La Copa Mundial

I knew that football is THE sport of Latinamerica but only today I got to experience its significant importance firsthand. Sport is indeed powerful enough to create unique sense of community, of consent. It literally makes people either cry or cheer ( or going crazy ).

Costa Rica - more or less to everyone's surprise won its second match in a row today. Consequently, with this victory, they have qualified themselves for the next round of the world cup. The game was aired on television 10am the local time. People were glued to their TVs for 90 minutes until they were relieved by a 1:0 victory. The patriotism and joy were omni-present even hours after the game. People were celebrating proudly and loudly in the streets, accompanied by a concert of honking cars, vuvuzelas (remember 2010?) and drums.