The world cup final started today. As I rolled off my bed I didn't really eat anything and headed out to 49th Avenue in Vancouver, to meet up with a few friends in which we would bus down to commercial drive to watch the World Cup Finals, between Spain and Netherlands.
On the bus, there were few Spanish and Dutch supporters showing their pride towards the teams. We did met up with a friend and his church friend, and we scrambled to find a place to watch the game, mainly because it was pretty full inside, for most of the cafe.
We did find a restaurant, but we had to stand outside to watch, because it was full inside. Though I was able to see the screen quite clearly, despite not able to see the Spanish player properly, due to their dark blue uniforms. There were many Spanish supporters, though there were some Dutch supporters as well.
The Spanish took action early, with a few scoring chances but couldn't capitalize. The Dutch had a few also but couldn't do anything as well. Though, the first half was entertaining, due to many foul calls by the refs. One Dutch player even fly kicked a Spanish player in the stomach. Ouch!
The second half was pretty fun to watch also. Scoring chances were created by both sides but no one can score. Iker Casillas was brilliant for Spain, making several big saves to prevent the Dutch from scoring. So many "Awwwws" and "Ooooos" from the crowd and myself. The second half would remain 0-0 and the game went to extra time.
In the first half, nobody scored, but in the second half, Andres Iniesta from Spain finally broke the tie with a very late goal, to give Spain a 1-0 lead. When that goal was scored, me and the other Spanish crowd all cheered our ass off! As the clock runs down, SPAIN WINS THE WORLD CUP!! Hell was I cheering so hard with the rest of the crowd!
On the street, people were dancing and chanting and cheering! Apparently, a soccer ball was tossed around for people in the crowd to play around with. Later on, I took a picture with the Mascot with my friend's church friend before we left to eat.
We had burgers and fries later on, and then we walked to the skytrain station to Metrotown bus terminal and bussed to 49th Avenue. I walked back to 53rd Avenue to 7 eleven for some free slurpee, since it's July 11th. Later, when I got home, I gamed all day and had dinner!
Finally the world cup has came to an end. It had been fun! Now I'm going to miss it =(
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