Visiting Europe was only one part being a tourist, eating and drinking. While we were in Rome, Al was on a mission to watch a soccer game and be a soccer fan. We both grew up watching soccer and even though, I'm not big on the Italian league, I was still quite excited to go see my first real European futbol game. Al was more than happy to learn that there was an AS Roma vs. Napoli game during the few days we were there and we even managed to get awesome tickets the day before, along with a Roma team jersey for Al :)
It was a little bit of a trek to the stadium but fortunately Rome has good public transport and it's a lot of fun to be traveling with so many fans! The game was at the Stadio Olimpico and it had these cool sports statues outside plus this amazing mosaic walkway from the road to the stadium entrance. Since we were out-of-towners, we were put in the middle ground and the section was not as packed as the section with true die-hard Roma fans. The atmosphere was still lively and there were lots of chanting, fireworks and people running with Roma flags (see picture). We had amazing seats and could see the player's faces including our own Americano, Michael Bradley.
The first half of the game was pretty blah in my opinion because there were no goals, but after I complained to Al, he told me to hang in there. And sure enough, Roma scored a goal within the first 2 minutes after half-time! Yay! Then the game got even more exciting when Rome scored the 2nd goal and we didn't really have too much hope for Naples but they managed to redeem themselves with one goal at 84th minute. All in all, super fun and Forza Roma!
It was a little bit of a trek to the stadium but fortunately Rome has good public transport and it's a lot of fun to be traveling with so many fans! The game was at the Stadio Olimpico and it had these cool sports statues outside plus this amazing mosaic walkway from the road to the stadium entrance. Since we were out-of-towners, we were put in the middle ground and the section was not as packed as the section with true die-hard Roma fans. The atmosphere was still lively and there were lots of chanting, fireworks and people running with Roma flags (see picture). We had amazing seats and could see the player's faces including our own Americano, Michael Bradley.The first half of the game was pretty blah in my opinion because there were no goals, but after I complained to Al, he told me to hang in there. And sure enough, Roma scored a goal within the first 2 minutes after half-time! Yay! Then the game got even more exciting when Rome scored the 2nd goal and we didn't really have too much hope for Naples but they managed to redeem themselves with one goal at 84th minute. All in all, super fun and Forza Roma!
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