This is a far cry from the yesteryears when Siena would take 30 coaches and 2000 +/- to Roma away, having said this we are still given privilege of a ridiculously large police escort to and from the stadium.
What has happened to calcio italiano? I read this in the papers and hear people ask the same question over and over again. One 'fairly' enthusiastic Siena loving football nut, who goes by the name of Tito exclaims "il calcio e finito", football is finished, which is true to an extent. Things have changed in football, changed beyond recognition. Sky Italia now shows ALL Serie A goals LIVE or seconds after from ALL the games on a channel called Sky Calcio Home. This seriously damages football because people simply can't be bothered to get out of the sitting room and go watch the games anymore. Not to mention the cost of tickets- I think Danny boy and I have forked out near to €500 between us so far to watch our beloved Siena!
The 3 hour trip down to the capital was the most lively (to date...) with magnums of wine, bottles of grappa (Ugh!), beer, the routine stop/checkpoint by the carabinieri after the toll on l'autostrada miles outside of Rome. This is, after all, one of the bigger fixtures for A.C. Siena. One could see this with more old-timers and ex-utlras fighters coming out the woodwork. Time for us to fare bella figura in front of these pompous and arrogant romans....
This time, we, i inglesi turned up with two banners. One big one; 'WILD BOYS' and my own personal '7-1' painted on. I pinned this up with my united scarf side by side with all i bianconeri banners. This was a step too far for the roma fans and was enough to antagonise them. A steward duely confiscated sed banner and my scarf. I found this very interesting bit in the match report on the fedelissimi's website and I quote: 'Thanks to the sensible level-headedness of the bianconeri fans we were able to recuperate the scarf at the end of the game.' http://www.sienaclubfedelissimi.it/indexall-commenti.asp?idNEWS=5683
You see, there is something about Siena, which makes them different to other clubs, although I always call it a family club, they truly are a community and watch out for each other. The fans have a some dignity. Nothing forced them to negotiate with the stewards and the police to get a scarf back that belongs to some random british student, but nonetheless they did. I would like to thank them for that and I hope that italian students who decide to follow a club in the UK would get the same treatment.
The game was, here we go, yup, SAME OLD STORY. Siena played admirably but with no end result. Roma won off a sweet lob by Taddei half way through the second half. Arsenal have nothing to fear when they come to the Olimpico. Siena could do with taking note of how to score. If this carries on and other results go the wrong way they could well find themselves sucked into a very horrible relegation scrap.
Its been a fantastic experience following Siena's ups and downs, home and away, being part of La Curva Robur and I wish them all the best for the future and the rest of the season. I just don't know how many more games I will see as I am now moving to Bologna. I don't plan on changing my allegiances, there's no risk of that happening anyway- Bologna are worse than Siena. If only they could give us Di Vaio (top scorer). I definately can't make Genoa on Sunday as I couldn't possibly miss us stuff spurs at Wemberlee. There are mutterings of Genoa bringing 3000 on Sunday, should be una grande partita.
I will, however, be at Fiorentina away, guarenteed.
From votre correspodent bianconero
JB
In other news- all Italian teams are out of the UEFA cup after this weeks games, save Udinese and it looks like going that way in the CL too- we shall see.
Mourihno are ya listenin'?
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