So as if a great day at the San Telmo fair couldn't get better, or more porteño-ish, I went to the River Plate soccer match. This is one of the must do's on my list of... must do's. I really REALLY want to see a La Boca game, but I'm happy to have gotten a ticket for this one. River Plate is La Boca's rival (See El Superclasico info). Getting to the game was pretty intense. First, I was starving. But luckily found some delish chori-pan (sausage hot dog thing), and was sassified. Then, after a few wrong turns, a few tidal wave mob crushes, a few ass grabs, 4 different security check points, and we were finally in the stadium. Drums were pounding, people were singing, and it never stopped for the whole game. I was like wow, so different from a Laker game. I learned a few parts to a song... something something "la camiseta". To paraphrase, the fans wear the River Plate shirts (camisetas) with the utmost pride and passion, even though their team is not that great. River Plate finally scored in the 2nd period. Some homemade fireworks went off, and more singing and chanting and harassing. River Plate wins 1-0!
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