I woke up yesterday morning to the cleaning lady knocking on
my door. When I asked her what time it was, she said 12. 12! I didn’t want to
do it, but I wound up staying up till 4 this time doing work. Usually, I get
all my energy in the morning, but the past week at 4 in the morning I still
legitimately feel like I’m back home where it’s 10 at night. Thankfully I have
no early morning commitments!
Today was a special day for me, as it would be only my
second time ever watching a European soccer game live. My first time was when I
went to the Netherlands over a decade ago (that makes me sound/feel old, but
also experienced) with my youth soccer team, and we got to watch PSV play, back
when Ji-Sung Park was still there (he later went on to play for Manchester
United. Zlatan Ibrahimovic was still at Ajax at this time as well). I had
learned from my friend who gave me a ride a few days earlier that this was more
of a rugby city than a soccer city. In fact, on Sunday, the local team would be
playing a team from London, and all the tickets were already sold out. He was
right. There was only one other fan who got on the bus with me to go to the
stadium. I got there, and thankfully because I’m a student I was given a pretty
big discount - €10 off!
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| 1st half view |
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| 2nd half view (this scene was the cause of the 8 added minutes...) - like I said, the stadium was huge |
The stadium was huge. And although it wasn't sold out, there
were a decent amount of fans present. The slight lack of attendance could also
be blamed on the weather; it was COLD, and snowing. The game started off slow,
but by the last 5 minutes of regular time it was tied 2-2. There were 8 minutes
of stoppage time, and in that time the home side went down 3-2 (and a lot of
fans left – pet peeve of mine: the game is NEVER over), and then with 3 left
tied it up at 3-3. Overall it was an exciting experience!
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