Last weekend was the IESE Spring Games. IESE, ESADE, EADA, INSEAD and IE competed in a variety of sports over the course of three days. LBS was supposed to come but because of Eklasfluwoerfaljfya or whatever that Icelandic volcano is called, they couldn't fly out.
I don't have the breakdown of winners for each sport but ESADE won some and lost some. I was on the basketball team and I feel we would've done better if half our team didn't get horribly injured by the beginning of the second game. The IESE Spring Games was a huge wake-up call for us late 20's males. Actually the Sunday/Monday after the Spring Games was the wake-up call as we all hobbled around injured, sore and physically beat. I forgot how big of a gap there is in terms of intensity when you're practicing with your classmates versus competing with other teams. It's quite the rush to be on the court or field during game time but once you're off and your body tries to recover you realize that it's failing miserably to keep up. Good times though. I hate to laud our rival school but IESE did a great job in organizing the event and keeping it low cost. *ahem HEC-MBAT*.
Anyways, in keeping with the theme of athletics, pictorial tour of the FC Barcelona vs. Valencia game I attended on March 14. Pictures courtesy of my NY New Year's Eve party organizer and classmate, OL. Are you ready for some football?
Glorious Camp Nou. A stadium steeped in history and Catalan spirit. With a maximum capacity of 98,000 fans, it is a behemoth of a stadium. We sat in the blue section about halfway up. Because the seats are right on top of each other, they've managed to keep all the seats within a fairly decent horizontal distance from the pitch. It's kinda like old Yankee Stadium. I'm sure that analogy was understood by like 1 of my readers.
The sun setting over the stadium.
The first half was filled with a couple moments of excitement but it wasn't until the second half that Mr. Messi lit up the place with goal after goal after goal. That man is the best football player in the world right now.
For El Clasico FC Barcelona versus Real Madrid, I ended up watching the game at a local bar with some classmates. After FC Barcelona dominated Real Madrid, we headed out to Plaza Catalunya since we heard that's where everyone went after a big win. Since beating Madrid is the ultimate uppercut to Spanish rule over Catalonia you can guess the chaos that ensued.
Las Ramblas was absolutely packed.
Being packed with people, the FCB fans decided it would be the perfect time to light firecrackers. I mean doesn't everyone love explosives especially when they're about 10 feet away from you. All this was done while people chanted Madrid se quema, se quema Madrid (burn Madrid burn). Catalans are crazy mf'ers.
Even the police thought so.
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