AS ROMA NEWS – Francesco Totti brought it up during the Viva el Futbol broadcast on Twitch by the trio of former players Antonio Cassano, Daniele Adani and Nicola Ventola. Here’s the captain’s take: “You put Roma for 25 years. Do you think he would have won all those Ballons d’Or? With Frau and Pivotto he would have struggled as well.” A joke, a Totti shot. Which in that Montebello Vicentino made people laugh, of course. But also a little angry.
There now lives precisely Matteo Pivotto, a defender who wore the Giallorossi jersey in 1997/98 and is now suddenly back in fashion. “Of course I heard Francesco and I admit I laughed about it. I understood the ironic sense he wanted to give it,” he says.
So he was not offended?
“Of course not. The show is on that style there and then Totti I know him mostly in that capacity: he has always been a joker. The only one who was offended is my son Benito.”
Meaning?
“Well, after reading them, he immediately sought me out. ‘Dad but why is Totti making fun of you?’ He could have saved it, playing in Serie A is not for everyone.”
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Have you heard from him?
“No, in fact I would welcome a call. He would begin in his manner, ‘Oh Pivo’, what’s the matter with you?’ So we’d say hello and laugh about it together, I haven’t heard from him in many years. The last time we saw each other was 20 years ago and he gave me his jersey.”
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What does he do now?
“I have the family business of mechanical carpentry, but I was a city councilor and now a councilor. Then I am the manager of Montebello soccer in the Promotion. In short, I dedicate a lot of time to my small town.” What about the big heat? “That’s the past. Real life is another and it is full of satisfaction.”
Source: The Republic
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