The attraction of San Siro
Like France, summer in Italy is scorching hot. From Nice, a beautiful city in the south of the hexagonal country, we set foot in the boot-shaped country, to Turin and then to Milan by bus and train, the air outside was sweltering hot.
Mr. Nguyen Hoang Tuyen, a Vietnamese fan who has lived in Italy for more than 40 years, said: "The weather in Italy has never been as hot as this year. The summer is so hot that people flock to travel. Most of the shops and restaurants are also closed, so the deserted atmosphere makes people feel even more tired. But that's what we see outside, but when we get to the stadium, everything will be different."
San Siro Stadium is solid with nearly 100 years of existence
Indeed, when arriving at San Siro, also known as Giuseppe Meazza stadium, we can see that the attraction of football is completely contrasted with the atmosphere on the street. From afar, the stadium has a very large frontage, larger than the Parc des Princes of PSG Club or Camp Nou of Barcelona that we have seen. But despite its vastness, the number of cars and fans coming to the stadium is still very crowded, so the stadium feels like it is surrounded by a long stream of people. They come for many reasons such as wanting to see what is strange at San Siro in the preparation for the new season, wanting to visit the magical beauty of the stadium with its strange corners and also wanting to become the first tifosi to own new shirts and items of Inter Milan and AC Milan players to prepare for the "epic" cheering in Serie A.
The author outside the San Siro stadium
Most of the visitors to San Siro are tourists because spending about 30 euros (more than 800,000 VND) for a tour of the stadium is not too expensive. But not everyone is satisfied because they have to register in advance and buy online, and each day there is a limited number of people entering the stadium. When we arrived, we were late because of the long travel time on the bus and the rush, so we booked online. Therefore, we could not get tickets to enter the stadium, so we had to look from the outside through the fence. However, the scenes inside the stadium were so beautiful and majestic. The green grass was smooth like a carpet, and the stands were massive with impressive red and blue colors.
The fence system separating the football field and the audience was raised higher to prevent extremists from jumping onto the field like before. Of course, even though San Siro has "upgraded" its security to ensure safety, it still does not affect the viewers' vision. What is even more surprising is the sound when there is an announcement, which is as loud as thunder. Just that much, the impression left by San Siro is enough to show how majestic the place where the two Milanese football teams once made waves in the sky of Europe and Serie A is.
The grass is smooth as a carpet.
San Siro Stadium Grandstand
Milan is more popular than Inter
A large number of spectators came to the exhibition area displaying images of Milan and Inter players, watching short videos about the two teams, visiting the changing rooms, and the busiest area was the area where they bought products of the two teams. Not being fans of any team, we were very comfortable watching and observing that the number of fans interested in AC Milan was always larger. Garaedo Schillai, in the traditional red shirt of Milan, said: "We are proud that Milan has two strong teams that have played very well in Serie A and European cups. Both teams are very worthy of being loved.
Fans looking at Inter Milan souvenirs
In the past, AC Milan was much better, especially during the period when the Dutch trio Gullit-Van Basten-Rijkaard dominated the field, while recently Inter has been excellent, winning Serie A and reaching the Champions League final under Inzaghi. But in my eyes and the eyes of many other friends in Milan, comparing the two teams, the red half is still more loved than the blue half. Why? I can't answer all because everyone has a choice, especially love is based on heart and emotion. Maybe those who love Milan are simply fascinated by the more glorious past."
And also hunt for AC Milan shirts
It is true that when entering the "supermarket" of the two teams' products, Inter's side is much more impressive because of the youthful green color combined with the brand new white shirts. Even their booth, which shares the same sales hall with AC, is more attractive because the images of Nicolo Barella, Lautaro Martinez, Denzel Dumfries, Yann Sommer, Marcus Thuram are so beautiful that everyone who comes to shop takes the opportunity to take pictures as souvenirs. But there are only a dozen or so people buying each time, each person buying 1-2 items. We estimate that in 15 minutes they sold about 100 products (shirts, pants, hats, umbrellas, handbags, shoe bags, scarves, team balls, books, school supplies...).
But the line of people waiting to buy AC Milan goods is longer.
On the other hand, AC Milan lined up 3-4 layers long, very crowded, jostling each other. The red color of Milan was also bright, although it was not as bright in the room as the blue, but there were hundreds of people looking to buy souvenirs of Rafael Leao, Theo Hernandez, Christian Pulisic, Alvaro Morata and teammates. Looking at the line of people buying AC Milan products, each fan had at least 3-4 items in their hands, we could see the admiration and love of the fans for this team was immense. Also in 15 minutes of observation, we saw nearly 500 products of the red half of Milan being sold, probably 4-5 times more than Inter.
AC Milan's area is always more crowded than Inter Milan's
Football can sustain professional teams season after season, from many sources such as television rights, advertising, sponsorship, season tickets, other accompanying services and there is always fierce competition both in terms of performance and image to attract and survive.
The special thing about Milan is that the two clubs share the same stadium, so they compete directly with each other "face to face". Just the souvenirs sold every day show how fierce the competition is. Inter may be winning at the moment, attracting more fans to come to them. But Milan is still something that always makes the hearts of the audience flutter, not only in this fashion capital but also hundreds of millions of others who follow every day around the world.
The author next to images of Nicolo Barella, Lautaro Martinez
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/den-san-siro-thuong-thuc-cuoc-canh-tranh-khong-khoan-nhuong-giua-2-doi-bong-thanh-milan-185240815175324619.htm
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