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Puolėjas Francesco Tottis will probably have to miss the start of the season due to a knee injury.
The footballer got injured during training preparing for matches in America.
After the injury, Tottis was quickly taken to the hospital, where it was revealed that the injury is quite serious and may require surgery.
The Italian national team player will return to Rome in the coming days, and it will be clarified whether Totti will have to lie on the operating table.
If surgery is needed, Tottis will be out of the team lineup for about a month. This would mean that he would have to miss the start of the Italian league ("Serie A"), which will be in early September.
Tottis hopes that the injury is not serious and he can return to the game soon: "I am disappointed, but I do not think the injury is serious and even if surgery is needed, I will only be out of play for a month."
The team leader's injury is the second loss for "Roma" this summer. Damiano Tommasi suffered a serious knee ligament injury during a friendly match with "Stoke City" and will not be able to play for a year.
