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The Sheriff, the Captain’s father, is gone. Enzo, the father of Francesco Totti, surrendered early yesterday afternoon, at Coronavirus. To affect his destiny, at the age of 76 (celebrated on May 3), other pathologies that made him more vulnerable when Covid-19 also hit him: diabetes, pressure and even the heart that put him on. on alarm a few years ago. The first symptoms at the beginning of last week, since Tuesday increasingly evident. On Thursday the hospitalization in Spallanzani. And during the weekend it was worse, without being able to overcome the crisis.
There are those who never knew that his name was Enzo. Just the Sheriff. In Trigoria and beyond. Here and abroad. Because he, although he has always tried to avoid the plane (he took him to Prague, not wanting to miss the final of the 2006 World Cup in Berlin), he followed his son in all the stadiums in Italy and Europe. By car or, when the group expanded, by renting the most comfortable of vans. That he took the opportunity to go to Messina, starting 3 days before the Roma game and returning to the capital 3 days later. Gastronomic route, going to discover restaurants and taverns of the regions that it crossed. With the clever and funny joke, she left the Captain as a dowry. “Are you Totti’s father?” He was often asked during Brunico’s training camp. “It’s not him”, indicating who was at his side, ready to revive with him “My friends” of Monicelli. Laughter and jokes to accompany every day. In private and with the family. Not in public, where he never went on stage. Shy and shy. He quit his job at the bank before the 2001 championship because the role of Totti’s father weighed on him in the office. The companions, at least once a month, would gather them for lunch to make fun of each other. And, with a big heart like this, to help them if they had problems. It has a certain effect that he called himself along with Francesco. It’s as if they stopped together. The Sheriff has not been to the Olimpico since May 28, 2018, where he always appeared with his mother Fiorella and his first-born Riccardo. Enough is the afternoon of the farewell to football number 10, at home against Genoa, with Pallotta and Spalletti whistled by seventy thousand fans. He also closed and certainly suffered, having given the first ball to that blond boy. Very soon, as soon as he started walking. And above all it was he who injected the passion for the colors yellow and red to the Captain that kept them tight for life. “You are ‘na pippa, the strong is your brother.” He meant it, apart from a legend. “Everything he has taught me, I pass on to my children, to his grandchildren. Thank you for all my dad, or rather sheriff »the Captain’s post on Instagram on March 19. Strong presence, like that night in Ancona, on March 31, 1999, when he took his son, angry that he was replaced by Zoff in the interval between Italy and Belarus. Running to Rome, without saying goodbye to the coach.
Vito Scala, Francesco’s loyal personal trainer, framed him well and introduced the Sheriff to the family. Bonaccione, however. Enzo’s walk is enough to understand: bowed legs, but without a belt and gun, approaching the beach on one of the days spent at the gates of Ostia. And, when it’s time to sit down, here you are putting the chair upside down, with the back on your chest, in a very Trastevere style. In addition to the bond with police and traffic police, the friends met on the street in San Giovanni, in via Vetulonia, and escorted them on the saddle of their maxi scooter. Real relationships, even before moving to the Villa del Axa. In Trigoria he was a daily guest. A fixed date every morning, especially when Spalletti started his first adventure at the Giallorossi, now 15 years ago: white pizza and mortadella. “Sheriff, you will only bring it if we win.” And the wave of 11 consecutive hits began. Binge on and off the field. At will for employees, managers, coaches and players. Sometimes even the ham. Or couples. And for those obsessed with fish, it was enough to ask and he, generous to the bitter end, would show up the next day, also escorted by the trusty fishmonger. And, as if that weren’t enough, it was he who introduced the Asturian Luis Enrique to discover the porchetta.
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