Maputo vs. Zim

One of our last days in Maputo we were walking along Avenido de 25 Septiembre (which we learned at the museo do revolucion is named after the day the guerrilla war against the colonial powers was declared), and saw a large crowd moving urgently in a particular direction. If you have been reading this blog for long, you know by now that this is a signal for Hung & I to follow & find out what is happening/about to happen. After a little bit of time we figured out that there was a large sports complex at the end of the block and 3pm was the starting time for a match between the local Maputo based football club and a Zimbabwean team. It was 3:05. We were able to get tickets from a hawker for $2 each, so Hung grabbed some beers from the vendors outside of the venue, and we followed everyone else into the match.



It ended up being a very fun way to spend a few hours, especially crowd watching, even though it was not a terribly stirring game.



Some fans brought their own drums and banged out some rhythms to get the crowd going. Stretchers were brought out several times to ferry injured Moz players off the field (the Zimbabweans played rough). The Maputo team won on a penalty kick about 15 mins into the second half.