History was made yesterday during Roma and Manchester City’s Champions League clash. And history, thy name is Francesco Totti...
That clinically taken chip shot set Totti apart as the oldest goal scorer in Champions League history, outpacing greats such as Ryan Giggs and Filippo Inzaghi.
Totti said after the game that a tweet sent out by Manchester City - in which the club called out Totti for having never scored in England - motivated him to score. The18 guesses that, after playing for Roma for 22 years (TWENTY-TWO YEARS!!!), Totti will take motivation in any form that he can get it.
In honor of him aging gracefully, we found a somewhat less graceful run of his, that ends in a more appropriately graceful finish. Italians call a chipped shot such as this a “cuchiaio,” which is Italian for spoon.
The18 understands why the bend of a spoon describes the arc of a chip shot, but really? Spoon? You might as well call Hugo Almeida’s thunderbolt of a free kick against Inter a “chop stick.”
