The ex-Roma left-back was given a fitting send off in a match organized for charity.
Vincent Candela said goodbye to football with a farewell match in Rome tonight held in his honour at Rome's Stadio Olimpico, which recently hosted the Champions League final.
The match featured members of Roma's 2001 Scudetto winning side taking on players involved in France's 1998 World Cup victory, two major successes that Candela was a part of as a player.
The result was a spectacular 5-3 in favour of the Roma side, as the likes of Francesco Totti and Zinedine Zidane entertained the crowd with various creative flicks and tricks during the course of the match, according to Datasport.
The proceeds from the match were donated to the victims of devastating Earthquake that occurred in Abruzzo earlier this year and also the pediatric ward of the San Raffaele hospital in Rome.
The fans present honoured the former French international with a banner that read 'Yesterday, today, and tomorrow - always in our hearts.`
The 35-year-old amde over 200 appearances for Roma in Serie A during a seven-year spell at the club and then had stints with Bolton, Udinese, Siena, and Messina before retiring.
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