Seeing a Barcelona football match was a thing I was looking forward to a lot ever since I knew I was going to Barcelona. Last Saturday Mette and I saw our first match at the Camp Nou! And oh my, it was really great! Strange at some points as well, but in general just a great experience.

It started when getting to the stadium. There were 82.000 people to see the match (FC Barcelona - Real Betis Sevilla) and even though the stadium is huge, we still got to our seats within about 5 minutes… and were able to stop for a hot-dog along the way! There was no security checks what so ever. They checked our tickets at the first main gate and ripped a piece off. Then at the second and last gate to actually get into the stadium, we just had to use the bar-code from the ticket to open a little gate and we were in. So weird in such a big stadium! Not even being frisked or anything?!

The match itself was good fun. Barcelona mainly on the attack, but defending so badly that Real Betis got much more chances, but failed to make them so Barcelona never looked troubled. And it was truely amazing to see Ronaldinho play! Oh my lord… I thought he was quite good, but he was just SO much better!!! By far the best on the pitch. And by far the best I ever seen in real life. Just amazing. Every touch of the ball seemed so easy, yet so briljant. Passes, tricks, but also his movement without the ball… Just amazing. And without a doubt the best player on this earth at the moment!

Strange things at the stadium were the Barcelona fans… so unbelievably quiet!!! The have just 2 songs (Barça, Barça, Barça & Fútbol Club Barcelona) and some occasional but rare cheers (Ronaldinho, Ronaldinho, Ronaldinho or Messi, Messi, Messi), but that was about it… Really weird. And for some reason hardly any supporters wear the Barcelona shirt, or even just a scarf. We bought scarf’s just before the match, but way more then half of the people had nothing to indicate their love for the Barcelona football team…

But all in all it was a great experience! Already looking forward to go see another Barcelona match! :-)

Update (February 27, 2006):
Some highlights from the game I was able to capture on camera! Please don’t complain about the quality… I don’t have a magic zoom! ;-) Pictures of the game and Camp Nou will follow later. Stay tuned!!!

Briljant play! (11.8 MB)		Ronnie goal (9.9 MB and watch your neck!!!)

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