Back in December I went with Omar to the final of the Honduran soccer league. His (and my adopted) team Real España (aka La Maquina) was playing the Honduran soccer equivalent of the Yankees. Dirty, cheating Olympia. The game was on the Maquina's home turf in San Pedro and we were pumped.
The game got off to a tense start when the Olympia fans threw a firework at our goalie with it exploding just next to his head. I thought he had been shot but after five minutes he was up again and ready to play. The game was exciting and went back and forth. Olympia scored first but then received a red card (dirty cheaters). With a one man advantage, the Maquina surged forward putting in one goal and then another! We were up! At the 90 minute mark the fans went nuts.
Que viva la Maquina! Later that night I tuned in to the main Honduran channel to catch the highlights but was surprised to find a telethon-like program running. Apparently the owner of the channel is an Olimpista and his channel decided not to show the unfavorable outcome.
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