Soccer match at Campo

Yesterday there was a Roma soccer game. The Roma team was away so naturally the entire city had to find an alternate way to watch the game. In America the answer to this dilemma is to go to a sports bar and enjoy a few beers in a large indoor area with a choice between 30 or more flat screen HDTV's to choose from. In Rome a popular place to watch the game is at Campo di Fiori. This square was transformed into a the mecca of Roma Soccer for those 2 hours that the game lasts. Unlike the American counterpart the bars that Roma fans attend are tiny. The one that I went to to watch the game had enough room inside for about 20 people. The rest of the audience was crowded outside standing or sitting on stools at tall tables. At this one bar there were about 150 people crowded around a 20-30 inch TV. There was a combination of cheering when Roma came close to scoring and Jeering when the other team committed a foul or a foul wasnt called. At the end of the first half a few men near the front of the crowd began a chant that turned to a song. Soon the whole 150 people joined in this cheer hoping to guide their team to victory.