Soccer Game

On Sunday I went to a soccer game between Saprissa (a San José team) and Heredia (another province).  It was quite an experience.  

Waiting in downtown San José before going to the game.

Advertisement for a phone company (Kolbi) and cirque de sole that is coming in the end of May.

The mascot

The section we were in, everyone sang there entire time and people had brought instruments in with them.  There was even a giant drum.  Also everyone jumped up and down together and the stadiums shook.

For a country without an army, the police were ready for all kinds of craziness.  There were also police on horseback.  Lucky they weren’t needed.

Apparently they have problems with people throwing things so you can’t bring in anything that you can throw like change. Also they don’t give you drinks in bottles, they pour the drink into a plastic bag.

At the beginning of the game they handed out balloons to everyone.  People wave them around for a while and then just let them float away.

The game ended 0-0 and the crowd was super happy.  We can only imagine how they would have acted if Saprissa had won.

At the end of the game people started climbing on the fence.  Our section was the last to leave and everyone was still singing the entire time..

P.S. Bimbo is a bread company that endorses Saprissa, which is why it is on all of the jerseys.  My host mom laughed so hard when I told her what bimbo means in english.