Outside the San Siro, the day had been moving lazily along, with the city treating the match taking place in their city for what it was supposed to be: a preseason friendly.
Then people started seeing the score.
From a glance at a phone on a café table.
To a muttered "Seriously?" from someone stepping off a tram.
And finally, a sports channel suddenly getting turned up louder inside a bar.
The reactions and the mediums varied.
And somewhere on the other side of Milan, where the shirts changed from red and black to blue and black, Inter fans reacted the way they always did when something involving their neighbours became entertaining and funny.
They did so immediately, collectively and with far too much enjoyment.
And very soon, the main word floating around the street was, "Why not?"
Why not go and watch the game?
And so some did.
