COMO, Italy — It is an ordinary night on Lake Como. The last rays of sunlight sieve patches of clouds, spot the hills trailing into Switzerland. Seaplanes fly overhead and flutter like autumn leaves before a gentle landing on the water. The sunset is a mix of sherbert hues that melt into the lake—it is the kind of sunset you get engaged to, and with the thousands of tourists who walk the shores, there’s a good chance someone somewhere proposed.
For Como, an extraordinary night like this is actually quite ordinary. But there is no denying that it was a special night because, next to the seaplane hangar and on the ebbing shore, there was European soccer on Lake Como. It’s safe to say the Champions League has never known such natural beauty.
