Forza Inter!

The soccer season's ended but before it did, we got in on some of the action! Went down to San Siro on the day Inter was playing against Sienna with Donna, both of us decked in our Inter jerseys -true bluee fans.

The atmosphere was crazy. The fans were already pumping up the tram(on the way to the stadium) with their cheers, which btw sounds very cool, the kind you want to stand up and cheer with even though you dont know the words. Here's a short pictureless soundclip I took.. It isn't the cool cheer that I like but it was the only one I could capture cause they didn't repeat the cooler cheers after I took my cam out.




Watched the match at a nearby bar and it was fun! It was completely packed with people sitting on the floor. Quite an exciting match. The whole bar jumps up cheering, shouting, hugging each other and pumping their fists in the air whenever a goal is scored. I got beer sloshed all over my feet ( by an over-enthusiastic fan) and got sprayed with a shower of beer later (by an angry and frustrated fan) when Inter was clearly drawing with Sienna near the end of the match 2-2.

Milan kinda stops in action during an important match. The entire duomo (city centre) area is packed with street stalls displaying inter flags, shirts etc and there are satellite stands set up everywhere so that people can tune into the radio and listen to the commentator on the match's progress. Bars with television have people standing outside watching through the glass panes (top right). The whole city comes to a standstill, listening intently and waiting with bated breathe (top left).

Inter's match against Sienna was clearly a bummer, leaving fans ready for a celebration going home with downcast faces. Anyway wearing inter jerseys makes for an interesting day. Throughout the day, we had people coming up telling us another team was better, trying to get us to say we prefer another team etc, was quite funny. After the match, we got asked at least 5 times for the score! Yay to our limited italian understanding.

Last week's match -Inter vs Palma was a different story though! With a triumphant win of 2-0, the whole city erupted in a celebration -very large scale one. Champions of the first league! Gooo inter, all the waaaay. The fans were out in full force at the duomo, cheering in the rain! We watched at a bar again.. first half was really boring but second half had all the kicks :)

I have some videos somewhereee, will post it when I find it!