AS Roma v Sassuola at Stadio Olimpico

We were lucky that Roma had a home game while we were in Rome.  Heavy rain was predicted and umbrellas aren't permitted in the stadium so we bought raincoats from Muja and headed off to the game on the tram.  We have been to Stadio Olimpico several times now so know our way around  -which is a good thing as there are always heaps of people, the tram and bus windows are foggy and it is easy to miss your stop.  Luckily that has only happened  to us once.

There were over 50,000 people at the game and it was amazing spectacle.  The serious fans are in special sections of the stadium -the curved ends or curva.  This time there were so many Roma fans and so few Sassuola fans that Roma fans were in the Curva sud and Curva nord.  There was lots of singing chanting and flag waving,  It was a 1-1 draw with Sassuola scoring the drawing goal in the last few seconds of the game.  Roma didn't play that well and really should have been much further in front -there were lots of missed opportunities for goals and a few questionable refereeing decisions.
It was good fun and we managed to stay reasonably dry.

Roma fans in the Curva sud

Warming up before the game