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September 4th, 1994 Francesco Totti scores his first goal in Serie A. 

Only 30 minutes into the game and the fans could see for the first time the genius of Totti, all in just one quick action. An action that perfectly describes what Platini defined as “Nove e mezzo” or as Italians call this type of player “trequartista”. During the 90′s there were many of them playing in Serie A footballers such as Baggio, Del Piero and of course young Totti himself. 

Il Bimbo de Oro just needed 30 minutes to score the opener in the Serie A 94/95 campaign first match against Foggia. A long ball into the box that Fonseca, surrounded by players, headed back for Totti to connect with a powerful shot leaving Foggia’s keeper Francesco Mancini with no chance. 

It was the first one, then he would score another 249 more, needless to say always wearing the same shirt, the red and yellow jersey of AS Roma. His only club, the one he always loved since he was a kid. 

That day Totti wasn’t wearing the number 10 shirt, Giannini “Il Principe” wore it by the time, so Totti got to wear number 9 instead. With time the Prince’s shirt would become the King’s. 

Carlo Mazzone had trusted the yet to be King of Rome, about to turn 18 years-old, to play the first match of the season as part of the starting eleven at the Olimpico di Roma, replacing Balbo. 

That September still hot afternoon, in a city that lives football like no other, the Romanisti at the stadium, or those listening to the game on the radio, were unaware they would witness a moment which would become a precious milestone of the Italian football history. 

Something to tell their children and grandchildren for the rest of their lives: Totti’s first Serie A goal.