Guest Jeffery S. Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I wonder if there is anyone here who has gone to the Olimpico in Rome to see matches. I will be there this weekend, Lazio plays Bologna at 6 PM on Saturday, great time. Any suggestions? Any tips on where to sit, getting tickets, good sections for the price, if you can eat at or near the stadium decently? How to get there easily (my hotel is halfway between Termini and Piazza Venezia). I am going I hope with my 10 year old, so don't want to be with the hardcore tifosi and frankly I am not much of a tifoso laziale myself either. Much appreciated guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I saw the Italian Super Cup at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome in September '00. The game kicked off late (nine thirty, I think). Other than half the stadium monkey chanting every time Clarence Seedorf touched the ball (he played at Inter at the time), the things I remember most are Robbie Keane scoring an early goal on his Inter debut and spending almost an hour outside the stadium after the game trying to find a cab back to our hotel. Traffic outside the stadium was brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I'm going to the Guiseppe Meazza in May for the Milan-Roma match. I'll only be carrying cash and my ticket to the stadium. Putting €30-40 in my pocket and the rest in my socks. [8D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeffery S. Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 The traffic problem getting there and getting back especially worries me too. Cause of course public transit in Rome is rather disastrous. I suspect this match will have a low turnout, Bologna not being too popular and Lazio playing poorly. So maybe won't be as bad. Any comments about where to sit from anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoccMan Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I did not find public transit to be disaterous in Rome when I was there. I took the subway to get around in Rome and it was no different then taking the subway here in Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I caught a Champions League qualifier at the Olimpico between Lazio and Benfica. We bought our tickets at Lazio Cento which is a team store. I don't remember where it is located. Because of the track, make sure you don't sit too low. We bought our tickets the day of the game so all that was left was the more expensive seats. I doubt that will be the case for this Serie A game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Oh yeah, traffic was crazy. People park their cars three deep and just take up lanes of traffic. Insane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulsar Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 quote:Originally posted by amacpher I'm going to the Guiseppe Meazza in May for the Milan-Roma match. I'll only be carrying cash and my ticket to the stadium. Putting €30-40 in my pocket and the rest in my socks. [8D] don't even worry about stuff like that. it's cool. i lived right beside the stadium for a year and saw many games and people are fine. police all over the place and the ultras are in the stadium way before the match starts. i saw about 30 games and never had or saw a problem. You can light your seat on fire and they won't do a thing. if you fight,you are out so fast it's not funny. security is amazing. don't forget to bring your ID if you buy tix and they will check it when you enter the stadium as well. One thing about italians, they love to argue but rarely will you see a fight. Not even at the Inter- Milan derbies. Now when Napoli comes to play, it's a different ball game. It's crazy. Have fun. Have a salsiccia panino for me and a becks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 How was it Jeffrey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeffery S. Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Sorry to say i did not go as my wife's "nice family evening in Rome" theory prevailed. Fair enough as the weather was great on Saturday but rainy today and we could not very much. Rarely have my fan aspirations worked when I travel with my wife, have to go alone or just with the kid. Will have to make it up as I am hoping to be back in Rome at the Olimpico in late May. Thanks for the tips anyways. My tip for anyone in Rome is go see the Caravaggios in Santa Maria del Popolo, absolutely mind blowing stuff. BTW, absolutely no Lazio shirts to be seen in all of Rome, plenty of Roma in contrast. Talking about people wearing them. But even tourist shops do not even carry the Lazio shirt as the tourists just by the Roma for the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 ^As the names of the two clubs suggest, AS Roma derives the majority of its fan base from within the city of Rome, while SS Lazio finds its greatest support in the surrounding areas of the Lazio region. This may partly explain why there are so few Lazio shirts in the shops in the city. Lazio supporters are generally derided by their Roman counterparts as being country simpletons. They have a common joke: Q: Who wakes up earlier on the morning of the Rome derby, the Roma supporter or the Lazio supporter? A: The Lazio supporter. He has to get up early so he can saddle up his donkey and begin the long ride into Rome for the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeffery S. Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 quote:Originally posted by SthMelbRed ^As the names of the two clubs suggest, AS Roma derives the majority of its fan base from within the city of Rome, while SS Lazio finds its greatest support in the surrounding areas of the Lazio region. This may partly explain why there are so few Lazio shirts in the shops in the city. Lazio supporters are generally derided by their Roman counterparts as being country simpletons. They have a common joke: Q: Who wakes up earlier on the morning of the Rome derby, the Roma supporter or the Lazio supporter? A: The Lazio supporter. He has to get up early so he can saddle up his donkey and begin the long ride into Rome for the match. I know that the Lazio supporters were from outside of the city, in the region, but I thought they were precisely the opposite in terms of social class: the middle and even upper middle classes who no longer live in Rome itself. So I thought the rivalry would have the Roma supporters as the working class types who could not get a step up and the Lazio supporters as the ones who rose socio-economically. Is that wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SthMelbRed Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I am open to correction from someone with a deeper understanding of the rivalry, but I always understood that AS Roma fans consider themselves far more sophisticated than their Lazio supporting neighbours. We may need one of our resident Italians to clarify this one for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulsar Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 There is also the political factor involved. Lazio fans are well known to be fascist. Politics plays a huge part in Italy. Example: Livorno fans = Communist. Inter= Fascist and brutally racist except when it comes to their players of colour EG: Balotelli, Viera and Suazo. Milan are also right wing (Berlusconi) and Napoli fans are evil as well and for the life of me can't think of their political affiliations. Now, when i say fans, i am speaking for those in the Curva ( area behind the goals ) the ultras etc... average italian fans are passionate and just like to enjoy the games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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