The EuroCup happens every 2 years and the last time Spain won was 44 years ago. Spain defeated Russia and moved on to the semi finals against Italy. Spain won in penalty kicks and took on Germany in the final. Germany is a strong team, and I think most people were thinking that Spain would lose. However, Fernando Torres (cute!) kept pressuring the German goal and finally scored in the first half!
Some friends and I went into the city to watch the rest of the game and I am so glad we did! After Spain won hundreds of people gathered in a plaza to celebrate!! There were fireworks, flags everywhere, people hanging out of cars, singing, cars honking, drums and a trumpet (seriously!). We must have spent another 2 or 3 hours in the plaze celebrating with the spainards. One of the chants said "soy espanola" which is I am spain, or a spainard. I felt like I was a true spainard that night! It was truly a once in a lifetime experience.
I also noticed from this night the different attitude Spaniards (Europeans in general) toward their flag. They want to represent their country and, like in the picture above of the dog, its not disrespectful to have it tied to a dog and have it touching the ground. The US is so protective and conservative and are always ready to jump on someone who's 'disrespected the flag', I like the Europeans way of thinking better.
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