Chatterbox #353 – United by Sport

So let's get right to the fun stuff first, the Spanish victory at the World Cup.

I, I watched about half of the game.

I watched the second half of the game because it started at 4:00 AM for me, which is too early, but, uh, I did catch the second half, and it was nice to see Spain win.

I didn't really have a dog in the fight, meaning, like, I wasn't really cheering one way or the other.

Uh, Argentina and Spain, to me, both soccer powerhouses, or football powerhouses, I should say.

So I just wanted to see a good game.

Unfortunately, I don't think it was that great of a game, just in my personal [chuckles] opinion.

It wasn't, like, super, super exciting or, like...

It didn't have me on the edge of my seat per se.

But yeah, I think, uh, congratulations to Spain on the victory.

What was the reaction, like, that you had, and what was the celebration like i- in Spain following that victory?

Oh, people went crazy.

There was huge celebrations, and it's funny because when you live in a city...

I, I went to the window because w- I knew that they were gonna, um, call full time.

I knew that they were gonna blow the whistle, and then when you go outside and you can hear across the whole neighborhood a, a, a, a, a unified cheer, right? Across the whole of the neighborhood of Madrid.

It's so...

And it's like, everyone's like, "Yes, campeones." You know, champions.

And it was, it was great.

And then the next day, I went to the parade, which was through the city, so that's where the players come on the bus, and everybody was there, and it's a very fun, exciting time.

And I have to say, if you are Argentinian and you're listening to this, I do think that Spain did deserve to win that match.

And you're right, Andrew, it wasn't a very interesting match, but it was also very tense because in my view, they played better and they deserved to win on the night, but they didn't get any goals, so we were just like, "Oh my goodness." They were...

They had like 20 shots on the goal and, uh, it was, you know, it was quite tense towards the end.

But then when they got that one goal in- And then they held out until the end, and I think that was deserved.

Um, perhaps, I know the Argentinians are very into their football, and they're very passionate, and they support their team, but I do think that that was fair, and I think the best team, I think the best team won in the end.

So that was also, I think, good because they felt that they had won and, and they deserved it, and it was, it was great.