Soccer Game!

Lots of fans!

Yesterday, API took us to a soccer game! Soccer, or futbol, is the most important sport in Spain, and we saw Granada vs. Salamanca yesterday alongside hundreds of fans. Granada's team colors are red and white, so almost everyone around us was decked out with scarves, jackets, flags, and even wacky colored hairdos!

It was quite an experience. I've been to some sporting events before, mostly baseball games or basketball games, but not at this level or with this fan base! Although Granada and Salamanca are in a lower division than, say, Madrid and Barcelona, the most famous teams, it's still a big deal. The Spaniards around us called obscenities and sang songs throughout, roaring and gasping and breathing altogether like some giant beast. It was an incredible real-life example of a mob scene, or herd mentality perhaps.

It was clear that Granada was the better team, but due to what was clearly bad refereeing (even to my inexperienced eyes...) Salamanca won. It was really a fluke, but still a really cool experience. The Spanish people are really passionate, and losing myself in the game is something that hasn't happened for long time with sporting events. Good to know I can still be entertained in classic bloodthirsty style; such is human nature.