Football - San Siro

Visit San Siro football stadium in Milan, Italy.

The world is united by many things, but these days the one thing most of the world has in common is the love for football (soccer for us Americans). If Football was a religion, some of the great Cathedrals of the sport are spread around the world. This bug is in a series of five travel bugs that head to some of the most famous football stadiums in the world (at least the ones I would like to watch a match in someday). While you may not be able to cache at the stadium, please make the attempt to take a picture of the bug next to it. And along the way, feel free to take it to you other stadiums and kick the ball around.

The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, more commonly called San Siro, is a football stadium in Milan, Italy. It is the home stadium for two of the three most successful Italian Football League clubs: A.C. Milan and F.C. Internazionale, and one of the most famous football stadiums in the world. Although it has been officially renamed in honour of Giuseppe Meazza, the Inter and Milan player of the 1930s and 1940s, it is still commonly called San Siro. With the spectators being so close to the pitch, the stands being so steep and with a large roof, it is considered to have one of the best atmospheres of any stadium in the world.

As well as being used by Milan and Inter, the Italian national side also plays occasional games there and it has also been used for the 2000/01, 1969/1970 and 1964/65 Champions League/European Cup finals. The stadium was also used for UEFA Cup finals when played over home and away legs but has never featured since the competition changed to a single final structure in 1997/98.