Partido del fútbol: Chile vs. Venezuela

This post I am dedicating to Miss Lindsey... because of her love of soccer. Enjoy Linds! :)

So as I had mentioned in the last post that my family: Sergio, Constanza, Ignacio and Erin and I watched the soccer game on TV while eating completos. Well originally this was the game that I was going to be able to go to with ISA, but ISA I guess couldn't get tickets. So we are planning on going to the next game in October. And in the end I am a little glad we couldn't go because it was raining pretty hard last saturday night in Santiago for the game (partido).

A picture of the Chile equipo (team) in la lluvia (the rain)!

I really can't say that much about the actual game since I am not a huge soccer fan, but it was definitely fun to watch and see how excited everyone gets about soccer here. And I learned a little bit more about the rules of the game, so that was fun. But pretty much I just watched where the ball went, and hoped Venezuela didn't score. I mean thats really all you need to know right? :) (I bet you are cringing with my ignorance right now Linds).

This is what the crowd looks like.. absolutely insane from the looks of it. And I have a friend from ISA who went and he said is was total craziness, but such a blast.

Also along with watching the game my family told me about the most famous soccer player in Chile. His name is Alexis Sanchez. And he has quite the story. He is from the north of Chile, came from the poorest or poor backgrounds. Most of the soccer players come from a poor background, but the case with Alexis is a little more severe. But what I found so interesting was that now even though he has loads of money, he and his still lives almost the same, a very simple life, like they didn't have all that money. I found him more interesting than the game itself! And since I asked so many questions about him, my family gave me a hard time and said I needed to meet him (because it would only take just one look for us to fall in love in the words of my family), then marry him and stay in Chile forever. Yeah they gave me a hard time throughout the whole game.

Here are photos of Alexis Sanchez. I put a lot because he is the most famous and of course his story was so cool to me... not for the reason that my chilean family would say. Oh how they love to tease me!

This is another famous soccer player here in Chile. His name is Jorge Valdivia, and I guess he is really good to, but in a different way than Alexis, and not as good.

And the photos below are just shots from the the team playing that I thought I would share.

After watching this game and feeling the excitement from everyone and how much everyone loves and supports their team, I am really hoping I can go watch the next game in October. I have to pay extra to do it but I think it would be a great experience. :)