72 members, the longest-standing of them all, those who have always been there, through the good times and the bad.
Como tracked them down one by one to seat them in the stands for its first Champions League night, one of the most glorious moments in the club’s history.
They are the same ones who cheered goals in Serie D, Italy’s fourth division, when no one would bet a cent on this club. The ones who witnessed promotions that felt like miracles and relegations that hurt like a funeral.
None of them asked for anything in return. They were simply there, season after season, while Como made its way through the darkest divisions of Italian football.
Today the club returned that loyalty to them with a place in the stands for the most important match in its history. Their proud faces say it all: this can’t be bought with money.