A friendly GI Joe on a horse was standing by ready to assist with any queries punters might have. Santiago has three levels of police and these suckers, the Carabineros, are by far the toughest with their full body armour and deadpan faces.
After seeing these mental fans for 10 seconds I understood. Half of them don't even watch the game, they just jump on the spot singing along to the drum beats. There is almost no difference in volume from start to finish (including home goals!)
Universidad de Chile beat the severely undersupported Audax Italian0 3-2. Apparently this was a very tame game because Audax is so small a team. And when two of the bigger teams and the stadium is packed the fans will not only fight the the opposition fans but take on the hundreds of GI Joe's (horseback and non-horseback). The Chileano that took us said he never takes friends to those games, but we'll see what we can do. Even the umpires get escorted from the pitch by a dozen Carabineros, and not even Hammer from Gladiators could make his way to the pitch without being instantly minced.
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