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TOTTI: ITALY’S LAST GREAT FANTASISTA

BARNEY STEPHENSON looks at the career of a Roma and Italy icon

FRANCESCO Totti is 40 this year. He has just made his 600th Serie A appearance for Roma and has scored vital goals as I Giallorossi secure Champions League qualification.
Out of contract this summer, the eternal city holds its breath as the future of their favourite son, who has notched almost 250 league goals, is decided.
However, Roman god-like status aside, Totti has a particular significance to Italian football. He is arguably the last in the country's long line of exceptional fantasisti.
An Italian term that descr...

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