It was Montilivi that watched it, that lived it, and that would have loved a different ending. Montilivi that deserved it, too “Welcome to Miami,” the sign said . Scribbled in black pen on white cardboard and fixed to the fence by the stadium where long lines of tables were laid out and the atmosphere was building, it greeted them as they arrived – football fans heading to the biggest game of the year. Mostly, they strolled from town, through narrow, old streets, yellow ribbons attached to every lamppost, along the river where the houses overlooking the water are brightly coloured, not pastel, across the bridge and up a gentle hill in the sunshine. There, past concrete police controls was another sign, bigger and more professionally produced, yellow letters on a red backdrop covering the stand. “One team, one fanbase, one city,” it declared. And that team, those fans, that city, was Girona. Not Miami. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2HAvxHP
