Paint the Town Chelsea

My girlfriend Elena invited me to join her for the Chelsea vs. Levski Sofia match at the Chelsea Football Club last Tuesday and I jumped at the chance, having never seen a live football match before. Here we are before the match, all dolled up in case a footballer notices us.

As for the game itself, well.... hm.... it's really difficult for me to be gung-ho over a sport that is so relatively uneventful when compared to, say, hockey, where there's something going on every second. I've heard this complaint several times by North Americans who just can't wrap their head around all the hype that Europeans, Africans, and South Americans make over football.

That said, it was actually great fun cheering when the teams almost scored and during the three times goals actually did occur and in the meantime, it gave us plenty of opportunities to gab and catch up. Good fun!