totti’s career there were two episodes that stained it negatively: spitting at Christian Poulsen in Italy-Denmark at Euro 2004 and kicking Balotelli at Roma-Inter, final of the 2010 Italian Cup. On the first episode Totti expressed himself like this: “Even today I don’t realize that I spat at Poulsen. I’m ashamed of it, it is an ugly gesture that as a footballer I would not have accepted to suffer, because it is unworthy.”
However, the situation regarding Mario Balotelli, who Totti kicked during the final on 5 May, in the year of the Treble, was different: “Football to Balotelli? It was something I had been harboring for some time. It was young and it was a phenomenon, but it was also arrogant e conceited. My goal that day wasn’t to tie the game, I just thought that if it happened to me I would take the opportunity to send it in curve. Then I heard him and I apologized to him and we laughed it off.”
