SCICLI IN SICILY

This is a revival blog from "some" years ago. Thought I would give it another airing

Having shopped for 8 in Conad Super dooper market somewhere near Scicli (yes spelt right), a charming town on the Sicilian coastline, I was diverted by the other male members of our travel club to Adriano's, a small cafe, ironmongers, bar in the town centre. It made sense, we had been to the local port for fish, the ladies had had enough journeying and all decided to go back to the villa for coffee and it was midday. By the time we got to Adriano's, a convective storm was brewing and I opened the bar's newspaper, La Sicilia, dated Martedi 27 Settembre 2016. Sport. The headlines read "Totti-Spalletti, Ilary scatenata contro il technical <Picolo up on bravo a parole>". 

Spalletti is the Roma manager, Ilary Blasi, Totti's wife and the sentiment was sharing her husband's 40th birthday with the rest of the country but also lamblasting the Roma manager for treating her husband with a small man's mentality last February, when he dropped her husband from the team. This past weekend, Totti scored his 250th first class goal for his club in their 1-3 defeat by Torino. 

Francesco was born in September 1976 and has stuck with one club Roma for 763 games, scoring 306 goals. He has played 58 times for the Azzuri contributing only 9 goals surprisingly and he retired from the national side in 2007, much against the wishes of many close to him.

Totti holds endless awards and records, becoming the youngest club captain in Serie A ever, he has won 11 Oscar Del calcio presented by the IFA and was named by Pele in the FIFA top 100 players ever. 

Goal celebrations enlighten the public to his childrens' birth when he either shoved the match ball up his shirt after netting and pull it out whilst lying on his back or by sucking his thumb.

There is much else he has achieved particularly appearing on TV shows, especially Italia 1's hit Le Lene, raising money for charity and generally being an all round nice guy. He and Ilary are known as the Italia Beckhams. His manager may not think the same.