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Totti: We mean business Monday 3 December, 2007

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Francesco Totti has praised teammate Mirko Vucinic and issued a warning to leaders Inter.

Er Pupone has been sidelined since late October when he picked up an ankle injury against Sporting Lisbon.

The talismanic forward has seen his colleagues thrive in his absence and insists that they are ready to push Inter all the way this time around.

“I am proud of the group as we are doing well, but we are hoping to go even further,” Totti stated at the presentation of his book ‘My life, my goals’.

“Inter will certainly have a harder time than they did last time because there isn’t the gulf that there was last year,” the former Azzurri star continued.

“There are new players, we are a different group and we are more experienced.”

Vucinic has stepped in to fill the gap Totti left and has impressed, but many critics feel that the two men couldn’t play together.

“Mirko is a great striker and I am happy with him,” Totti stated.

“The talk of a duel with him that I read in the newspapers is complete fabrication as we can play together and we want to.”

While it remains to be seen whether Totti will use a prototype boot to allow him to play against Cagliari on Wednesday, the 31-year-old is hoping for a successful evening on two fronts.

“Roma, with or without Totti, are always challengers and on Wednesday we want to beat Cagliari and if Lazio could upset Inter and do us a favour…” he concluded.

sure can use our il capitano on tricky games.we're waiting for you totti!!