A.S. Roma Vs Chievo, Oct. 22, 2006

And then we decided to take a bite into the slice of Italy, the national obsession, football. The Olympic stadium in Rome was full and energy was high. The game started with A.S. Roma team’s anthem (I think). We secured good seats behind one of the goal posts high enough to see all the players. And, just a minute into the game we realized the passion of Romans for their team. People were so charged up that the already crisp Italian sounded even more passionate and harsh. We liked the atmosphere there and enjoyed comments by the Italians even if we did not understand them. Someone said the scene is deadly when two teams from Rome compete and fans stand at loggerheads against each other ready to even kill each other. May be the scene was dull due to the even game that day.