Football Fiasco

Martin learnt a new lesson of survival in Argentina tonight .... only ever play football with people you know.

A student friend had booked a mini football field for a game tonight, but most players had bailed on him. He was going to lose his deposit. So Martin offered to make up numbers, not knowing any other player apart from his friend.

In the middle of a generally well-behaved game all of a sudden one of the young guys laid into another young fella. Clearly there was a history behind the angst that was thrown into each kick, rumble and verbal attack. (perhaps a long-standing argument over a girl???  Who knows!).

The fight was so messy and unstoppable that the game eventually had to be called off. The guys persisted in throwing rocks at one another, with our car in the middle of the fray.

Bit of bad luck that the football security guard had taken that 15 minutes off to buy his dinner. Could have done with a bit of intervention.

Posted by Julie