Viva to Estudiantes fans (Copa Mondial 2009)

I was so impressed by the large number of spectators who travelled all the way from Europe and Argentina to watch their teams play in this tournament, especially the Estudiantes fans. I heared estimations of 5,000 to 12,000 fans who travelled all the way from Argentina on their own account for around 20 hours flights. It is not the most popular team in Argentina, and common sense says that they have less chance than Barca. Yet, they were there for the team.

They were very organized, loyal, extremely decent. No noise nor "booo"s. After the final, they stayed in stadium till their team got the silver medal cheering for the team. They accepted defeat, knowing their team did a great game. After all, it was a joy to watch.

Barca fans were decent and impressive too. This is what I call a professional fans. In Saudi or Egypt as well ,as many parts of the region, we had tough time accepting the fact of defeat, even for the highest officials, pointing to referees, fans, outside events.