El Clasico

El Clasico was a night I will never forget.  The name is given to any match when FC Barcelona and Real Madrid meet to play.  The game usually happens twice a year, and people go absolutely nuts during it.  We didn’t have the money to get actual tickets to the game, so we went to Ovella Negra to get a table and watch the action.  One of my friends got lucky and was invited by a friend to the game, and he said the atmosphere inside the stadium was jam-packed with energy and crazy fans.

Celebrating the win

We had to show up at Ovella Negra 3 hours before the game to make sure we could get seats.  It was well worth it though because we ended up getting a table right in front of the big screen projector and had a perfect view of all the action.  A lot of my friends actually were putting bets on the game.  My best friend Charlie bet everyone 5 Euro that Madrid would win, so he was pretty mad when FC Barcelona scored a goal right at the start of the match.

The crowd on Ramblas

Then we were making bets saying that the game would be over/under 3 goals.  A lot of people thought there was no way it would be over 3 goals, but they ended up being very wrong.  After Barcelona stomped all over Christiano Renaldo and the rest of Real Madrid, we headed out to Plaza Cataluna to celebrate with everyone else.  When we got there we saw people all over the streets celebrating and chanting on Las Ramblas.  People were lighting off fireworks and climbing up light posts to wave FC Barcelona flags.  It was a very cool experience and I’m glad I was here to see it.  It’s too bad I wasn’t here when Spain won the world cup this summer.