On Saturday, I went to a professional fútbol game for the first time. Most of my friend's and also my favorite team is Celta De Vigo, a professional fútbol team that plays in La Liga BBVA, the highest league in Spain.
Fútbol is probably the most popular sport in Spain. I mean, they did win the 2008 Euro, 2010 World Cup, and the 2012 Euro! Although Celta de Vigo is my favorite team, they are one of the worst in La Liga. It doesn't matter too much as long as they don't finish in the last 3 stops of the standings. (The worst 3 teams get demoted to Segunda Division and the top 3 teams in the Segunda Division get promoted to La Liga BBVA). The home stadium of Celta De Vigo is Estado de Balaidos. We sat on the left side of the field, and sat as close as we could get to edge of the field.
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| Balaidos before the game |
The video above is the "himno de Celta de Vigo". They sing this song before kickoff while showing off their Celta scarves.
This is the game that I went to. Celta De Vigo beat Almeria 3:1!!! This is also their first home win of the season.
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| Like most sports games, the fans are wild especially whenever there are goals or fouls. Whenever a player gets fouled and a referee doesn't give them a yellow card, the fans get really mad and yell "Falta, hijo de puta!!!". Also, whenever a player of the opposite team takes a long time to throw the ball in, people yell "Sacalo cabron!" or "Vamos hostia!". The guy below us was shouting irrelevant things like "nunca mais!". |
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