"FRANCESCO TOTTI THE CAPTAIN" - A love story of a football genius with a pinch of Italian flavor

"FRANCESCO TOTTI THE CAPTAIN" - A love story of a football genius with a pinch of Italian flavor

How does it all begin? Who passes him the ball? Who sees in him the genius who years later will conquer the world with charisma and talent? All these questions hover around the enigmatic personality of Francesco Totti, and the answers are revealed by him himself in his autobiographical book "Francesco Totti the Captain". Released in 2021 read by the Italian footballer in collaboration with the journalist Paolo Kondo and it can now be found on the market in our country.

Having become a legend of the Italian giant Roma, Francesco Totti lifts the curtain on his most personal moments. The emotions that move the 16-year-old debutant in Serie A, the first meetings with his future wife and the moments in which he realizes that his heart belongs to the "Roman Wolves". Forever.

Francesco Totti has been Roma's captain for 20 years. 5 times won the prize for the best football player of Italy, and in 2004 FIFA places the Italian in the TOP 100 of the greatest living footballers in the history of sports. For your benefit in 2017. of Olimpico Totti reveals:

“I walked towards the light, where the roar of the Olimpico awaited me, as if we were celebrating the Scudetto. The stands rose to their feet in applause to the music from Gladiator. What happened that afternoon at the Olimpico was unprecedented, as thousands of people wept inconsolably as if a parent had died. For them, my giving up football was like saying goodbye to some important part of their lives. "Have I done enough to deserve this love?". I could only answer myself like this: “I also love these people with all my heart. I always did everything so that in the end they roared with pride and joy after a Roma goal." - through the pages of "Francesco Totti the Captain"

Even after his career ended, Totti devoted his life to Roma, taking up the post of the club's sporting and technical director.

All the glamorous moments, all the dark thoughts, all the love in one heart that beats at Olimpico and one man behind the football genius. All this is hidden between the pages of the most personal confession Totti has ever made to the world. His personal.

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