Ute Trip Lost Treasures #2: Passionate Fans

Passionate Fans
We're reliving our "dream trip" to South America last week. And we just have to show you a couple of moments from our visit to watch the San Lorenzo vs. Velez Sarsfield match on the first day of our trip. You may recall that the game was postponed when it was found out that a member of the Velez fan group was tragically shot to death a couple of miles from the San Lorenzo stadium. The fans had traveled in a convoy of about 40 buses and we had heard that someone had just fired randomly at the group of buses.

Both teams came out for the start of the game...and, as is tradition in Argentina, the home team's "entrada" (entrance) is accompanied by the throwing of the "papelitos" (little papers). We were given paper to throw...watch the scene as the San Lorenzo team enters the field...




Right after the papelitos were thrown, a small fire broke out in the section...watch as the fans scramble...not to put out the fire, but to save the signs they had carefully made for the game...






Of course, right after this, the game was canceled as the tragic news started to filter into the stadium. About 20 minutes later, the home team came out to do a light jog, stretch and run. Amazingly, the fans stayed and sang to their team...we have some video to show you, but need to trim it down as it is too large to download...we'll get this up as soon as we can...