Well I know I wrote yesterday, but today was pretty interesting for soccer fans. Since my mom has been writing me about the Davis games, I thought she and others might appreciate a little update about futbol here. Every Sunday there are organized games with 2 referees and lots of fanfare. Its a golden opportunity for the savvy to sell a ton of beer; an opportunity which is taken advantage of. I watched the end of one game, and two others. The last was definitely the crowd drawer. The first two games were Santa Eulalia teams against other neighborhoods teams. But the last game was two teams from right here in this very small town. Best friend was playing best friend. It was tense from the get go. Actually, I really like both of the two friends that I'm speaking of too so it was hard to pick a side. One of them was Danny, who is the dad of Loami who had the birthday party with my first Hora Loca experience. And the best friend is Aldimar (I think thats how it is spelled) who is even cooler, though I'm not quite sure who he is family-wise. I ended up rooting for Aldimar because Kail and Shannon who live in Loami's household were rooting for him. It was a tough game for them; the first half they were getting stomped. 3 goals and lots of yellow cards for Aldi's team. They were pissed and I guess one of the guys said something very bad because he got a red card. The language was going over my head at that point but it was very very tense in the crowd. Nobody was happy. They went into halftime screaming at the ref, and yelling with each other. But then the 2nd half was a whole new game, they were determined and focused. They had better ball control and movement and actually scored. They had a ton of close shots that the other goalee very deftly kept blocking. Another goal went in for Aldi, and things were getting heated again. It was getting incredibly interesting because it was fast approaching the end and it looked possible that they might tie it up. And then, they did. There was a foul called, and Aldi's team had it on the right sideline just outside where the goal box would be if there were one. The stands were on the opposite side of the field, so I'm not entirely clear on what happened, but it seemed as if the guy kicked it directly into the goal on the ground, through a few defenders and the goalee. He may or may not have passed it off to someone else to take the kick, like I said, I'm not entirely clear on it. Regardless, this enraged their goalee. Everyone was screaming, and it looked like game was resuming, because they put the ball in the center and started it off. But somehow the guy I presume scored the goal ended up at our sideline, on his knee, and the goalee walked over to him yelling and shoved him, while the guy was getting up from his knees. This totally incited the already tense crowd and people immediately got up and grabbed players to pull people away. I was definitely not sure who was getting up to help and who wasn't. Like I said at the beginning, interesting day. They managed to pull people away and I guess called the game there because of tempers. Not sure how much time was left on the ref's watch, but that was the end. Tied, and everyone pissed. It was rather impressive though, because the whole second half Aldi's team played with 5 players instead of their 6 (its a small concrete field) and thats when they scored their three goals to tie it up from behind. Very dramatic. Both Danny and Aldi were both very good forwards, but Danny's goalee was definitely the better of the two. Soccer is so fun when you know the people or have some attachment to watching the game, and definitely better live, although the probability of a fight hovering at 50/50 is a little nerve-wracking.
Guess thats it. So ends the weekend. Tomorrow is the beginning of the fourth week here, with language interviews Thursday. Yay...........
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