I went to my first Brazilian soccer game on Sunday, April 7th. On the day of the game all of Floripa was excited, because the two teams playing are the two teams from Floripa so they are huge rivals. When you drive around the island on that day you can see people everywhere wearing their jerseys and congregating in areas getting pumped up for the game, listening to music, dancing, and playing little soccer matches themselves. The soccer game started at 6:00pm, and people headed to the stadium around 4:00 to hang out with friends, drink, and get ready for the game. The two teams were the Avai & Figueirense. When we got there we went and purchased our tickets in a booth in front of the stadium, and on the way there there were venders selling fried cheese sticks, empanadas, poa de queijo, and other transitional brazilian foods. When we got into the stadium you could feel all the energy, it was amazing. People were so pumped up for the game there was yelling, chanting, singing and all sorts of things. It was madness when one of the teams scored a goal or did something good. The blue team was more supported and the fans had this tarp with the team name and colors that was about 200 feet long and 40 feet tall that the fans pulled over themselves and shook when their team scored. There were also songs for specific things that ALL of the fans knew the words of and sang throughout the game. I am really excited to go to another game because it was so much fun! After the game when the Avai had won, there was a lot of animosity and hostility against the fans of the different teams. I was scared there was going to be a fight or something, but the Brazilians that I went with assured me I was safe, but you could tell that everyone was really pumped up and very supportive or their teams. It was an awesome experience.
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