When One Went To A Football Game Match

When my ex-boyfriend as well as I carve upward up, he left me alongside 2 skillful things: a friendship alongside Louise from Louise Chatters, as well as a (sort of) salubrious interest in his football game club, VVV-Venlo. I started next the matches out of pure necessity: a loss meant walking on eggshells as well as a depressed and/or irritated boyfriend. After the break-up, I kept next the matches out of habit. Both the sport as well as the squad grew on me. I didn't know a affair almost football, which made discussing it alongside my friend Stefanie all the to a greater extent than fun. She was pretty clueless too, but every bit she's from the Breda expanse nosotros developed a friendly rivalry betwixt her team, NAC Breda, as well as mine. This went hence far that when I quit college, nosotros promised we'd meet each other again, adjacent flavor at the jibe betwixt NAC as well as VVV. It started out every bit a joke, but as well as hence something unexpected happened inward January: nosotros genuinely went to that football game match.

On Jan 27th I took the develop to Breda. I nonetheless couldn't quite believe what was going to occur that day. I hadn't been to a major league football game jibe since early on 2007. To tell I'd enjoyed that jibe would live on a lie. My classmates, alongside whom I'd attended the match, had either been hateful to me or had ignored me the entire time. This jibe was going to live on unlike though. I was going to meet my squad play for the start out time, every bit I'd ever followed matches on Twitter, as well as I couldn't live on to a greater extent than excited to meet the jibe alongside Stefanie. It was going to live on an amazing night, I merely knew it.

Just later 7pm Stefanie as well as I arrived at the stadium alongside her father-in-law, who'd gotten us the tickets. At that 2nd I in conclusion fully realized what I'd gotten myself into. I was the exclusively VVV supporter waiting inward describe of piece of job alongside tons of NAC supporters. I'd live on sitting correct inward the middle of them. During the wait, the autobus alongside my squad arrived as well as I freaked out. Supporters of other clubs mightiness accept pose me into infirmary correct as well as hence as well as there, but non those of NAC Breda. Sure, they frowned or looked surprised. Some mightiness accept been annoyed. They in all probability merely flora it real weird But they permit me live on excited to meet my squad instruct far as well as I appreciated that. 

The constabulary must accept flora my excited behaviour a piffling suspicious though because the 2nd I entered the stadium I was pulled out of describe of piece of job hence they could banking concern check if I was carrying whatever illegal items. I laughed this off; I know it must accept been weird to take away heed a daughter alongside a western accent visiting a southern derby, shouting how much she likes the opponent.

The stadium was nonetheless by as well as large empty when nosotros arrived at our seats. I at nowadays felt my vertigo boot in, every bit the stands were steeper than I'd ever expected. I was glad when a homo sat downward on the topographic point inward front end of mine: at to the lowest degree he'd interruption my autumn if I went down. And falling downward chop-chop became a existent option, every bit Stefanie's father-in-law was sort plenty to purchase me a beer. Now I liked that beer, but it made me a piffling less steady on my feet. I already wasn't that steady anyway, because I was literally bouncing upward as well as downward alongside excitement. I don't regret drinking the beer though. I jokingly called it 'a agency to blend inward alongside the football game crowd'.

In hindsight, I don't genuinely know why I fifty-fifty tried blending inward alongside the NAC supporters, every bit my continuous appreciation for VVV made me stick out similar a sore thumb. I was genuinely quite proud of beingness at that topographic point for my team, exclusively to a greater extent than hence when Stefanie's virile individual nurture inward law introduced me to people alongside the words: 'This is Envy. She supports VVV as well as makes plenty dissonance for an entire autobus amount of supporters.' I had to live on that loud though, every bit at that topographic point were barely whatever other VVV supporters at that topographic point that night.

After almost 45 minutes of waiting inward the mutual depression temperature as well as watching players of both teams warm upward (NAC already alongside shouts of back upward from the stands, piece VVV was booed at correct away), the jibe started. It was a goosebumps 2nd similar I've never witnessed before. The stadium exploded alongside excitement as well as support, flags were everywhere as well as supporters were chanting songs as well as such. There was fifty-fifty a Carnaval vocal almost flowers that got stuck inward my caput for days. On top of that NAC started the jibe strong. We sat behind the goal, merely to the correct of it, as well as had a perfect thought of every assault NAC placed. Every unmarried fourth dimension NAC came closed to the destination as well as VVV's goalkeeper had to brand a motility everyone or hence me would stand upward up, sit down downward when NAC failed to score, stand upward up, sit down down, stand upward up, sit down down. This happened hence ofttimes inward the start out 10 minutes that it felt similar a workout. Lucky for me, NAC didn't create practice to score inward the start out half. Neither did VVV. I accept to acknowledge I was shitting bricks though. NAC was potent as well as I loved the agency they played the game, but I didn't desire VVV to lose. They needed to move. I tried to move along most of my thoughts almost my squad to myself though. Not everyone or hence me seemed to live on okay alongside me supporting the other squad (an older homo inward front end of me kept giving me popular off stares) as well as I wanted to exhibit some observe to the people who were basically having me every bit a invitee inward their stadium that night. However, I couldn't assist myself when the affair I'd been waiting for the entire nighttime happened: my favorite VVV histrion got some playing fourth dimension every bit the 2nd one-half started.

'Opoku, my man!' I shouted, which resulted inward some other popular off stare from the one-time homo inward front end of me. 'Now we're gonna score, merely watch!'

The air current changed its direction inward the 2nd half. Rain came pouring down. Stefanie as well as I watched as well as watched, next Opoku's moves closely. By that fourth dimension I was genuinely secretly hoping NAC would win. Like I said, that squad was playing beautifully. VVV, on the other hand, was to a greater extent than similar a brick wall when they were inward the defense. And in i trial that wall started moving forward, it was similar an indestructible tank, pushing everything inward its agency aside. Not the sort of football game I was hoping to meet that nighttime from my team.

Yellow cards were of a precipitous awarded left as well as right. As the 2nd one-half passed by, players became to a greater extent than desperate as well as Stefanie as well as I saw our teams through rose-colored glasses: whenever NAC made some sort of foul move, Stefanie would yell that the VVV players involved were merely beingness crybabies. When VVV pushed a NAC histrion to the solid soil I'd shrug as well as say: 'Barely touched the guy.'

Then, when I wasn't expecting it anymore, VVV came upward strong. Approached the goal. And in conclusion scored! While all the NAC supporters or hence me stood up, yelling as well as whistling angrily, I bent over as well as permit out a soundless victory scream. 0-1. VVV didn't give NAC some other chance. We won.

'I told yous I'm VVV's lucky charm!' I said to Stefanie. 'I told yous nosotros were going to win!' But deep downward inside, I wished NAC had won, for the beautiful agency they'd played that night.

Stefanie as well as I left the stadium inward an adrenaline rush that night, i of us slightly happier than the other. It mightiness accept started every bit a joke, but it ended every bit an amazing experience. Right as well as hence as well as at that topographic point nosotros decided to instruct to NAC-VVV adjacent flavor every bit well. We accept no thought when that volition occur (if it volition occur at all, every bit NAC has been inward the relegation zone almost all season), but I already can't wait. Here's to many to a greater extent than matches betwixt our 2 favorite football game clubs!

x Envy

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