FOOTBALL in Argentina
Stadium Tips
To visit the stadium and enjoy this singular experience without any inconvenience, tourists should bear in mind the following considerations:
- Do not carry valuables. In the event that you take a camera, hold it all the time and never ask strangers to take a picture of you, even when they show themselves as friendly and helpful.
- Carry little cash and do not bear important documents during the tour. Try to have change and do not flaunt your money or your valuables in case you cannot leave them at the hotel.
- Do not drink alcohol as strict controls are carried out at the access to the stadium in search for alcohol and other banned substances. It is ideal to be lucid and enjoy the show to the fullest.
- Control your thrill outside the stadium both before accessing the venue and after the game. Avoid any incident with the rival groups. It is best to celebrate only inside the stadium.
- Do not get apart from the group. Always keep visual contact with one of the guides so as not to get lost either inside or outside the stadium.
- In case you get lost, look for an authority representative and tell them that you are lost. Always carry the address of your hostel written on a card or a piece of paper.
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PlayStation and the Field
Until a few years ago, children would spend long hours playing football in the small field or on a vacant lot. These places would usually be referred to as “potreros”. The first footballer representatives would watch the future promises of football at these spots to take them to the important clubs for their debut. Today, the new technologies have managed to replace the potrero with the PlayStation. Thus, football also becomes a protagonist of virtual reality. However, it is ironic that many times the moves used in the PlayStation games are incorporated into real-life football, the one played on Sundays. Fantastic Messi is for many a faithful example of a player who can do the same thing both in the field and in the PlayStation. There lies the magic of Messi. One has to use the PlayStation in order to understand such kind of beauty.
(Pablo Etchevers)
