Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

1 in 43,000

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

    1 in 43,000

    Just a random story - I'm walking in Mall of the Emirates Dubai, and I spot a guy wearing an Estudiantes de la Plata (Libertadores Champions) shirt. Knowing he's in the UAE for the Club World Cup, I shout 'Vamos Estudiantes!' to which he replies 'Vamos!' and smiles and walks on.

    A week later, and I'm leaving the stadium after Barcelona beat Estudiantes in the final - and lo and behold I pass by the same guy! We both think we recognize each other, so we stop for a chat. He speaks no English, I speak no Spanish. By the end of it, we've exchanged jerseys , ( my Barca one for his Estudiantes one) , taken photos, exchanged emails and had a great deal of laughs with him and his friends from Argentina. They loved it when I said Maradona and Iran were close like my two fingers crossed together.

    I just thought it was nice that out of 43,000 people in the stadium, we managed to bump into each other again and use football between us as a language - it truly is a global game.

    #2
    akhey, it brought a tear to my eye




























    from the laughter of hearing that guy gave u a tokhi estudiantes jersey and got your Barca one. LOL ur an idiot.

    Comment


      #3
      Great story. And everytime you wear that Estudiantes jersey, youll think of the experiance, and everytime he wears the Barca, he'll think of the same!!

      Comment


        #4
        nice story.
        i remember i was crying after iran portugal game in world cup in germany, and a portugal fan came up to me and gave me his scarf and talked to me it was so cool now that i look back at the scarf and remember him.

        Comment


          #5
          very nice story!
          and abbas85
          IRI's politics is no different than handling a pressure cooker ..... As the pressure builds up, you slowly let the steam out just a tad bit so that you don't see overflow, and once the pressure from below is less, you put the lid down again and raise the temperature.

          Comment


            #6
            was his jersey original??
            sigpic

            Comment


              #7
              Yep it was - one produced specially for the Club World Cup!

              Comment

              Working...
              X