So the game day has arrived for us once again. This is our fifth game in South Africa and we have seen 5 different stadiums in 4 different cities if we include Durbans amazing stadium. Unfortunately I am not being able to upload any pics on the blog cuz all the amazing pics are on my camera and I cant find a computer to get them online. Bear with me another week and all the madness that you have witnessed on this blog will be much more colorful with the pics from all around the country.
Today we woke up early to get our car from the airport that we needed on our way back to Joburg. All there was available at Avis was the smallest Hyundai, i think they call it Getz or something. Now that we have the mobility we wanted to check out some places around Durban before we had back to downtown. We were told that there is a Fairmont Zimbali Resort that has some amazing views of the beaches. I didnt think it was that amazing and they did not let us have breakfast there even though we were willing to pay the price for the good view. Thomas was getting into the mood for the game as I started seeing him getting nervous a bit. And it was only noon and we had 8 hours to the game. He heard that his German team was staying not that far from the stadium so he went there to check them out and got couple of signatures from Friederich, the defender, and Oliver Bierhoff. Now we were ready for the game with scarves, flags, hats and everything. I decided to be neutral on this game as much as I wanted the Germans to complete the amazing run that they had so far, my heart also wanted Espana given that 7 of my Barca boys are in the starting 11.
We had a long walk from our hostel to the stadium about 4km (now I am back in the metrics term :)) stopped at a place to have a nice dinner. As we got into the stadium all that talk about the rain and cold weather was nonsense and it was a beautiful night in Durban and everyone was ready for the game. We heard that some people could not get into the stadium even though they had tickets because their plane never landed to Durban airport due to the congestion. FIFA or the airport should compensate these folks somehow. It must really hurt to miss the semi final game, eh...
The stadium was mostly filled with Spanish supporters even though good portion of them were locals cheering for red and yellow. The entire game was dominated by Spanish possesion but when it came to goal scoring chances they couldnt produce too many. I was shocked with Germanyès sit-back mentality against Spain. I really expected much better performance from Germany especially after outplaying Argentina infront of my eyes. The game ended 1-0 with goal from a corner kick but Spain have clearly indicated that they wanted to win this game more than Germans. Hats off to the Germans. They have beaten two powerhouses back to back with a squad that could play for under 21 German team. It was an interesting game with many beautiful passes from Spanish players making the football an artwork. Seeing Thomas speechless after the game with a beer in his hand was a scene to remember. Either way it would have been a great final for the World Cup playing against Dutch. Germany would be much more stronger in Brazil 2014 and maybe can steal the cup from the host team.
As we headed back towards downtown we wanted to stop by a local bar that mostly locals hung out. Thomas wanted to drink to forget about the loss, and I was pacing myself just to chill out. I was tired and we needed to wake up early to head towards the mountain tomorrow. Overall experience in the local bar was an interesting one to share. Guys were trying to cheer up Thomas from his loss, and other guys were trying to deal coke at the same time. Our table got alot of attention all of a sudden. The owners were an Indian couple and they realized the situation and send couple of guys to chill out the talkers :) Most of them were innocent they were excited. I learned how to communicate with some of the non english speakers. I say -shap shap- which practically means everything is cool.
It was a shap shap night for Spain and I will support them in the final against Dutchies even though I like the way Holland play as well. May the best team win! Now we go back to rest days...
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