Now for Round 2 at the Mineirão: Belgium v. Algeria.
I rode to the game with Thiago, a son of Mona's friend, and his girlfriend Paula. Great atmosphere again at the Mineirão. There were a lot of fans from both sides, though Belgium had more than Algeria. (But Algeria still had a lot more than the Greeks).
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| Walking to the stadium |
I don't know if it's cause we arrived later, but it took us forever to get into the stadium this time. The lines were crazy long. It took us a little under an hour to get in, and we made it in just in time for kick-off.
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| Long lines to get in |
While we were lining up there was this one Belgian fan painting the Belgian flag on random passers-by. Paula and I got the flags painted on our cheeks.
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| (Excuse the hipster-ish pic haha) |
Made it to my seat after the national anthems, right on time for kick-off.
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| Kick-off! |
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| The crowd |
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| Watering the field at half time |
The game was a bit slow on the first half. Thankfully it got more exciting in the second half and Belgium caught up with their late goals.
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| Cheering after Belgium's first goal |
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| Courtois (the keeper) celebrating alone |
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| At the Mineirão |
Full time 2-0 at the Mineirão! After the game, we headed to a friend's house to watch Brasil v. Mexico.
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| Getting frustrated because Ochoa kept blocking all of Brasil's attempts |
Despite the 0-0 scoreline it was a good game and really exciting to watch. We then decided to go out and catch the Russia-South Korea game in Savassi, in one of the outdoor screening areas. When we got there though it was really full, and they weren't letting anyone in.
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| In Savassi, popular party center |
We walked around instead and had some ice cream and watched parts of the game there.
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| Ice cream flavors |
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| Showing the game, of course |
It was a fun day watching all three matches in different places!
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