Francesco Totti Leaves the Field, and Romans Weep for a Living Monument<br />Rosi said that We Romans are all in mourning,<br />Giulio Lucarelli said that Today it’s hard to live in Rome,<br />By JASON HOROWITZMAY 29, 2017<br />ROME — The first half of Francesco Totti’s last ever game in an A.S. Roma soccer jersey ended,<br />and the fans at the Roma Club spilled onto the street in a sour mood.<br />Fans, including some supporters of the rival Roman club, Lazio, called him "the symbol of Rome,"<br />"the emblem of Rome," "Rome." "Rome is a city of symbols, the pope, the Colosseum.<br />It’s the last thing we need." Totti’s final game on Sunday, after a quarter century with Roma<br />that has made him the most celebrated and beloved player in the club’s history, was a kick in the stomach to a city already knocked to the ground and then rolled into a pothole filled with trash.<br />Totti, disguised in a bandanna and red and yellow face paint, went with Mr. Lucarelli to parties in Testaccio<br />and at the Circus Maximus, where a million people showed up and a famous actress, in attendance at Totti’s last game, performed a strip tease.<br />Luigi Carinci said that It’s a sad day,
