Granada my first European Football game!

Sweet! today was the first soccer game that I have seen live since I have been here. Let me tell you, Europeans really love their football. It was such a beautiful sight seeing thousands of people with their Granada FC banners, singing, and cheering for their team... Even more awesome, when the fans of the opposing team showed up, all of the Granada fans were screaming "nice words" at them. And than it got even crazier. The police had to intervene because some Granada fans looked as if they wanted to kill some of the Real Racing Club fans. Eventually it ended okay, but wow a face says a thousand words, especially when it looks like it wants to kill someone.
The first thing I noticed that was different was that there was no national anthem... no one sung the national anthem of Spain. This was strange for a moment because I'm always used to hearing the national anthem before every game. So I asked my host mom about it and she told me they only play the national anthem for international games... If Spain played lets say England in a soccer match then you would hear the national anthem, but for domestic games no...
Nevertheless the game was good. It actually was very exiting... I still don't get how Granada couldn't score... they had like 10 super close misses... a classic case of professionals who can't do their job! The game ended in a 0-0 draw because sadly Granada FC isn't one of the better teams in Spain if you know what I mean.. actually they are second to last... For me, as long as they are not last, its okay with me!

The Stadium

My host mom Ana and Yered