Since the first day I moved to the small town of Lins, I have been asking about the professional soccer team. Yesterday I finally went to my first game. Linense (as the team is called) has been around since 1927, but has recently started to do very well, and compete in the first division. To be honest, I did not have high expectations for the red and white team with an elephant mascot, but I was shocked to find out how good they really were. Perhaps because almost every man in Lins plays soccer, they have a pretty large selection to choose from.
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I learned that the supporters of Linense is in proportional terms, one of the largest in Brazil. The team is known to regularly carry more than 15% of its population (about 12,000) to each game.
So you might be wondering, what makes a Linense soccer game different? Perhaps it is the $1 churros that taste like heaven in your mouth, or the women's bathroom with seats so large that it is impossible to sit down? Or I guess it could be the $5 tickets or the fact that at the end of the game the rival fans are let out of the stadium first while the Linense fans must patiently wait to be released.
Linense won the game easily by a score of 5-0 and moves on to the semi-finals which will take place next week.
So you might be wondering, what makes a Linense soccer game different? Perhaps it is the $1 churros that taste like heaven in your mouth, or the women's bathroom with seats so large that it is impossible to sit down? Or I guess it could be the $5 tickets or the fact that at the end of the game the rival fans are let out of the stadium first while the Linense fans must patiently wait to be released.
Linense won the game easily by a score of 5-0 and moves on to the semi-finals which will take place next week.
Yes, you finally go to the stadium... and you bring with you a major luck to our team... 5-0 won... against a team who did a better campaign in the group stage.... well i have to say that the semi-finals will be on 2 weeks, there is a game in the rival's home next week only to make sure that we will pass to next phase.. (5-0 is not a easy score to reverse, don't you agree?)so maybe on next game in Lins i'm going to the stadium.... so today we have futsal game in comercial... but before that let's see São Paulo F.C. win against Ceará F.C..... rsrsrrs see ya!!
ReplyDeleteThe reason the women's bathroom seats are so large is to accomadate those large Brazilian butts.
ReplyDeleteyou forgot about the rain we got .. hahahaha, this is the explanation to be so wet in the photo .. :)
ReplyDeleteJoão, thanks for the clarification. I was a bit confused.
ReplyDeleteIruã, I am trying to block that part of the day from my mind. Walking thirty minutes in the rain was worth it though!