DBasia.news – Francesco Totti is known as a calm player. But in 2010 Coppa Italia, he got involved in an incident with FC Internazionale player, Mario Balotelli.
Totti kicked Balotelli’s leg due to his provocative act.
“My kick at Balotelli? He’d been provocative for years. He insulted me and the Roma fans. It was building up and then it exploded,” Totti said.
Mario Balotelli
“It was a horrible foul, just to hurt him. But then, strangely, the Inter players didn’t confront me.”
“As I left the field, Maicon even gave me five. The feeling was that even among his teammates, Balotelli created some irritation,” Totti revealed.
AS Roma played against Inter Milan in the final round of 2010 Coppa Italia. Inter Milan won the match with a 0-1 score by Diego Milito’s goal.
But, the main story wasn’t Inter Milan’s victory. Instead, it’s Totti’s act to kick Balotelli which resulted in a red card. Totti revealed, he tried to discipline Balotelli who kept on doing controversial things.
When he was still active, Francesco Totti known as a charismatic and emotional player. Totti’s best achievement with AS Roma was delivering the club to win the Serie A in 2000-2001.