Francesco Totti asks fans to stay calm before Liverpool’s match with Roma

• Roma legend pleads for good behaviour after last week’s violence
• ‘The world looks at us and we want to dress Rome with its best suit’

Francesco Totti, the revered former captain and symbol of Roma, warned fans to behave and urged for calm ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League clash with Liverpool, as the city braced itself for possible outbreaks of violence.

From a ban on alcohol around Stadio Olimpico that will take effect on Wednesday night to plans to open the stadium early on Wednesday for Liverpool fans, Roman officials have sought to put measures in place to prevent the kind of violence that erupted in Liverpool last week for the first leg of the semi-final.

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