Revolutionary spirit in the air at red-hot Chile street party
Friday, 20 June 2014
Olé! Olé olé olé! Chile! Chile! The Maracanã rang so loudly with snarky singing by the end that it felt as if it would take off and fly to Valparaíso, powered merely by voice. Spain has not been so cruelly humiliated since El Dorado was cancelled from British TV, its name so mocked since Manuel worked in Fawlty Towers, and the Chilean fans, who made up the overwhelming majority in the stadium, made sure they felt it.
Fans marched up and down, pleading for tickets to the sold-out game. Bars all round the area were filled with Chile fans bursting into songs that, what they lacked in tune, they more than made up for in volume and sheer good cheer, according to websites news.