I was also fortunate enough to visit Italy when the EUFA Cup was occuring. The EUFA Cup is a huge tournament held in one European country. There, each country’s national team faces each other. I was fortunate to witness a game between Italy and Spain in a bar. The experience was unlike anything I had ever participated in. The whole bar would enter periods of quiet when the Italian team was on the offensive, while there would be cheers when the Italian goalie would save a goal. But the best moments were when Italy scored. The bar would erupt with cheers and no matter who you were you would grab the person next to you and jump and hug each other. The only thing I can match it to is when you watch football with family or friends, but there really isn’t that camaraderie that I saw in the bar. While you watch the football game with your family you get teasing and jeering back and forth, but there was no animosity in the bar, just pure excitement and joy.
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