Boca Juniors!
Buck, Karen and I high-tailed it down to La Boca for a Boca Juniors game. We were running a little late. Probably because I didn’t get out of bed until 2. Not probably… likely. Anyway, we bought 3 tickets from a scalper. They looked authentic, and they were. The only problem was they were “menores” tickets — for minors, or kids. We were deined entry everywhere because of this. The match had already started. Things were looking bleak.
Argentine Scalper 1, American Foreigners 0.
We tried one last time and somehow managed to get in when a man (who seemed in charge of things and looked like mafia) took our bad tickets and gave us three different ones and told us to go in.
You can see for yourself how excited we were.
The top of the stands were pretty crowded, making it difficult to see much. We moved down to the bottom of the GA section to get a better view. It wasn’t long before Boca scored the first goal of the match:
(Sorry for the bad cinematography.) The match ended up tied 1-1. After it was over, our entire section was confined for what seemed like an eternity while the visiting club’s section (above and behind us) exited. These Independiente fans occasionally would spit and toss various shit down on us. Only a minor annoyance, all part of the experience.
This was a really fun day and I’m glad everything turned out as it did.
