Championship Futbol Game

Anoche fue la partido grande de futbol.
Los equipos: Barcelona y Manchester United.
El Ganador: Barça!! (2-0)
Chaos ensued.
I went with Jamie, David and Angel to their friends’ house in some pueblo outside of Granada. They had a big TV set up outside and we had cerveza and a whole bunch of grilled meat. It was the first futbol game I had ever sat through in its entirety (actually the first one I have watched more than 2 minutes of) and I surprisingly found myself getting caught up in it. My favorite moment of the viewing was when the camera cut to a shot of one of the coaches falling asleep. We had a great time, but the real entertainment began when we left. There were people in the streets EVERYWHERE. When we drove back into Granada, Angel took me to a big plaza in the center of town where apparently EVERYONE goes after a Spanish futbol win to climb in/on/around the fountain and just yell. (En la fuente de las Batallas) There were people setting of firecrackers, honking horns, and jumping on things- absolute chaos. Apparently they stay there all night until the police and bomberos finally hose them down around 7 a.m. and they all go to work.

SABES QUE…
 It is Barça’s sixth appearance in the final. Of the previous five, they won two (1992 and 2006) and lost three (1961, 1986 y 1994). It is United’s fourth final, but they have won every time they have made it so far (1968, 1999 and 2008).
http://www.fcbarcelona.cat/web/english/index.html

(image de http://www.ideal.es/granada)