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Sunday, July 27, 2008

Napoli vs. (some greek team), lol

Last night I went to my first Napoli soccer game. I must say it was an interesting experience. Of course nothing like going to a football or basketball game in America. The parking is crazy, how you get in is even crazier and then there is no food buying while watching the game unless you can catch the occassional guy walking buy selling cokes or ice cream and depending on your seat you might as well throw in the white flag on that right there. The crowd gets crazy and really into it especially when they make a goal. I mean everyone jumped up and screamed pretty much. I wasn't feeling that great all of the sudden because there was a weather change coming on but I let the noise of the crowd wash over me. I ended up getting a Napoli shirt to remember the night and I should have gotten some of the food they did have outside of the stadium. I mean unlike what we have at the stadium for food was nothing like what they have here, I mean they have FOOD here outside of the stadium. Food like Mom would cook at home for dinner in a sense. Yeah it is sausage, sandwhiches, etc but not like the greasy stuff we would get. Not hamburgers, hot dogs, or 5yr old pizza that was just frozen not that long ago. Although by the end I wasn't feeling spiffy I did tell OO8 that if we are around and another soccer game is going on I am more than game to watch another one live. But next time I'm going to enjoy getting some food before the game and getting an ice cream before taking my seat because damn it I wanted an ice cream but the guy never looked our way, bastard, lol. Oh and next time we won't be wearing our Argentina shirts but I will have my Napoli shirt on. Hey, at least I had on blue and white of some sort, lol.


Things I forgot to mention:
Leaving the stadium is just as crazy as entering the damn thing. People park their scooters/motorcycles closer than cars can get. So when leaving they are mixed in with the walking crowd so there is all kinds of honking going on within a loud noisy crowd. Leaving the stands isn't all that pretty either, people pushing and such just to get out of the stands and then the stadium. I also forgot to mention the "cage" where the opponent supporters sit. There is this small section of the stadium where they sit and it is covered with this I guess metal like mesh so that the Napoli supporters can't throw glass plus various items over there to hurt them. Then to top it off the poor people have to wait and then they have a police escort out of the stadium. Hell with the way it was I kind wish we had a police escort out that sucker, lol.

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