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Might be able to blag your way in at HT or towards then end if you are lucky?
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UEFA Champions League Final, Manchester United vs. FC Barcelona
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FFC Mariner
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Pix are a must
serious14
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Buonginorno all, I have arrived in Roma.
I gotta hand it to UEFA - they really know how to make something an "event".... there is advertising EVERYWHERE, they have guys dressed up as old school Roman soliders wandering around, they have got a "Final Festival" near the Colosseum, complete with the actual trophy sitting just about infront of it (makes for a great photo).
Said final festival is where you also find some shady looking characters you are all "wanna ticket" out the side of their mouths - best price I have found thus far is 400 Euro. Gonna see if anyone at Fergie Fields tomorrow (and Wednesday for that matter) and just that little bit less suss can match or do better.
Rome itself is just as awesome as I remember. You could never go hungry here, the sheer amount of choice and what-not is amazing. ;D
Thousands upon thousands of both sets of fans all over the place as well. There were even a few on both my flights on the way over. Gotta love this game.
I gotta hand it to UEFA - they really know how to make something an "event".... there is advertising EVERYWHERE, they have guys dressed up as old school Roman soliders wandering around, they have got a "Final Festival" near the Colosseum, complete with the actual trophy sitting just about infront of it (makes for a great photo).
Said final festival is where you also find some shady looking characters you are all "wanna ticket" out the side of their mouths - best price I have found thus far is 400 Euro. Gonna see if anyone at Fergie Fields tomorrow (and Wednesday for that matter) and just that little bit less suss can match or do better.
Rome itself is just as awesome as I remember. You could never go hungry here, the sheer amount of choice and what-not is amazing. ;D
Thousands upon thousands of both sets of fans all over the place as well. There were even a few on both my flights on the way over. Gotta love this game.
serious14
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The day is finally here..... and yet I'm strangely calm - compared to last year when I was positively bricking it from about a week before kickoff.
Spend the early evening at the Fergie Fields party (swung by the stadium on the way - _woooooooow_, that thing is EPIC), came back into the city at about 10pm to find a _massive_ gathering of both Barcelona and Manchester fans at the Trevi Fountain, playing impromptu football games with cans and just generally enjoying life. Epic sing alongs had by all, and not a single moment of bitterness between anyone, what so ever. For those of you who have been to Rome, just imagine the Fontana de Trevi all lit up and surrounded by thousands of football fans from all over singing Que Sera Sera as one - that alone was worth the trip. Amazing. ;D
Whatever the result may be, I can say that the best team will win, and that there is no shame in losing to a magnificent team like Barca. I just hope that it is a game for the ages - this setting and the subsequent party that Rome has thrown deserves nothing less.
Spend the early evening at the Fergie Fields party (swung by the stadium on the way - _woooooooow_, that thing is EPIC), came back into the city at about 10pm to find a _massive_ gathering of both Barcelona and Manchester fans at the Trevi Fountain, playing impromptu football games with cans and just generally enjoying life. Epic sing alongs had by all, and not a single moment of bitterness between anyone, what so ever. For those of you who have been to Rome, just imagine the Fontana de Trevi all lit up and surrounded by thousands of football fans from all over singing Que Sera Sera as one - that alone was worth the trip. Amazing. ;D
Whatever the result may be, I can say that the best team will win, and that there is no shame in losing to a magnificent team like Barca. I just hope that it is a game for the ages - this setting and the subsequent party that Rome has thrown deserves nothing less.
FFC Mariner
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4-3 either way would be fantastic.
serious14
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Just got back from a random adventure around town with some of the people staying in the hostel..... it appears the city wide booze ban in place as of about 4 hours ago isn't as airtight as the Polizia make it out to be - totally found a speakeasy type place downstairs underneath some random Piazza - consequently, I am slightly perhaps intoxicated. But shhhhhhhhh. 
Reds and Catalans _EVERYWHERE_, even at this time of night (Rome nightlife in most parts is surprisingly subdued - evidently the Church has some say in it). And still, not the slightest hint of hostility. Love it. ;D
18 hours and counting....
Reds and Catalans _EVERYWHERE_, even at this time of night (Rome nightlife in most parts is surprisingly subdued - evidently the Church has some say in it). And still, not the slightest hint of hostility. Love it. ;D
18 hours and counting....
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jiggles
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Adz, will wall-o-vision be presenting the domination of Barca over Man U late this evening (well, the beers will start then anyway...)??
J
jiggles
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And i get home at 8pm..... I can drink for that long....
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