Futbol Celebraciones

On October 10th, Chile played against Colombia and it was quite an important because if they won it, Chile would be in for the world cup. Needless to say, they won the game and are going to the World Cup 2010! We watched the game at our apartment and then celebrated with the Chileans right outside our apartament at Plaza Italia.

celebrating a goal with the people outside our window


Carabineros are ready for the mob.



When we went outside after the game, this was the scene



Celebrating with my gringo friend Phil. So funny how people took pictures of us.



Our crew of gringos and Chileans.



Either the Chileans really enjoyed celebrating with the gringo or they huddled around him solely to steal something from his pockets, because a friend of ours was pick-pocketed the next game.




So much energy in the air... and so much confetti!




If they could climb it, they did. That man is on top of a Plaza Italia sign.





We spent the rest of the night at our building's patio






Plaza Italia at around 9pm




A montage of that night.