What an amazing evening I had yesterday! I don't know how they did it but SMARTechnologies was able to land us tickets to the FIFA U-20 world cup game Colombia vs. Mali. There was a group of 7 of us sitting all together in the fifth row from the field. With horns blowing in our ears we cheered as Colombia scored two goals and Mali of course scored none. There was such excitement in the air and to my amazement the Wave actually worked it went around the whole stadium multiple times before it stopped each time.
My colleague Kelly was able to get a picture with one of the members of Choquibtown- I took the picture. Check out their videos on Youtube. This is one called "Somos Pacificos"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reB4YLs-49U
I was impressed with the Colombians. They were really great with their security and organization. Even the fans were reasonable. There was no rioting or bad behaviour at all. Everyone was excited and celebrating as they came out of the stadium but no one rushed the field or lit anything on fire (unlike in a certain city we know). I was quite pleased.
As soon as I have pictures I will put them up. I didn't take my camera with me- just because I didn't want it stolen and there were enough people with cameras. Look forward to a large amount of photos soon.
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