Exclusive: 13 Heartbreaking photos of Totti before final goodbye

With 70,000 supporters inside the Stadio Olimpico chanting his name in anticipation of his reemergence onto the pitch for one last lap of hour, Totti returned to the dressing room to change his shirt and then sat in the tunnel fighting back the tears.

The realisation that this really was the end was simply too much to take.

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