Our Last Day in Venice - Turin and Juventus Game

Our last day in Italy was spent in Turin.  The main reason for us booking our trip to Italy was to see Ronaldo play soccer at home, and we were able to get Champions League tickets for their home game in Turin against Atletico Madrid.

Our day started early as we had to catch the 3 hour train ride from Venice to Turin.  When we got to Turin, we had to then catch a taxi from the train station to the airport so that we could pick up our car rental.  The Juventus game started at 9:00 PM and the last train from Turin back to Venice was at 10:00 PM, so the only way that we could make it back to Venice the next morning for our 6:00 AM flight back home was to drive, at mid-night, across Italy from Turin to Venice in a car rental!
When we got our car, we went straight to the Allianz Stadium where Juventus plays. 

There were food trucks and vendors lined up all around the stadium, and directly outside of the stadium was a very nice shopping mall.  We just hung out there all day and watched as it continued to get more and more crowded as the game approached.  We ate at a place called American Graffiti Diner (only Alyssa would want to eat at an American Diner in Italy) and napped in the car.

We had GREAT seats, literally on the first row almost at mid-field.  And the game was a great game.  It was the second leg of their Champion's League match against Atletico Madrid.  Atletico beat Juventus in the first leg 2-0, so Juventus needed to win 3-0 to advance.  Ronaldo came up big with a hat trick, scoring 3 goals.  The atmosphere was crazy, and it was a surreal experience seeing one of the GOATs of soccer playing so well in a Champion's League match.