Thank you, Rome. Thank you to my mother and father, my brother,

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Over the years, I’ve tried to express myself through my feet, which have made everything simpler for me ever since I was a child.

Speaking of childhood, can you guess what my favourite toy was? A football, of course! And it still is today.

At some point in life, you grow up – that’s what I’ve been told and that’s what time has decided.

Damned time.

Back on 17 June 2001, we all wanted time to pass a little more quickly.

We couldn’t wait to hear the referee blow the final whistle.

I still get goose bumps now when I think back to it.

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Today, time has come to tap me on the shoulder and say:

‘We have to grow up. As of tomorrow, you’ll be an adult. Take off those shorts and boots because starting today, you are a man. You can no longer enjoy the smell of the grass, the sun on your face as you bear down on the opposition’s goal, the adrenaline consuming you, the joy of celebrating.’

Over the past few months, I’ve asked myself why I’m being awoken from this dream.

Imagine you’re a child having a good dream… and your mother wakes you up to go to school.

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You want to keep dreaming… you try to slip back into the dream but you never can.

This time, it’s not a dream, but reality.

And I can no longer slip back in.

I want to dedicate this letter to all of you – to all the children that have supported me.

To the children of yesterday, who have grown up and become parents and to the children of today, who perhaps shout ‘Tottigol’.

I’d like to think that for you, my career has become a fairytale for you to pass on.

It’s really over now.

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I’m taking off that jersey for the final time.

I’ll fold it away, even though I’m not ready to say ‘enough’ and perhaps I never will be.

Forgive me for not giving interviews and clarifying my thoughts, but it’s not easy to turn out the light.

I’m afraid. It’s not the same fear you feel when you’re standing in front of the goal, about to take a penalty.

This time, I can’t see what the future looks like through the holes of the net.

Allow me to be afraid.

This time, it’s me who needs you and the love that you’ve always shown me.

With your support, I will succeed in turning the page and throwing myself into a new adventure.

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>>76205403
>>76205443
>>76205476
I love Totti as much as any other Roma fans, but that speech was clearly written by a speechwriter.

At other times, Totti has always been a blockhead who can barely string two coherent sentences together and how he's a poet

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Now, it’s time for me to thank all of the team-mates, coaches, directors, presidents and everyone who has worked alongside me during this time.

To the fans and the Curva Sud, a guiding light for all Romans and Romanisti.

Being born Roman and Romanisti is a privilege.

Being the captain of this team is an honour.

You are – and will always be – my life. I will no longer entertain you with my feet, but my heart will always be there with you.

Now, I will go down the stairs and enter the dressing room that welcomed me as a child and that I now leave as a man.

I’m proud and happy to have given you 28 years of love.

I love you.

Is this the cringe thread?

>>76205521
>I love Totti as much as any other Roma fans
No, you do not

Totti is so fucking based

F

>>76205557
No, this isn't the "English" Plastic League thread or the Englel lose to a fucking dentist thread, this is the One club man who won a world cup, Francesco Totti the legend thread

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>>76205575
Come on we all know that despite his passion and love Totti's not the brightest bulb by a significant margin.

In a way this is what makes Totti /ourguy/, as he plays with pure passion but if you listen to his speech he's never that bright/coherent and you can clearly tell there's not much going on up there

>>76205575
He's right, Totti is not very bright and it's something Italians are aware of

>>76205521
Why wouldn't he? It's like a HoF speech

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based Totti, born as a Roman kid, leaves as a Roman king

>>76205736
That was literally Totti's finest hour. FUCK Balotelli.

> vi amo!
Best of luck, capitano ;_;

>>76205521
Well you're right, but before he started reading that he made a spontaneous speech and he said he wrote that letter with the help of his wife, which works for italian television.

Kicking a shithead like balotelli or spitting into Poulsen face is surely wrong, but both of them were cunts and kinda deserved that. (Not justifying what he did, but he's not an animal like Chiellini, Pepe, Keane)

And as much as you think you love him, you'll never love him the way italians did and no one can love him like an italian Roma supporter loves him. Being a 13yo kid and watching him saying his team "Mo je faccio er cucchiaio", Roman slang for "Now I'll do the lob shot/spoon" (dunno the exact english for that) and actually doing it to Van Der Sar, a 2m tall gk, the emotion of that was something truly unbelievable.

And this was one of the many moments this legend gifted to us.

Yeah but Messi is much better

>>76205736
>>76206569
i was at the stadium that night. the crowd's reaction was insane

>>76205388
>muh loyalty

>>76206885
That's a fact but nice try with the false flag you halal shitdrid faggot

>>76206847
>you'll never love him the way italians did and no one can love him like an italian Roma supporter loves him

I guess not, as I never grow up in a culture of 15% unemployment rate, do nothing all week, go eat dinner from mamma's cooking, and watch football.

However don't discount international fans. We made a bigger sacrifice in going for a pilgrimage to watch the games live. I remember going to Italy, skipping finals and signing off for an incomplete grade in college, for a month during the penultimate conclusion of 2009-2010 season. My uncle was a lifelong Roma fans and he was so sure that Roma gonna win the Scudetto, after beating Mourinho's treble winning Inter at home and then winning the Derby against Lazio. The rest of the fixtures was supposed to be a decent cakewalk, but in typical Roma fashion they dropped the ball and got beat by Sampdoria the day we landed in Da Vinci International airport