Del Piero and Totti tell everything: How friendship began until the day they said goodbye to football

Totti and Del Piero spoke in “Sky” yesterday afternoon, pointing to several annexes from the past and how they are experiencing this moment of isolation from “conourus”. They also include Paolo Maldini and Javier Zanett.

You've had many responsibilities, both in the respective clubs and in the national team...

Del Piero: “The responsibility we've always had was a guide in our behavior. We've done something important for Italian football, along with our teammates. Real Madrid fans' hello? When you play games like that, you have a lot of tension, but when you're replaced and you realize that fans applaud you, that's a fantastic feeling”

Totti: “Gives “San Siros”? It's different to go through the applause of a stadium that's not yours. For us players, making fans happy is a source of pride”.

How did the friendship between Totti and Del Piero develop?

Del Piero: “began on the national team. We were insolent, and We represented two different worlds with different strains which we carried with us, but with great mutual respect. Over the years and with the similarities in our career, we understood each other even better”.

World Cup victory?

Del Piero: “That success makes us complete, was something unique and extraordinary. It's the maximum pleasure you can have as your” player.

Sorry you never won “Golden Cup”?

Total: “is a price, all players try to win, but it's not easy. I've had less chance to win it than Alex. In Rome, we have not always had the opportunity to take home a trophy. But I'd like”.

Del Piero: “is a trophy each player would like. The dynamics of his assignment changed later, in time. For two years I was close to his victory, but it didn't happen for any reason and I turned page”.

You made a lot of fun of each other.

Total: Repeating the jokes was the real joke (laugh)”

Del Piero: “In the morning we had training, then we spent the entire afternoon repeating our jokes (laugh)”

Buffon wants to join national legends...

Totti: “He has nothing to do, to be called a legend. But if he feels good, he has the right to keep playing”.

Del Piero: “

We've seen the offensive couple Totti-Del Piero several times on the national team...

Totti: “Alex and I could play out, like the first and second attackers. Unfortunately, the trainers always decided to put us in reverse, picking one or the other. We have always been available, with respect and humility. Every coach's choice should be respected”.

Del Piero: “Trapatton enabled us to play games many times together. Unfortunately, the World Cup in Korea we all remember. Except then there were not many other cases. There is great regret for this contrast, but the coach certainly makes his assessments. I'd like to experiment with this offensive duet, made up of me and Francesco. In Italy-German we were both on the field, in Florence we had won 4-1... We didn't play bad together”.

Did the fight for the country on the national team create problems for your friendship?

Del Piero: “No, absolutely not. We were a united group. They all came up with their ideas, but it was a World Cup under discussion and we didn't give space to the particular selfishness”.

Totti: “wouldn't be enough for a match, or choosing a coach to ruin our friendship. He and I can still say our word... The problem is, not everybody thinks like us.”

Goodbye from football...

Totti: “for me was a special, unusual day. I never thought fans could go that far. Finding words for that day is difficult. The whole stadium was beautiful. This is the love of the fans and no one will take it away from us at”.

Del Piero: “I understand what Francesco said. The exciting wave that reaches the moment defeats you, even if you had imagined it before. Mine was a completely different thing from Francesco's goodbye, but what I experienced at that moment was the same. It was an embarrassing emotion.

Sometimes we are determined by some beautiful moments of trophy because they touch your heart. That farewell day by Juvenus remains incredible in all aspects of”.