We have now been in Brasil for over a week, and we're slowly starting to adapt to the Brazilan way of life ... Lots of fresh fruit in the morning, beer and grilled prawns during the day, and Caipiroska (like Caipirinha but with Vodka instead of Cachaca) and late dinner on the evening. Life could be harder :-)
On Sunday, we looked at the district championship final (Norte Grande) in Futebol, a derby between the Natal teams Americas and ABC. The stadium was far from packed, but the atmosphere was still great, with lots of singing and jumping (all simultaneosly), resulting in a nice "swing" of the entire stadium. There were lots of police/militaryon site, but there were no real problems. The fans stayed calm this time (the has been casualties the last three derbys) ... Oh yes, the result ... We were cheering for ABC but since we were placed in the middle of the Americas sections, we couldn't cheer as much as we wanted. Americas started best with a high tempo and some great technical moves, but then ABC took over but they couldn't really produce any good chances. In the middle of the first half, Americas scored a pretty lucky goal. In the 85th minute, Americas scored again and many thought that the game was over, But only two minutes later, ABC scored with a bicicleta and the game was alive again ... ABC tried really hard to get an equalizer and some good chances but they couldn't put it in the net ... 2-1 to Americas. Technically, the game wasn't that exciting, but we'll be sure to remember the game for the superb athomsphere among the fans!!!
That was the fotball ... We'll soon enter a new post with a summary of the adventures of the last couple of days!
Cheers!
On Sunday, we looked at the district championship final (Norte Grande) in Futebol, a derby between the Natal teams Americas and ABC. The stadium was far from packed, but the atmosphere was still great, with lots of singing and jumping (all simultaneosly), resulting in a nice "swing" of the entire stadium. There were lots of police/militaryon site, but there were no real problems. The fans stayed calm this time (the has been casualties the last three derbys) ... Oh yes, the result ... We were cheering for ABC but since we were placed in the middle of the Americas sections, we couldn't cheer as much as we wanted. Americas started best with a high tempo and some great technical moves, but then ABC took over but they couldn't really produce any good chances. In the middle of the first half, Americas scored a pretty lucky goal. In the 85th minute, Americas scored again and many thought that the game was over, But only two minutes later, ABC scored with a bicicleta and the game was alive again ... ABC tried really hard to get an equalizer and some good chances but they couldn't put it in the net ... 2-1 to Americas. Technically, the game wasn't that exciting, but we'll be sure to remember the game for the superb athomsphere among the fans!!!
That was the fotball ... We'll soon enter a new post with a summary of the adventures of the last couple of days!
Cheers!
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