Most of the cafés in the centre of Quito have screens for customers to watch the World Cup. Ecuador didn't qualify for the finals but there is still a huge interest in the matches. The general rule here is that Ecuadorians will support any South American team... with the exception of Argentina. I have asked about this apparent distaste for the Argentinian team. "Argentinians think they are better than us... son arrogantes...." is the response.
The match between England and Germany was shown live here at 9 in the morning Ecuadorian time. Frédéric and I are not huge football fans but we could not resist experiencing the atmosphere of the match in one of the local cafés. Frédéric was served an English breakfast (eggs and bacon with kidney beans and lettuce...?) and Luca had a pile of pancakes with jam.
Even though we were in a South American capital we did not escape the shouts of "Eng-er-land" which started off as loudly and aggressively as in any London pub, but got progressively weaker as the match went on. The German supporters were much more discrete. In fact we didn't know who they were until they all jumped all simultaneously when Germany scored the first goal.
Unfortunately the cheering and shouting from the supporters of both sides got so loud at some points that Niko was frightened and kept hiding his face. We had to go back "home" to watch the second half on our tiny tv where the atmosphere wasn't quite the same. Still, I have no doubt that Germans Annika, Sandra and Corinna (in Quito for two months to learn Spanish, and above in photo) were amongst those in Quito who were more than happy with the result...
The match between England and Germany was shown live here at 9 in the morning Ecuadorian time. Frédéric and I are not huge football fans but we could not resist experiencing the atmosphere of the match in one of the local cafés. Frédéric was served an English breakfast (eggs and bacon with kidney beans and lettuce...?) and Luca had a pile of pancakes with jam.
Even though we were in a South American capital we did not escape the shouts of "Eng-er-land" which started off as loudly and aggressively as in any London pub, but got progressively weaker as the match went on. The German supporters were much more discrete. In fact we didn't know who they were until they all jumped all simultaneously when Germany scored the first goal.
Unfortunately the cheering and shouting from the supporters of both sides got so loud at some points that Niko was frightened and kept hiding his face. We had to go back "home" to watch the second half on our tiny tv where the atmosphere wasn't quite the same. Still, I have no doubt that Germans Annika, Sandra and Corinna (in Quito for two months to learn Spanish, and above in photo) were amongst those in Quito who were more than happy with the result...
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