Fiorentina Bleeds Purple Too

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After a quite Sunday morning in Florence, headed out with some friends to watch a much needed sporting event. I have been kind of jealous that people back home have been watching Michael Beasley and the amazing K-State basketball team, it was fun to watch live sports instead of reading stats for a change. The stadium is just on the outside of the city of Florence, about a 25 minute walk from our apartment. You could definitely could tell as we got closer to the stadium, with Italians and their purple scarves. We had bought jerseys in the market on Saturday to try to blend in, I don't think we fooled anyone but they were happy we were wearing purple. We had pretty good seats, right along the field about 4 rows up. The section to our right looked like fun to, the behavior would probably rival the student section at big games. If only I could understand Italian, I am sure some of the men behind us had some great comments for the referees.

I have to say that all the Italian soccer players are very attractive and very "fit" as Emily might describe them. I was wearing #10, for Adrian Mutu, a Fiorentina favorite. He scored one of the two goals that lead to a win over Catania. During half time, I witnessed something you would never see in the United States. The line for the mens bathroom lead all the way up the stairs and around the corner, while the women walked right in without waiting. Weird. I guess there was just way more men than women at the game but it was so different to see!

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Photos

Italian Fans
Everyone was wearing black with purple scarves! Who knew?!?

A New Sight
The line to the Men's Room on the left and (surprise) no line for the Women's

The Girls
Alex, Meredith, Erica and Sam before the game

The Players
Talented and Attractive. Nice.

Diehard Fans :)
Emily, Kate, Mallory Erin, and Erica

We Won!
Meredith, Cassie, Alex, Sam, and Erica