De Rossi: Captain Future

Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show

The Athletic

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Immortalised in Italian pop culture and in the hearts of fans at the Stadio Olimpico, we examine a man of impeccable integrity and character. Brian McBride might tell you otherwise. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: De Rossi’s last game for Roma (01m 00s) • PART 2: De Rossi’s beginnings at Roma – Captain Future (05m 00s) • PART 3a: What was De Rossi’s position and role? (09m 30s) • PART 3b: The times when De Rossi went too far, almost joining Man City (12m 00s) • PART 3c: De Rossi’s best goals coming in big defeats (16m 00s) • PART 4a: De Rossi’s World Cup in 2006 (19m 00s) • PART 4b: The character of De Rossi (25m 30s) • PART 4c: De Rossi goes to the derby as a fan (33m 30s) GET IN TOUCH: • follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/) • find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/) • send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Goladsoe is brought to you by FOT Mob, the essential app for your match day experience.
0:07.0	Get live scores, detailed match stats, notifications for every goal and breaking news from more than 200 leagues and cups around the world.
0:14.6	Download it for free on Android and iOS now by searching for FOT Mob. That's FOTMOB. Never miss a moment with FOT Mob.
0:25.0	Muddy news, media. Lasto! Today we're talking Captain Future, the Midfield legend who made his mark everywhere from Brian McBride to Buenos Aires
0:46.3	And his story takes in everything from telly tubbies to the world title for stats the tats the full story and facts of Danieli di Diroci in Golazzo. It's the 26th of May 2019 St, Stadioly Olympico in Rome. The place is packed.
1:16.0	Francesco Totti's blinking back to tears.
1:19.0	Bruno Conte, looks like he's about to break down.
1:22.0	One man though, strides calm as ever through his big goodbye
1:26.1	as you waves farewell to the club he has loved for 18 years. It is Danieli de Rossi,
1:32.4	the subject of today's galazzo a Bondi to Gabrielle my cotti
1:36.5	Hello and to James Womcassa who James I believe was there that May Day 2019.
1:43.0	I was. It was pouring down with rain.
1:45.0	The fans...
1:47.0	You in heaven was sad that day.
1:49.0	Yes, Rome was crying, but I think Daniela went out the way he would have liked to go out and he prepared for it
1:55.8	what two years earlier seeing his good friend Francesco Totti fellow Roman have to
2:02.0	essentially in Totti's case retire and leave the club that he'd always
2:06.5	played for and I think he said the hardest part was actually clearing out his locker at Trigordia after going into work every day and not really
2:16.2	having to think about the drive. It was just automatic for him. But yeah, then seeing him
2:20.8	get down on his knees in front of the Kudavasur and kind of kiss the ground.
2:25.7	I think this is the big point about De Rossi is that everyone associates Roma with Totti.
2:31.8	I think Roma fans see themselves in De Rossi because De Rossi is someone who
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