A Night Of Soccer

Manuel and Katie have become avid soccer fans and thanks to Manuel's persistent efforts we were able to get tickets to a qualifying match between Argentina and Venezuela.  This gave us an exciting night with the local fans and gave us a chance to go into a huge stadium (seating more than 70,000) and to experience the exuberance of the fans. We had the opportunity to see Messi, one of the best soccer players in the world.  It was also interesting to see that the Venezuelan fans were sequestered in their own section, separated from other fans by barbed wire and rows of police officers.  They were required to stay in their seats for a full hour after all of the other fans had left the stadiums to avoid confrontations.