Saturday night was the quarterfinal game of the Eurocup. Spain played.against France and won 2-0. The whole group of students went out to eat dinner and watch the game at a restaurant in Plaza de Mina. From the picture you can tell that soccer games in Spain are a huge deal. Everyone goes to plazas and cafes and bars to watch the games and celebrate together. And when Spain wins, everyone goes crazy. People stayed out in the street watching replays of the game and dancing for more than half an hour after the game ended. Someone working at a restaurant started spraying all the kids who were dancing with water. It was really fun to see something that the whole country can share and that so many people are so excited about. Although we have national sports in the U.S., the don't bring people together the way that fútbol does here. It was a really fun and interesting thing to experience.
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