Chapter 156: More Than a Game
October 24th, 2010
The air at Broadfield Stadium was sharp and chilly, filled with the smell of damp grass and the faint buzz of the floodlights overhead.
But inside the stadium, something electric was happening. The place felt alive pumping with energy, hope, and raw emotion.
Everywhere you looked, there was red and white.
Flags waving.
Scarves held high.
It wasn't just a crowd, it was a community, united and loud, standing tall against the odds.
The chants ringing out weren't just songs they were battle cries. They echoed with pride, with defiance, with the belief of a town that knew it didn't belong on a stage this big but showed up anyway.
Across from them stood a giant Fiorentina, a club with a proud history, their players draped in the deep, royal purple of Florence.
A name that echoed through European football.
But in that moment, none of it mattered.
