JEDEME BRNO JEDEME!!!!

Alright, today I attended my first European football match. I must say that the game itself was only ok, but the fans are awesome. Just like at hockey games the crowd chants and cheers through the entire game with people in the front leading all the cheers and some people with drums to help as well. People bring homemade confietti and toilet paper to throw from the stands randomly and when goals are scored. So today the weather in the 30s and rainy, more or less miserable, but we stood out there for 2 hours trying to understand the Czech cheers. We ended up just putting English words that "sounded" like the Czech ones in there place. It was some what easy on a few because they were to the tune of an English song like "yellow Submarine" and "life goes on". The most exciting thing came in the second period. During half time people came around handing out balloons to all the fans. On these balloons were printed the words "F*** off Praha" so everyone blew them up and waved them around when Praha came back to the field. The true highlight was after the balloons men came around taping this firecracker looking things to the railing through out the fans. The one closest to me was placed in the center of 4 boys who were drinking and smoking but looked no older than 13. With about 5 minutes to go in the game all of this fire/sparkler things start shooting up in the air filling the stands with smoke. Then people were throwing paper as the fire is spraying everywhere. As these sparklers stop fans throughout start lighting these red flare type things that are shooting flames everywhere again. By this time I can no longer see the field and the game let alone the people 5 rows in front of me. I did how ever see the super intelligent man with the flare that chucked his still lit and flaming firecracker towards the field and into the crowd of fans. Oh I also did the European thing of purchasing the scarf to wave during cheers and when goals are scored. Ok well the result of the game was Sparta Praha 1 and FC Brno 0. Either way it sure was fun. Now its time to thaw out...