Czech Republic vs. Slovakia

Last Saturday night Chelsa, Sara, our friend Erin and I were luckily enough to be able to attend a Euro 2008 qualifying soccer match between the Czech Republic and Slovakia. I had heard about the game and wanted to go but figured that the game would be all sold out. Well low and behold it wasn't and we got great seats the day of the game for only about $25 Canadian. It was being played at the home arena of Sparta Praha which is one of the two professional soccer teams in Praha, and only a 20min walk from our house. The game was fantastic to watch granted it was raining for about half the game and had about -1C temperatures. The fans were super crazy and chanted cheers the whole time. But that was to be expected. It was pretty funny as we had no idea what they were saying and we all ended up jumping up and down to this one cheer that they always sang. Come to find out, thanks to our teammates translation after the game, that they were chanting "If you don't jump then you're not Czech". Sounds awkward in English but has a good rhythm in Czech, but was a good thing we jumped along. The Czech's won 3-1 so it was nice to be on the winner's side. The game ended with a five minute fireworks display which I don't know was going to happen, so it was a great end to my first international football match.



National Anthems



Action Shot



Police in riot gear just in case



Super fans!