Friday 10 August 2012

Blame It On Rio

The Brazilians are built for fun and frolic. Their DNA is soaked with juicy doses of music, dance, sport and a sunny disposition. Blame it on Rio (the 1984 movie) or where ever but the Brazilian is made in heaven to both play and watch sport like football (I've always known this) and volleyball (I've discovered this earlier today). Rati and I saw this for ourselves this evening at the men's volleyball semi finals at London's Earls Court.

Earls Court in London is old but retains the old world charm to deliver a super ambience for the volleyball.

Brazil shocked and awed. They shocked their semi final opponents Italy with a blistering display of precision volleyball and explosive spiking (smashing). They awed their numerous supporters. They also awed us neutrals in the crowd. These Brazilians play their volleyball like their countrymen do football, with an aggressive flare and a sense of the show man. Their supporters complement them perfectly. The support the Brazilians receive is infectious, good natured, fanatical and fun.

Life's a samba for the Brazilians. They sing and dance their team to the volleyball finals.

The match lasts a full 1.5 hours. There is so much action in high quality volleyball that the match seems to last a half hour. Time flies when you are having fun. Never a dull moment is there through the 90 minutes. Even the breaks in play prove to be so absorbing. As soon as play stops the music blares, the Brazilians sing, dance and wave their flags and a good time is had by all except the Italians playing and watching. The Italians do not enjoy anything this evening. They try their best but are no match for the men in yellow. The Brazilian blitzkrieg puts paid to any thoughts of an Italian fight back.
The Italians in blue do have their moments. This lethal spike strikes home despite the two man Brazilian block.

Rati who has never watched the game before is thrilled with the evening. So is everyone at the stadium who is non-Italian.

The Brazilians have awed me this evening alright. I've already begun to find out how I can acquire tickets for the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Don't blame it on Rio!

   

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