The Spanish team has been staying in Potchefstroom at the campus sports complex. The university built this state-of-the-art facility for soccer, rugby, track and field, and cricket. The town was betting on the Spanish team bringing in a lot of extra people and revenue; sadly that has not been the case.
Last Thursday my roommate, Noelia and one of her lab mate's, Suzanne, decided that we wanted to watch the Spanish team practice. We met at our house and biked over the complex. Now, you could apply for tickets through the university but to be honest it was a pain so we opted to go over and see what we could do. After some bargaining and being female (cute, flirty, friendly, etc), we were given tickets to watch the Spanish team practice. The practice was boring and lasted about an hour but getting to see a couple of the famous players (Torres and Ramos- see pics) was pretty awesome. Honestly, we were not sure if they would advance to the next round (they did and are playing tonight) so we thought we should see them before they exit the tournament.
I have posted pictures of Ramos/Torres (walking), Torres (signing autographs), the team practicing, us, and the police patrolling the practice (more cops than I have seen since I got here, now we know where they have been hanging out).
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