Former World Cup winner Totti had recorded a video message a few months ago, urging: "Ilenia don't give up, you'll do it, we are all with you". Matilli finally emerged from the coma and as promised Totti, 43, on Monday visited her in Rome's Gemelli hospital where she is undergoing rehabilitation. "She smiled at me, hugged me and started crying," Totti told journalists after the meeting which lasted over an hour and a half. "The former captain did not imagine such a dramatic situation but in the end the atmosphere was very cheerful." Totti, a 2006 World Cup winner with Italy, spent 25 years at Roma as a player before moving upstairs to the boardroom.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 28, 2020 14:37 UTC