Futbol

I finally made it to a futbol game! It's a goal I had for Sevilla to see a Spanish futbol game, and I'm so glad I went. It was a Sevilla vs. Betis game, Betis is another Sevilla team, so it was kind of like the Mets playing the Yankees. We got to what was basically the tailgate outside the stadium, which was the Sevilla stadium to find everyone dressed in red (Sevilla colors) chanting and yelling and drinking and setting off smoke and fire crackers. There wasn't a green scarf (Betis colors) in sight; we later found out that the Betis fans were having their own tailgate separated from Sevilla by rows of police so that fights wouldn't start. Every few minutes fans would start singing Sevilla songs and the entire crowd of people would join in.

We made our way into the stadium to watch the game. It was almost more fun to watch and listen to the fans, screaming curse words and insults at Betis and chanting and waving scarves for Sevilla. Some people brought in drums, which they played constantly throughout the entire game, adding to the intensity of it all. As for the game, it was 1:1 throughout almost the entire thing, when in the last 2 minutes, Betis scored their winning goal. There was only a tiny section of Betis fans since most refuse to come to the Sevilla stadium, but it was amzing how much noise they made. As the stadium emptied out of disappointed Sevillistas, the Betis crowd stayed and chanted and passed banners. It was all very exciting.

All pictures are stolen from Liz, my camera died right before the game

Sevilla fans before the game started:

Some fans giving us a background

The scene outside the stadium before the game

The one Betis section, surrounded by policemen