Serie A: Totti reaches landmark

Francesco Totti made his 600th Serie A appearance as Roma heaped the pressure on Napoli to move up to second spot with a 3-0 home win over Chievo on Sunday.

The veteran playmaker was left on the bench as Luciano Spalletti’s men went about staking their claim for the league’s second automatic Champions League qualifying spot.

Roma’s 22nd win of the campaign moved them one point above Napoli into second place, and has heaped the pressure on Maurizio Sarri’s men before a tough away fixture at Torino later Sunday.

Radja Nainggolan got the party started when he fired home from the edge of the area to beat Albano Bizzarri on 18 minutes.

Germany defender Antonio Rudiger doubled Roma’s lead six minutes before half-time when he headed Miralem Pjanic’s curling free kick past the stranded ‘keeper at the back post, although there was more than a hint of offside.

Totti was given a standing ovation by the fans before he even kicked a ball in anger when he replaced Egyptian …

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