Hi, my name is Julia Gonzales and I welcome you to my channel. If you've never been here
before I love to travel to experience new cultures and amazingly delicious foods.
This week I experienced one of the most exciting sporting events in Buenos Aires.
I'll share with you what it's like to join the 50, 000 roaring fans at a Boca Juniors football game.
My first experience with football was when I got to see The Real Madrid play in Spain,
and I had never seen anything like that before. so when I knew I was coming to Argentina I knew
I had to come see Boca Juniors. Just walking to the stadium is an experience all on its own. So I
can tell you, the energy starts to build through these small streets with all these people.
People are having drinks and cooking food and you hear music. So you're walking through the streets
and you just you're feeling this energy, and then all of a sudden... you see it
it's there, it's beautiful the bright blue and yellow colors. La Bombonera.
La Bombonera opened in 1940. Not having enough space in the small vibrant town of La Boca
for a large stadium structure, plans had to be ambitious. The complex consists of
three tiers, a soaring vertical stand made up of seating stacked on top of each other.
The result was a distinctive d-shaped stadium with wonderful acoustics.
Before we get into the game I want to highlight one of the football greats, born right here in
Buenos Aires. Diego Maradona was born in Buenos Aires in 1960, a professional football player and
a manager whose nickname was golden boy he is highly regarded as one of the greatest football players
of all time. He played for Boca juniors from 1981 to 1982 and again from 1995 to 97. Unfortunately,
Maradona passed away in November of 2020 but his legend lives on especially here in Argentina.
In 1905 by a group of Greek and Italian boys
Boca Juniors is one of the most famous clubs known for professional football in the world.
Boca Juniors have won 34 division championships, 16 domestic cups
22 international titles. For a total of 72 titles which is the most by any Argentine Club.
Tonight the Boca Juniors are taking on Talleres Córdoba.
(Cheering)
Boca Junior fans are some of the most passionate fans
as the game continues on without a score from Boca Juniors the fans get louder with their singing
cheering and chanting. At one point I felt the stadium shake
(Cheering)
Then with just a few minutes left in the game
SCORE!
The crowd literally went nuts
This is exactly what you'd want from a fan base the Boca Junior fans have it figured
out, you want your team to score, support them and let them know you're here to watch them win!
So even though I was frozen to the core.... like remember I'm from Florida
(It's winter in Argentina) It was thrilling, the game was amazing and a big part of that was the fans. I
just enjoyed the singing, the chanting, like getting excited and they sang the whole time...You know I
just have never seen anything like it. So if you're going to Buenos Aires, if you're going to Argentina.
You need to stop and see Boca Juniors play and experience the amazing crowd that cheers them on.
That concludes this week's video. I hope you enjoyed the Boca Juniors football game.
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