Home Is Where The Heart Is...: Milano Rhinos VS Bergamo Lions

Football, fans, friends, and food! This Saturday's game against the Bergamo Lions had all of these "F's" added together to equal FUN.

"This wasn't just a win," one of the coaches said, "this is history." The Milano Rhinos haven't beaten the Lions since 1994. Bergamo, being no more than 45 miles outside of Milan, many of the players had played together in years past. This game wasn't only played out of motivation for a well deserved win for the history books, but it was played in memory of a former player who had died tragically; Dylan Meier. If we had lost the game we would have also lost our chances for making it to Play Offs because every win counts from here on out. So with their victory of 32-14, the Rhinos celebrated afterwards at the local hang out spot, singing a victory song, and recapping on the game that led to their arch rival's defeat.

This game wasn't like any of the past ones. The stands were filled with loud, enthusiastic fans who simply loved American Football. An American friend of ours, Kristin Macy, had her father at the game who was overjoyed that he was actually witnessing what he had read in the book, Playing for Pizza. Young Italian boys were at the game with their homemade signs, chanting American Football cheers, and getting the crowd motivated. They were truly the best cheerleaders of the night. It was so wonderful to see the support and pride the fans had for the players and the players appreciated all of the requests for pictures and autographs.

Just like any other Sunday after the game, you can find Brock and I eating a pizza. After a big win like last night’s, Brock had two whole large pizzas for himself. Oh, and a gelato to top it off. It was a good weekend to say the least.

Now I hate seeing Brock getting tackled and although this picture was an accident, it turned out sooo cool because this was his first touch down pass of the game! See the ball in the air?