Going over to watch atalanta v roma on the 27th , anyone been over there , any tips, do's / don'ts . Cheers

If you want an advice pal, it’s high risk game...cause thetr’s A big rivalry between them...especially if u go with family is a problem...

Cheers , going over with a few mates . So it will be an experience then ?

i think yes, but roma are friends with saints and atalanta are friends with germans so english presence i think is not allowed but if u pick standard places will be ok...

Italianclaret88 - not doubting you for a minute but interested as to why Atalanta and Roma are such rivals given geographically they're miles apart?

longside72 wrote:Going over to watch atalanta v roma on the 27th , anyone been over there , any tips, do's / don'ts . Cheers

Do you have a death wish pal?

Goddy wrote:Italianclaret88 - not doubting you for a minute but interested as to why Atalanta and Roma are such rivals given geographically they're miles apart?

Cause is north vs south ehhehe, rome is the cultural capital but the north is the engine of italy so there's the point....

I thought the biggest rivals of Roma were Lazio?

Just fly in to em. Show em what us English are all about. Two of you in each stand should be enough to take the whole ground.

Just shouting Su Su Su could be enough.

Buy a scarf of whoever is playing at home and just blend in...

italianclaret88 wrote:i think yes, but roma are friends with saints and atalanta are friends with germans so english presence i think is not allowed but if u pick standard places will be ok...

We have tickets arranged for us , looking forward to it

longside72 wrote:We have tickets arranged for us , looking forward to it

ahhahahhaha good...let me know if u need advice..

italianclaret88 wrote:ahhahahhaha good...let me know if u need advice..

Cheers are you cricketfields mate ? Will contact you if you are

longside72 wrote:Cheers are you cricketfields mate ? Will contact you if you are

No. Luigi is a fake italian.

cricketfieldclarets wrote:No. Luigi is a fake italian.

ahhahahahhha shut up u **** ahaahahhah... yes i'm a cricketfield member with the boss cricketfieldclarets....

i'm irish ahahhhahaha

italianclaret88 wrote:ahhahahahhha shut up u **** ahaahahhah... yes i'm a cricketfield member with the boss cricketfieldclarets....

i'm irish ahahhhahaha

Northern irish i hope

I will contact 'the boss' haha

longside72 wrote:Northern irish i hope

I will contact 'the boss' haha

hahahahahahahaha...no there's only one ireland...northern ireland is a country?....hahahahhh

italyexit

su

italianclaret88 wrote:hahahahahahahaha...no there's only one ireland...northern ireland is a country?....hahahahhh

italyexit

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Tourista!!

longside72 wrote:Going over to watch atalanta v roma on the 27th , anyone been over there , any tips, do's / don'ts . Cheers

If you have time go up to the old part of the town and have a walk around and get some food; cool little city centre with loads of little bars/cafes and restaurants. There is a furnicular to get up there if you don't fancy the walk. Are you staying in Bergamo? Or just going for the day? Train, car? If by train, then there are loads of buses from the station that'll take you up to the old centre as well.
Have you got time to see any other footy? There's quite a bit going on over the weekend in that area Saturday and Sunday evening depending on your plans.

Goddy wrote:Italianclaret88 - not doubting you for a minute but interested as to why Atalanta and Roma are such rivals given geographically they're miles apart?

A lot of rivalries in Italy are also based on political lines too.

Atalanta and the Bergamo region is seen as left wing, so whenever they play Juve, Lazio, Hellas Verona and other clubs seen as right wing, there’s usually hell to pay.

The rivalries in Italy are far more complex and deep rooted than in the UK, which is generally location based.

Done a bit of digging and it seems the rivalry with Rome goes back a fair long time, 30 years or so, but for a long time they used to have a 'friendship', as it's known in Italy, linking the clubs positively. Apparently, that broke in the mid-80s due to some disturbances during matches and the police, and despite attempts to get a friendship back in the following years bad blood stayed around: There have been constant attacks and incidents since, and even arrests for attempted homicide by Atalanta fans in 2001. The last incidents were in 2014 in Bergamo between both sets of supporters and unbelievably (but not so in Italy) next week will be sentence day for 10 Atalanta supporters/Ultras identified as the ring leaders in causing public disturbance and violent disorder.
So, keep an eye out with it being sentence day as well; there might be some re-percussions depending on the verdict.