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[Maljan @MilanMaljan]

If I speak Im in big trouble

[sim 🇧🇷🇲🇽🇸🇳🇫🇷🇭🇹 @simscircuit]

ITALIAN COMMENTARY OF LEWIS HAMILTON WINNING!

"SIR LEWIS HAMILTON VINCE." https://t.co/la5pkqkAq2

[TREQUARTISTA @TatticaPassata]

I genuinely love Del Piero more than most Roma fans do both inside and outside the pitch.

He genuinely seems like the nicest guy ever and was also an unreal player. However, saying he was "miles better" than Totti is such a surface-level way of looking at football.

People bring up Del Piero's ACL injury and rightly so, because he was up there with Zidane and R9 as the very best in the world. They never mention Totti's ACL injuries or the fibula fracture that derailed his career.

Internationally? Totti was consistently preferred to Del Piero by Zoff, Trapattoni and Lippi, 3 managers with deep Juventus ties.

He was Italy's best player at EURO 2000, Italy's best player at the 2002 World Cup, should have been the focal point of EURO 2004 (had he not stupidly gotten himself suspended) and then there's 2006.

Totti breaks his fibula in February 2006.

Lippi publicly backs him to make the World Cup even if he plays on one leg. 4 months later after a miraculous recovery, Totti arrives at the World Cup with screws still in his leg, starts every game ahead of Del Piero and finishes as the tournament's top assister.

The following season, Totti modernizes the false 9 role in a way football hadn't really seen for decades, wins the European Golden Boot and records a Serie A goal tally (26) Del Piero never reached, all while remaining the creative hub of his team rather than playing as a traditional number 9.

From 1998 until Del Piero left Serie A in 2012, Totti consistently matched or surpassed him statistically despite playing much deeper and for a significantly weaker side.

Totti also aged much better with the 2012/13 season being the perfect example. At 36, he produced double figures in both goals and assists while orchestrating entire games and enjoying one of the finest seasons of his career.

A year later, at 37, he still finished as Roma's top scorer for a side that amassed 85 points and came within touching distance of the scudetto.

A type longevity that wasn't the product of adapting into a reduced role but instead came from him remaining as the focal point.

Del Piero wasn't producing anywhere near that level at those later stages and that's despite Totti having accumulated significantly more serious injuries throughout his career.

And then you have the actual profiling of the players.

Del Piero combined elite goalscoring with world class ball striking and set-piece ability from multiple angles, while also being one of the best dribblers of his generation especially pre ACL injury.

But people often reduce football to dribbling and then use the "eye test" as if that's the entire sport (Totti wasn't a poor dribbler by any stretch either btw).

The difference is that Del Piero's superiority in that area is obvious, while Totti's superiority in other areas tends to be overlooked because they're less flashy.

Unlike Del Piero, whose profile was built around scoring, Totti combined elite scoring with elite creation on top of that. He functioned as both the primary scorer and the primary playmaker for his team.

If you prefer Del Piero, fair enough, I don't mind that at all. But do not come here and tell me there's no comparison between the two.

For me, the answer is simple. Totti was the more complete footballer. Del Piero had the higher peak, Totti had the superior longevity, output and profile.

Therefore, if your argument begins and ends with 1997 and trophy counts, then you're not really comparing the players but making casual points.

Juventus and Roma were operating on completely different levels.

Trophies can be debated, completeness as a footballer, cannot.

[Footy Timeless @FootyTimeless]

🔙 Totti 🇮🇹✨

[Nazionale Italiana ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @Azzurri]

𝑆𝑃𝐿𝐸𝑁𝐷𝐼𝐷𝐼 🇮🇹🏆💙

#U17EURO
#Under17 #Azzurrini #VivoAzzurro

[Lewis Hamilton @LewisHamilton]

RUN IT BACK

[UEFA Men's Youth @UEFAMensYouth]

Italy = #U17EURO champions 🏆🇮🇹

[UEFA Men's Youth @UEFAMensYouth]

🇮🇹 Lifting the trophy for the second time in three years🏆

#U17EURO

[Nazionale Italiana ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @Azzurri]

GLI AZZURRINI SONO CAMPIONI D’EUROPA! 🇮🇹

Il sogno si è avverato 💙

#U17EURO
#Under17 #Azzurrini #VivoAzzurro

[As Roma Nightmares @ASR_nightmares]

Mai dimenticare il #nightmare per eccellenza degli ultimi 25 anni.

[Wayne Girard @WayneinRome]

Wesley Joga Bonito

[Lega Serie A @SerieA]

Tutti i gol di Bobby Malen in questo campionato ⤵️🤯

[RomaPress @ASRomaPress]

Svilar: “My future? I’m staying. See you in Champions League.”
https://t.co/D1rXITyBJu

[AS Roma English @ASRomaEN]

🥁...💎 🕺

#ASRoma

[Marie🌸 @ma_fe79]

Max: “He estado conduciendo distintos tipos de autos, y el fin de semana pasado (Nürburgring) me recordó lo puro y grandioso que el automovilismo puede ser, y luego regresas a F1… Incluso si nos dieras un auto rentado les daríamos un gran show, no es eso. Para mí es confuso, no es lo que F1 debería ser, es muy complicado, que está permitido, cuando estás adelante o atrás, en la vuelta de formación… todo eso es una pena que tengamos que lidiar con eso. F1 debería ser más pura. Y espero que los cambios que hagan el año siguiente sean lo mínimo necesario para volverlo más natural.”

GRÍTALO MAX

#CanadaGP

[Wayne Girard @WayneinRome]

Stephan El Shaarawy began his professional career with Genoa at just 16-years-old, under a manager named Gian Piero Gasperini. Born in 1992, he always wore #92.

Leaving a legacy at Roma, he just played his last match - also under Gasperini - and scored in the... 92nd minute.

[Lega Serie A @SerieA]

Nel giorno dell'ultima partita in maglia Roma, El Shaarawy fa 0-2 a Verona 🏹
#VeronaRoma

[Wayne Girard @WayneinRome]

I could freaking cry, this is football romance

[AS Roma @OfficialASRoma]

✨ Dove brillano le stelle
Siamo tornati in @ChampionsLeague

#ASRoma

[Victoire de Montréal @PWHL_Montreal]

LA VICTOIRE DE MONTRÉAL SONT LES CHAMPIONNES DE LA COUPE WALTER 2026 DE LA LPHF 🏆

THE MONTRÉAL VICTOIRE ARE YOUR 2026 PWHL WALTER CUP CHAMPIONS!