It must have been at least 2 miles from the stadium when the fan bus rolled to its final stop. We set out on foot towards the direction of Fortaleza's Arena Castelão. It what was an odd sort of pilgrimage with thousands of other fans, a pilgrimage loosely accompanied by a military police escort and sporadic forro bands. I found out later after the match that the fan bus drop points had been previously orchestrated with the municipal government during last year's Confederations Cup in attempts to avert a transportation strike.
On the pitch, no one expected Costa Rica (ranked 28th) to win against Uruguay (ranked 7th) this afternoon. Not only did they win, they won 3 -1. The best part about this brilliant "upset" today was that it further proves that sometimes you just have the better game and stats can be as relevant as rain coats in Qatar.
Costa Rica - their fans were pretty awesome as well!
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