Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Fear, fireworks and violence: hanging with Boca's la Doce

Hooliganism in Argentina is spiralling out of control, but there's still something magical about the passion of the terraces.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2006/11/14/fear_fireworks_and_violence_ha.html

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Editor,
Is the 2-0 (2-2) superclassico referred to in this article the one that you attended?

The Editor said...

Indeed!! I was unaware of the graffiti. I read about the head of the barrabrava's comment in a paper the following day, if memory serves. Mind you, livin' has not been easy on my brain over the last 12 years...