Arrivederci Roma

WE ALL know that getting to the final of the Champions League is hard but I say that getting away from it is harder still.

Even old Dante himself would have struggled to do justice to the inferno that was Leonardo da Vinci Airport on Thursday morning as what appeared to be the entire attendance from the Stadio Olimpico the previous night now desperately sought an exit strategy from the Eternal City.

The scenes were reminiscent of the madness that was Istanbul airport on the morning after the 2005 final. The big difference then was that all the travellers festooned in red were still so delirious with joy after Liverpool’s sensational comeback victory the previous night that nothing could have spoiled their day.