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(Missing) the big game

Today's the World Cup qualifier between Bolivia & Chile. All the more important because Bolivians hate Chile — an attitude the state's spent decades encouraging — and the game falls a week after Día del Mar. It's a muggy, rainy day out today, but there are few people in the streets. Even the little caseritas have their handheld radios, listening to the game. Crowds huddle under umbrellas outside any store w/ a television set, straining to see a bit of the action only a mile away in a packed stadium.

I was hoping to see the game. Until my ticket source fell through. So I headed down to La Terraza to do email & watch the game on their TV. But. They have a different cable provider, which doesn't carry Canal 2. Huh? What kind of crap is that? So I packed up, headed up to the Prado. Too late. The game's already almost half over, it's impossible to catch any action.

So. Up to the Prado's La Terraza — which as no TV — to see if I can follow the action online (I doubt it). I'll just have to read about it in tomorrow's paper. I hope Bolivia wins. Not because I hate Chile (I don't swallow that nationalist poppycock). But because Bolivia needs to beat Chile & Paraguay to qualify for the 2006 Cup. There's always hope.

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UPDATE: From J. Scott Bernard I found a site that has live webfeeds of World Cup qualifiers. It's the 44th minute of the second half, and Bolivia's behind 2-0. It's over. Sniff.

Posted by Miguel at 04:44 PM

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