Maritozzi, clean face and sense of goal: Roma pampers Pisilli and locks him up until 2029

Twelve years, to which he can add (at least) another four. Niccolò Pisilli follows in the great footsteps of the Roman and Roma giants of the past, even if he will need much more to become "Mufasa" like Totti or De Rossi. The 20-year-old from Casal Palocco signed his first big contract with Roma yesterday, which will replace his Primavera agreement. A signature that came a few hours after the qualifying goal against Porto, the last piece of a mosaic that Niccolò has built day by day. Now it will be important to keep his feet on the ground, because going from 70 thousand euros a season to almost 2 million can make your head spin. "But someone like him doesn't get carried away." Anyone who has known him in recent years will say this: from his former youth team coaches to his teammates, through those who saw him grow up in Casal Palocco, the residential neighborhood where many Roma players have lived (and still live) over the years. Here, between a maritozzo with cream at the famous Bar delle Mimose and a bike ride, Pisilli learned to nurture his dream while asking for autographs from those idols (Totti and De Rossi, to be precise) who today seem so close.