Sunday, September 25, 2016

Totti reaches 250 goals but Roma loses at Torino (The Associated Press)

Torino goalkeeper Joe Hart, right, saves a ball during a Serie A soccer match between Roma and Torino at the Turin Olympic stadium, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. (Alessandro Di Marco/ANSA via AP)

Before today, only one player had scored 250 goals in Serie A. Now there are two. Just two days before his 40th birthday, Francesco Totti reached that landmark with a penalty kick in Roma's 3-1 defeat at Torino on Sunday. Totti came off the bench for the second half to a standing ovation from both sets of fans and the script was set when Roma was awarded a penalty 10 minutes later.


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