barca is sad

last night was the final game before the championship for futbol and Barca played Inter Milan. they played them before and lost 3-1 so this time they had to win by 2 to make it into the championship.

i went to Sant Cugat to watch it with all Spaniards, so it was super intense. the kid's parents live in a mansion and they have a loft with a gigantic wide screen and they cooked so much food and we all sat there to watch it. i have to admit i was scared to say anything when i didn't understand what was happening, because i'm just a silly american! but it was fun to see everyone get so excited. futbol here is way way more extreme than american football. my roommate was saying that it's discussed and argued about and valued more than politics. she said last year, we were in the championship, and we won. and for the entire week of the championship, policemen had to be out in the main center of town, near La Rambla, because people were getting so drunk and trashing the place and wreaking havoc! they didn't even care that they were destroying the square, because they were in the spirit too, but they just had to keep an eye out to make sure no one got hurt.

i believe her. i went to class last night and my teacher walked in and was pacing around really fast and he was like, "i'm going to try to teach, but i'm really stressed okay? this is a big day!!!" i'm thinking maybe he had some money on the game, no? hehe. so anyway, we got out an hour early from class.

we got one goal in the second half. at the last 2 minutes we got another, which would have made it 2-0, but they didn't count it. they said someone touched the ball with their hand. tragedy! because in the end, we never got that second goal. even though the score was 1-0, we lost, and Milan gets to go to the championship.

at the end, the minute after, while the crowd went crazy and the Milan team was crying tears of joy on their knees, that was the quietest minute i've ever heard in Barcelona. it is so crazy to see people like this over a sport!

but it was really fun. i wish they would have made it because i would love to see the city with their team in the championship. although it sounds a little dangerous!

anyways, everyone was upset after that and now i think my teacher will change the plans of the course because he is like that. i feel bad for the team. they are like gods here!

anyways, i'm trying to post pictures from Granada and it won't let me! it used to let me upload from my documents on my computer, and now i don't have that option.... i will figure something out soon i hope!