Apotheosic end of the Roman festival at Circus Maximus

Roma today celebrated with their fans the Conference League title they won on Wednesday in Tirana (Albania) against Feyenoord (1-0). After touring the city streets in an open-top bus, the closing party took place at the emblematic Circus Maximus, next to the Colosseum, before 100,000 enthusiastic followers.

“We’re back in Rome! And we want to celebrate it in our city, with you all. We’re leaving at 4:30 pm by bus from Via Terme di Caracalla and at the same time go to Circus Maximus,” Roma reported in the morning. thereafter the players and coaching staff led by José Mourinho arrived at Fiumicino airport from Tirana at 4:30 am and received three thousand ‘tifosi.

From the airport, the expedition headed to its sports city, Trigoria, where around 5:30 a.m., early in the morning, about a hundred followers were still standing.

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Now fans have responded hard to the club’s call. At 4:30 pm, Rome’s bus started the celebration parade through the city towards Circus Maximus, the ancient stadium of the Roman Empire where players and coaching staff offered Conference League trophies to their fans, who on Wednesday had already prepared the Olympic Stadium to follow the match and blocked the Italian capital until dawn after taking to the streets to celebrate the title won thanks to Nicolò Zaniolo’s goal.

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This afternoon-evening scenes of joy were repeated and madness once again took over the city, which was flooded with people and noise to celebrate a historic title.

During the parade there was no shortage of references to Lazio, the eternal rival of Rome. Marash Kumbulla, an Albanian defender of Italian descent, was holding a banner that read ‘Lazià, Tirana brutta aia’, which could be translated as ‘Laziale, Tirana bad winds’. The young Zalewski also sent a message to the eternal rival: ‘Laziale chiudi la finestra’ (Laziale, close the window).

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Finally, 7:30 pm, the Romans arrived at Circus Maximus, the scene of the great party. It’s been 14 years since ‘Loba’ hasn’t lifted a title, since ‘scudetto’ in 2008. But it’s been 31 since he didn’t play in the final (the UEFA Cup was lost to Inter) and 61 because he did not win a continental title (the Fairs Cup). The wait for ‘tifosi’ was long, so the celebration was in style.