The last most exciting field lap in the world. Something special happened in Rome tonight because you can win little or nothing, but in life some loves never end. And so it will be for Francesco Totti and Roma Giallorossi, of which he has been a symbol for a quarter of a century that makes everyone feel older: suddenly, for the farewell of a star player, one realizes how many years have passed. "Time has decided", he says excitedly and with a microphone in his hand, addressing 60 people who are crying, and this is precisely the point: over the class and passion for football of this eternal idol of the Roma people, what won no one can escape, beyond the technical choices of Spalletti and the corporate ones of Pallotta, both loudly booed by the public.
Roma beat Genoa 3-2 with a goal in the 90th minute from Perotti, and this prowess by the former player took everyone away from embarrassment, otherwise what party would it have been without Roma directly in the Champions League? The initial goal by Pellegri, a sixteen-year-old prodigy who was just three months old at the time of the last Roma championship, in 2001, and then that of Lazovic a few minutes after the 2-1 by De Rossi who almost brought down the Olimpico. Victory restores its most authentic dimension to the party: from France Football to mayor Raggi, from World Cup friends Pirlo and Cannavaro to champions like Messi, it's not just Rome that greets the symbol of Rome.
At one point, left alone at the level of the Tiber grandstand, he almost can't make it and has to sit on the sideline advertising billboards where "Thank you Captain" is now written: he stops to look at the public, and while Ennio Morricone's music puts his hands on his head, shakes it, shows evident sadness. And in the meantime, while he says to the fans "I'm scared, and I need you", making all the unease for this farewell appear, the images of Sabrina Ferilli, Claudio Amendola and Carlo Verdone pass on the monitors, also in the throes of emotion, many people continue to cry in the stands, men and women of all ages. Totti has undoubtedly won too little compared to his enormous technical value, but he triumphs in the hearts of many people in love with Rome like him, and in the end this counts.
