Totti Injured By Riise In Roma’s Pre-Season Training

Roma were the first Serie A side to get their pre-season training

underway last week, however unfortunately for their sake the same problems struck the club yet again right from the onset.

In fact, after just one week of training, the Giallorossi suffered three injuries to Jeremy Menez, who strained a muscle, Max Tonetto, who had a knee complaint, and Simone Perrotta, who severely strained his left thigh, which will keep him out on the sidelines for the next two months.

To make matters worse, Goal Italia has reported that injury almost struck again in yesterday’s training session at their Trigoria training complex, after Francesco Totti was on the receiving end of a tough challenge by John Arne Riise.

The Norwegian supposedly made a challenge from the side on his captain, which then saw him drop his weight onto the leg of Totti, leaving him in pain and unable to stand up.

A stretcher was immediately rushed onto the pitch, and many had feared that it was a serious injury to the knee or ankle he injured prior to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Fortunately however, the medical staff have deemed that it was only a false alarm, meaning that it isn’t as serious as first thought.

Riise in particular will be breathing a sigh of relief, as he certainly would not have wanted to be the man responsible for ending his captain’s season before it even got underway.