There's nothing to do. In Saudi Arabia spectators have not yet learned the culture of football. The reason? Just tune in to Canale 5 to watch the first semi-final of Italian Super Cup. There are two greats from our championship on the pitch: Inter who won the Scudetto, and Atalanta who won the Europa League. The pace is very high and there is a lot of competition. But something is upsetting viewers.
Well, as soon as the referee blew the whistle to start the match the stadium he fell silent. A surreal atmosphere, which is certainly not part of the match atmosphere of Italian fans. . Not only no choirs, but not even that shouting, thatempathetic excitement which permeates the stands of Italian and European stadiums. Everyone remained silent, those who showed up at Al-Awwal Park, the 25,000 seat stadium in Riyadh – Saudi Arabia – which hosts the home matches of Al Nassr of Cristiano Ronaldo.
More than a stadium, the stands of Inter and Atalanta are more like a museum, where spectators remain in religious silence to admire the players' plays. This is the biggest difference compared to the Italian climate, where the match is characterized for 90 minutes by chants, taunts, flags and banners. But the trip for the Italian fans, both in terms of space and costs, was very complicated indeed.
