Forza Roma!

For one last hurrah in Rome, a bunch of us decided to get tickets to a soccer game! Here it's not actually called soccer or futbol but "calcio". After failing to buy them in the tabacchi shop and figuring it out online, we got seven seats in Curva Nord, the AS Roma section as they played Juventis.

We all met at our beloved "top hat man" tram stop [which is officially called "Belli"] and walked over the bridge. Bus 280 took us right to the stadium. Well, actually it took an hour and was packed with sweaty people. It's a good thing I was with my friends who I love and could laugh at how miserable the public transportation actually was. Seriously though, we're all too poor to take cabs! Most people were headed to the stadium so the stop wasn't hard to find.

Spilling off into a crowd of people, we picked out AS Roma scarves as souvenirs. The security was intense - I had to get searched like three times, show my passport, and scan my ticket. Walking in, we were SO excited to be at Olympic Stadium [or "Stadio Olimpico"] & enjoy a game! It almost felt like fall with the atmosphere of football season. I leaped up the steps to see the field. 

It ended up being so much fun! The fans were crazy! There were no fights, but definitely lots of red & yellow smoke bombs were somehow snuck in. Lots of good soccer to watch, too, obviously!

Juventis has 97 points from the season [you get 3 for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss]. Apparently no team has reached over 100 points so it was BIG for Juventis to win. Unfortunately for us Roma fans, they did :( The two 45 minute halves ended, but they add on time at the end for game delays. It ended up totaling four minutes and Juventis literally scored in the LAST SECOND. Boooo! 

Really though, we just went for the experience. It was awesome - I'm so glad I did! Forza Roma!