Thursday, September 30, 2004
In Finland, football is not the most popular sport (Guess why??). Unlike most european countries, it is number two, losing to ice hockey only, the kind of sport that we, southern europeans, are obviously very good at... (not). For those of you who watched ice hockey on television already, you know that it's a really rough game, and it's played at a very high speed.
So, one day, some group of students (including me) decided to go and watch a live game of the Oulu local team (Oulu Kärpat), who became national champions the previous season. The match was against Jokerit from Helsinki.
On my flat's TV (a present from Juho - kiitos!) I got the chance to watch some games of the Finnish league, but it always looked boring for me. I don't know why, maybe because I don't know all the rules or most times I don't know where the "ball" is (it's called a puck). So I was expecting some more excitement before watching a live game...
Tickets for students were 8 euros, but the seats weren't very good. One of the most interesting things about this game is actually the introduction of the teams to the audience. It looked like a "Disney on Ice" show, with some special effects and all. It makes you really look forward for the real action. But guess what, I still found it boring like on TV... the only exciting thing about it was that Oulu Kärpat were losing 0-1 and so they had to fight harder to win the game, which they finally did (2-1). But apart from that, it was still dull ... sorry finns, football is really my game.. :)
Posted at 10:12 pm by edcarpediem
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