Saturday, May 9, 2009

Fiorentina Soccer Game!





This shouldn't be a long post, but I thought even if it's just a shorter one, the event is still definitely blog-worthy.  In case you couldn't tell yet from the photos or the title, this past Sunday I went to my first soccer match here in Florence.   This was something both Katy and I had been wanting to do all semester long.  Unfortunately, the game schedule didn't work out for Katy to go too, but I was able to go and even met up with some people I knew from school.  It was quite the experience.  I had a slight scare the morning of the game, however, when I went to the ticket counter in the square near our apartment at 12:40 only to learn that they closed at 12:30 on Sundays.  Thankfully though, I was able to buy a ticket at the gate of the game, so it was worth walking over, even without the ticket.  The stadium is a just about a 20 or 30 minute walk away, just a ways outside of the city center.  The closer I got to the stadium the busier it got, people were all over the place, all ages, young and old, all wearing jerseys, scarves and hats proudly displaying their team pride.  There was  TONS of purple - Florence's team colors are purple and red, and everyone seemed to be shouting and cheering in Italian.  There was the most adorable little boy behind me too that was cheering in Italian the whole game long, SO cute.  I wasn't however, as impressed with the man right in front of me who decided to light up three separate times in the first half of the game alone... but, this is Florence we're talking about, so it didn't really surprise me that it happened!
 Florence ended up winning, 1-0 against one of their rival cities, Torino.  The game itself was, of course, very similar to any other soccer game, but just the fact that I was in Florence, sitting in their huge stadium, watching this game, was pretty cool.  It certainly was a great and memorable way to spend another beautiful and sunny day in Florence.   

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