Last Thursday evening was the first time in Barcelona I went to see a sporting event. I would really like to see a FC Barcelona football match in the Camp Nou, and that will for sure happen before I leave, but on Thursday there was basketball. Barcelona should have the best team in Spain and also plays in the Euroleague. As they did that night against Armani Jeans Milano. I have seen some Basketball matches on the highest level in Holland, and that was always quite ok fun to watch, so when some people from my class were going, I was keen on joining them.

And fun it turned out to be! I don’t know that much about basketball, but the level of play was, in my opinion, quite good and the way the score developed made it even more exciting! Milano was up 5 to 8 points most of the match, until the final quarter! With 90 seconds to go Barcelona actually took a 74-71 lead!! But then the best player on the court, the Milano nr. 9, a very tiny guy called Bulleri, made yet another 3 point score and tied the game. After that the last minute was just about taking free-throws. Normally kinda boring, but with the score so close it turned out quite exciting. Milano deservedly won it in the end with 77-75, and we had a fun evening! :-)

Oh, two strange things about the basketball event… first was the Barcelona fans. They were unbelievable quiet! It took until way in the 3rd and 4th quarter before they finally started to support their team! Strange… I wonder how this will be at the football… But the second thing was much worse… The beer… oi, oi, oi… it was pure piss!!! 0,00% alcohol and by far the worst beer I ever tried in my life! :-|

If you are really into basketball, you can read the full game report here.

Board action		Winterthur FCB - Armani Jeans Milano (12.1 MB)

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