Argentinian Futbal is Amazing!

Ok I will be the first to admit that I am not a huge soccer fan, but the Boca Junior game was so much fun.  Mainly due to the fans and the fact I have so much fun people watching.  However the game was quite good to watch as well.  A least for the first half.  In the second half the Boca Juniors kind of fell apart.  But that made witnessing the fans behavior so much better.  The team sprirt is fueled by their "fan club" the Brava Brava's (they are about as curupt as our Hell's Angels)  They control the seats in the stadium the membership to the "club" etc.  So the tour agent we used purchases contraband tickets from the Brava Brava and when those tickets don't work, like the one Bill had they make a call and misteriously a new ticket that does work appears at the gate.  They also provide the cheering section to the game so a large number 12 is painted in the section of the stadium that is reserved for them only.  They believe they are the 12 player on the field.  Just before the game begins they enter the stadium, drums pounding and flags waiving and the whole stadium goes crazy.  Not that they weren't before.  We arrived about 1.5 hours before the game began and the fans were seriously cheering the whole time.  Once the Brava Brava enter they controled the cheers and there is about 5 different complete songs and cheers the fans do.  They stand on their feet, pound their fists and yell at the top of their lungs for hours.  It was so amazing to watch the support they give their team, especially since the everyday local fan has not chance of ever getting a ticket to see the game.  The Boca Juniors lost the game but the fans just kept on cheering, right up until the very last second of the game.  No one left the stadium early, in fact the fans that were seated in the visitor section had to wait 40 minutes after the end of the game to leave.  So there is no problems with fighting with the local fans.  There is also no alchol served in the stadium, good thing these fans are crazy enought without beer.  Bill was able to purchase a t-shirt but it was too hot to wear it. It was a good thing we had a guide, he was about the age of our kids but had lived in the U.S. for a couple years as a youngster. Without him we probably would have gotten in some trouble and would not got the story of how things worked.  We made it back to the apartment about 12:30 in time to skype the girls and then go find some dinner.  Good old Argentinian style eating dinner after midnight.  The Italian influence is grand, pizza and red wine for dinner, yummy.