Photo of the Day: Football Can be Painful

By: Laurie | April 21st, 2008

This is AS Roma’s Francesco Totti, after recent knee surgery, as he shakes hands with Rome political candidate Francesco Rutelli.

I guess with enough post-surgery painkillers, even manly political handshakes don’t hurt.

Another photo with even more skin a post-surgery pic is here.

(Although I, myself, averted my eyes.)

(Photo AFP/Getty Images)



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  • kirby |  April 21st, 2008 at 3:24 pm

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    *turns head in disgust* oh man. poor totti. hope you have a speedy recovery FT!

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  • -nickt.- |  April 21st, 2008 at 5:03 pm

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    so, at what point did you avert your eyes? or rather, what did you avert them from?

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  • Rob |  April 21st, 2008 at 5:29 pm

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    What I love about the other photo is that Francesco looks like he’s just watching TV - you can even see the remote - and the politics man has just come in for the photo op, and Totti’s not even noticed him.

    At what point in the Totti injury did he think “Aha! a fantastico photo op-o!” they’ll stop at nothing. *shakes head disaprovingly*

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  • Laurie |  April 21st, 2008 at 5:32 pm

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    Nick, from the injury, of course.

    Or maybe it was from the waistband of the OhDearLordPleaseTellMeThat’sNotAThong

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  • Louise |  April 21st, 2008 at 7:14 pm

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    Now THAT is a political ad.

    I really think that almost naked athletes in ads would really lift the tone of the current political cycle in the US. *phone rings at Tom Brady’s house at 3 am*

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  • kirby |  April 21st, 2008 at 8:49 pm

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    when i opened the second pic

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  • Shane |  April 22nd, 2008 at 8:52 am

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    …Italians.

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  • Muddia Beduddia |  April 22nd, 2008 at 10:10 am

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    I thought these guys generally came to the States for a surgery such as this. Wasn’t that the case with Nesta or Maldini a few years back?

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  • Louise |  April 22nd, 2008 at 12:31 pm

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    Well, Maldini and Nesta have homes in Miami (don’t ask me how I know that), so they both rehabed down there–probably a bit nicer than Milan in the winter…

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  • -nickt.- |  April 22nd, 2008 at 5:25 pm

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    i can’t say these photos disturb me in the least. certainly much less than those two recent broken leg videos. keep in mind i’m both a roma fan and someone who’s torn an acl.

    the underwear does seem potentially scandalous though. maybe he needed to feel sexy post surgery.

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  • Rob |  April 22nd, 2008 at 5:50 pm

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    Is it not striking that he has his watch on? I mean the guy is practically naked, and he still has his wristwatch on. They probably didn’t even take it off for surgery.

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  • -nickt.- |  April 22nd, 2008 at 6:22 pm

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    i imagine totti rocks a pricy watch. i wouldn’t leave it just anywhere.

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