Wow! This trip was certainly worth the wait as last years planned trip couldn’t go ahead due to Covid. Firstly, I would like to give my appreciation to Andrija, he was brilliant and showed me so much and fitted in 2 extra matches. He made it a fantastic and enjoyable experience for me. Belgrade was absolutely lovely to see and as for the match it completely blew my mind it was an incredible atmosphere from both sets of supporters. Highly recommend The Eternal Derby trip!
Where do I start, what an amazing trip. At short notice Matheus was drafted in to do the Sao Paolo part of the trip too. Him not being that familiar with Sao Paolo didn't detract from the experience. Matheus was knowledgeable, friendly and even took us to an extra game.
Onto Rio, Matheus was so knowledgeable, we even got to 'hang' with some 'Ultras' prior to the Flamengo game and got to play a drum prior to the game (albeit not very well) :-) Matheus knows so many people so we got to experience the game with some of his friends too.
The football was amazing, the tours of the favela in Rio and the Samba night were fantastic. If you get the chance to do this trip, do it and if you're lucky enough to get Matheus as your host consider yourself very lucky. He's a fantastic, friendly, very knowledgeable guy. A great experience for us.
Where do I start guys ?!
From the starting line to the end this weekend was one of the craziest I had to live !
And thanks to our host Ogulcan and Yagiz to make it even better !
Ogulcan reserved us a really place to eat and drink and enjoy our day (6h/7h before the kick off) and the place was already full of fener fan. Took us for a little tour in park next to the stadium where ppl where just chilling singing all day long we weren't even in the stadium you feel you already into it
Turkish people were really nice you can't éven stop smiling yourself seeing all those happy face enjoying their day and praising football !
Once you enter the stadium it was like literally another world guys so many people here singing shouting ! I was talking with one member of the group and he tell me something that is stuck in my mind now to describe the experience in the stadium. There's a saying that's goes " You can't even hear your mind"
And oooh boy does the fan stick up to it !
Can only recommend this trip as a football fan you have to live it once!
Great weekend from start to finish and a lovely city. As far as game day goes it was a blast from start to finish. Fenerbache fans packed out the city from the morning through till after kick off, best atmosphere at a game I’ve been too, stadium was already 90% full 2 hours from kick off and the fans didn’t stop singing. My hosts yagiz and ogulcan were extremely helpful throughout and provided great advice on everything as well as adding to the occasion on match day. Hotel was in a great location in too, I went alone and everyone was very welcoming. would recommend this trip anyone 👍👍
The atmosphere in this match is unlike anything you will have experienced before. The pure passion of Turkish football is on display for every minute of the match (and several hours before as well!)
Thank you to Ogulcan & Yagiz for an incredible few days that I will remember forever.
NickIl