I found out about the match by chance, less then one month before the kick off. A couple of minutes later the tickets were booked, the Facebook status updated and the countdown started…
Tuesday the 10th Feb finally came. After work Matteo and I met for dinner. He took me to the popular pizza place closed to his work, the one he loves. With my surprise there was nothing exciting about it but the pizza itself, that for the reasonable price was worth the ‘trip’. We sat down at the back of the place, that looked like someone’s living room where a South-American guy was having his break from work, the Turkish cook was making the pizzas and the Polish waiter was taking care of us.
Finally we managed to take the tube to the stadium. Once in the train we kind of enjoyed the vibrant international atmosphere of a friendly match, squeezed between Brazilians and Italians of any age. From that time on we never left our fellow fans flowing in a crowd of 60.000 people until the Emirates doors.
Amazing…breathtaking…I had never seen something similar in my life…
Listening to the music played and watching at the big screens I felt like one of the supporters in the PS… The enthusiasm stood with me until my attention moved from the players to the attractive banners on the sidelines of the pitch, where salami and other Italian delicatessen where advertised…yummy
Matteo and Gioia at the end of the match
I gave up with the Italian players who should have better had a coffee before starting… but I still enjoyed the Brazilians and their samba movements while playing football.
Thanks for the excitement I can’t wait to the next one!
