Anyways, tonight, when I scrolled down to the corner, I saw "Real Madrid vs Club America". Now, I haven't a clue what Club America was (now I do--it's Mexico's most popular team), but the moment I saw Real Madrid, I could hear myself immediately squealing like a little five year old upon receiving her very first bike or a eighteen year old going to a Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince midnight premier (trust me, it's the same squeal). RE-AL MA-DRID. Need I say more? Well, perhaps I do. Real Madrid is one of the top teams (or, clubs, as they call it) in the world in performance and success, and not to mention their international soccer stars--Cristiano Ronaldo (captain to Portuguese team and not to mention, muy caliente!!), Iker Casillas (goalie for 2010 World Cup Champion-Spain), Rafael Van der Vaart (one of the Dutch boys in orange). So throughout the month of June, I've seen these guys go against each other, but really have no idea they were on the same team outside of their national team, so can you imagine my excitement when I saw this event, featuring these guys, in the bay area? The bay area!! Of course I wondered why the bay area--Candlestick Park to be exact (yes, people, the home of the 49ers)--when neither of these teams are homed in the bay area, not to mention in the US! That was until I did a little digging and found that one of the sponsors for this first ever match in norcal, Marquez Bros. International, have offices in San Jose (one which includes the El Mexicano cheese manufacturer). This promptly reminded me of that day when I was driving to Costco and I was at a traffic light, where I saw this truck that has El Mexicano on it and across it were soccer players. Imagine my amusement and curiosity then! Now, things have cleared and I know why.
Anyways, back on track, I was ecstatic! What made me more excited was that it said tickets were $35, which is pretty cheap, in my opinion, regardless of what my partner in crime, J, says. Weeell, that was until I actually clicked on tickets and found that $35 would get me an upper tier seats. Now, for those that don't know, Candlestick Park is a football stadium, so the upper tier seats would be those high off the ground and farthest away from the field itself. So naturally, it would mean me paying $35 to see blurs of people running across the field and I wouldn't even know who is who (although I think I would be able to distinguish the goalies), but as J pointed out to me..."[Ronaldo's] a little figure on the field"...there would be many little figures on the field. Good seats ranged at $65, and great seats (where you actually would get to see the player's face if you look carefully enough) ranged at $95. God, how I wish I had graduated from college already and have a well paying job...I'd dish out money to drag my dad and sister to the game in a heartbeat. So, in my half-hearted, begrudging, bitter state, I could only hope that on August 4th, Univision or Telemundo shows it live. As for where my support lies...well I'm not really sure since I don't know much about either team, but you can tell I know more of Real Madrid ^.~
Corner Tip #3: Save up money just in case something like this comes up. Had I known about this, I would never have taken my dad out to sushi buffet for Father's Day...I'd wait for this and get him a great seat and have it as a Father's Day + early birthday treat.
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| I shall bury myself away in bitterness and disappointment. |
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