The former soccer player Rome Francesco Totti He revealed this Thursday that his last year as a footballer “was mentally exhausting” and that he would not wish it “even on” his “worst enemy”.
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“It was very exhausting mentally”
“I felt I could continue to contribute, but they left me aside and if you play five or ten minutes every now and then it becomes a trickle. I wouldn’t wish my last year on my worst enemy. It was very exhausting mentally. Because when you don’t play with regularly after a lifetime in the countryside, especially at a certain age, you’re not resting your body, you’re oxidizing it,” he said in an interview with ‘The Gazzetta dello Sport‘.
“When you don’t play, little by little you lose the rhythm of the game. You go in and you realize that you are late for the ball. Because your head keeps telling you perfectly what you have to do, but your legs arrive a second later. You know that you are better than others, but if your body does not stay in the game it is difficult”, added the Italian.
In Italy there is speculation about the possible withdrawal of Ibra
For a few weeks, in Italy there has been speculation about the possible withdrawal of the Swedish Zlatan Ibrahimovic of soccer. The striker is not going through his best moment at Milan in a year full of injuries that have prevented him from performing regularly. Totti understands the situation of the battering ram and comments on it in this interview: “I think I know what he feels, the questions he asks himself, the doubts…”.
“Looking at Ibra in this last period I relive the feelings I had in my last year. Although my situation was a bit different from his, I didn’t have any particular injury. Zlatan is not playing much at the moment and I can imagine how difficult it will be. It must be for him because his body is a demanding machine,” he explained.
“Ibra is not playing much at the moment and I can imagine how difficult it must be for him because his body is a demanding machine.”
“From what it seems to me from the outside, his desire to be on the field is as strong as Milan’s to still have him available,” Totti pointed out.
The legend of the ‘giallorrossi’ team also advised the Swede for the future: “The day he decides to leave, he must understand what he really wants to do. And when the proposal arrives, demand clarity and transparency. You have to ask yourself two questions: what I should do and who I should do it with. You have to know immediately, then it’s too late.”
His step from the lawn to the offices
In addition, he recounted how the step from the pitch to the offices of what has been the club of his life was: “I went from a farewell with tears in my eyes to becoming manager of Roma immediately.”
“You realize how totally different the people who work next to you and who have never been on the pitch think. They ignore aspects that make a difference in football. Perhaps that is also why they never called me to participate and decide, because my ideas were totally different from theirs at the time of the decisions,” he said.
‘Il Capitano’ of the ‘Loba’ ended by directly questioning the ‘rossoneri’ striker: “Ibrahimovic has been one of the great strikers in the world. A magnificent player from all points of view. Ibra, I hope to see you open your arms and cheer you on again after some goals in these last days of the championship. Then, at the end of the season, listen to your body: it will tell you what to do”, he sentenced.