Arrriiiba!!

This week´s highlight: we organized a soccer match! A precise selection of talented athletes, the crème de la crème of Suffolk boys, challenged a group of Erasmus exchange students from France and Italy.
The match took place on the campus of San Pablo CEU University on a sunny Wednesday afternoon. The field was not big, there was no grass, but on each side we had a goal - and that was all we needed!

It was incredible how many fans showed up to cheer for our team. Lined up in a row, the girls and boys were sitting behind the fence to watch our boys play.
We had a strong Canadian standing in our goal and a wild mix of Italians, Germans, Swiss, Albanians, Venezuelans, Americans, Domenicans (and i dont even know what else) substituting each other on the field.
The first goal was scored by the Erasmus students, but we quickly fought back and scored one goal after the other. At one critical point a little fight broke out, but nobody got hurt. It was just a quick outburst of adrenalin mixed with a lot of testosterone, in combination with team-spirit.
When the playing time was over the score was 4:4! The series of penalties in the end unfortunately decided the match in favor of the Erasmus students...
Anyways... that could not kill the mood. Everyone had a great time; the players and the fans!

After hugging our exhausted, soaked athletes everyone made plans for the night and then slowly went back to campus.