HEY, you guys–put this TV on the right station, okay? It’s the DERBY!!!
Well, all I can say tonight is definitely TV in that we are all three watching the famous Derby–a soccer match between la Roma team and the Lazio team, dire enemies and from the same town. Each large town in Italy has two teams and people root for one or the other and we are romanisti, fans of the Roma. In fact, every time mamma takes a taxi, she asks the driver if he follows soccer, so that she can chat a bit about Italy’s favourite pastime, and if the guy is a laziale (as they are called), there is not much conversation after that. But if he is a romanista, oh, boy, they yak and yak for the whole ride.
And one day, a really rough taxi driver was a little too rude to mamma, who had all sorts of packages and couldn’t manage and he was no help at all and even so mamma left him a tip on the seat of the car and he didn’t see it and started complaining about not getting a tip (on the seat of the car, remember) and mamma stalked off but turned around immediately, saying, “Well, it is CLEAR that you are probably a LAZIALE, right?” And that was the end of that.
And of course he was, mean as a mad rattler. The laziali do NOT have a good reputation nor a lot of affection from romanisti, but it takes two teams to make a ball game, right?
But it’s nice that there are always little kids who come in with the players. This first guy in the line is Dzeko, our attacker who is HUGE and a top scorer.
It’s really nice having a team you love and follow, especially if the team is very, very good and the Roma is WONDERFUL. Even I watch every game (do I have a choice? My couch is next to the TV and I’m not budging…).
Two of our favorites, Dzeko and Perotti, giving each other a high five after a play.
Sorry, I have to run because the game is staring in a few minutes and I can’t miss the kick off!
HEY, GUYS, do it like THIS! Right in the net!
Later…..WE WON–2-1!!!
WE WON
Loulou, we didn’t know you were a tifosi ! Purrs
WE are tifosi…for la roma!!! LOVE, LOVE calcio, er…soccer. We are addicts and have been for years. Well, not me, but THEY have been for years. I, only six years, but I love Totti and now LOVE Nainggolan, la Ninja. LOVE Perotti. The Swiss have a good team, too.
I hope you enjoyed the game. The taxi driver sounds awful.
Oh, he was such a pill, but that is so, so rare. The rest make up for it.
Yay,well done to your team,xx Speedy
GRAZIE, Speedy.
Ooh nice leg action. You could be the coach and maybe get your mom front row seats at the arena. We dont follow football here, too noisy and violent. Give me a game of Mouse chess any day, winner gets to eat the board MOL
Toodle pip and purrrs
ERin
Well, soccer is NOT, is NOT football!!! We don’t follow football either. Yes, violent.
Hip,hip,hurray!
Have a spectacular Sunday…
Noodle and crew
Thank you, oh, Guru of Blogging For A Better World!
YEA!!! It was surely due to your showing them your kick-style!!!! And you rather resemble a svelte version of the soccer ball, in beautiful black and white, but with more elegance. The ball is a nice design and the men who kick it are cute – that’s all mama knows about soccer. But we’re happy for ROMA!!!!!!!
Hey, you maman know her priorities…cute legs on all of them, YES. Soccer to me.
Loulou, we think you need your own soccer team. Looks as if you have all the right moves. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo and Cooper Murphy
I think I might play goalie, actually. Less running around.
Winning is always fun. And so is having a pleasant chat while riding in a taxi.
Oh, mama loves the taxi drivers because they are so Roman and have such nice accents. Most of them anyway, and they talk about cooking and food and all sorts of thing.
Bravo ! (Only 119 days until Spring Training !)
YAY, spring training. Actually they are training now all around the place because there is the Champion’s League and all sorts of other competitions. But Italy NOT in the World Cup is TERRIBLE.
Let’s see Loulou kick a soccer ball!
Hey, Andrew, just watch me! I’ll show those guys how to do it.