African Cup

On Friday Nov. 9, 2007 I went to another soccer game with my friends:) It was the African Cup championship between Ahly (the main team in Egypt) and a team from Tunisia. The place was extremely packed...full of die-hard fans. It was so much fun and this time there were only two Mohammeds with us:) About 14(?) people went and since I was late we couldn't sit all together but it was still a lot of fun. The game was great, but Ahly ended up losing 3-1. It was a big shock and mood buster but my friends were so surprised at how heart-felt the fans are. We are used to the barrel man and the men who were no shirts in the snowy American football games....but once the game is over, its over. People in Egypt focus their life on soccer and were so depressed. Some people were sooo upset, that you made sure you wouldn't talk to them, while others passed out or had heart attacks!! But at least the fans remained loyal and cheered on their team after the game. I love going to soccer games...there's always a different experience and you learn more about the people....such as how much they respect foreigners. There were huge lines to enter the game, and since we were foreigners we were able to jump to the beginning of the line and enter easily. hahah sometimes I love being spoiled:) After the game, I went bowling and learned that I'm really really bad. It was embarrassing but worth it:) I'm sorry I don't have a lot of pictures from the game, but I'm hoping to be able to find some more in the future....

African Cup