Football (what we call soccer) is kind of a big deal down here in Argentina and Brazil. Perhaps you´ve heard. Mike and I were able to enjoy the crazy Boca Juniors verse the Independiente at the Tomas A. Duco stadium on Sunday.Boca Juniors is one of the best known teams in Argentina. They are like the Yankees, with the most titles and the most fans throughout the country. Their logo or team bage should pop up on the left side of this post. The bright blue and yellow are easy to spot and when we visited the La Boca neighborhood, their logoed apparel was everywhere. They were founded by Italian immigrants and so I was really excited to go to the game and cheer them on.
Unfortunetly, it was an away game and so we couldnt sit with the fans from Boca. The fans have seperate enterances to the park and there are large police barracades between the fans so that there is no mixing. When the game is over, the Boca fans are escorted out by the police and the other fans have to wait until they are all out before they open the gates. CRAZY!Los Diablos Rojos or the red devils beat Boca 2-0.
I love it--they have to keep the fans separate so they don't destroy each other. Wow.
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