The stadium was one used in the 2002 World Cup that Korea co-hosted with Japan, so it was huge and pretty cool. The game was different from sporting events in America in many different ways. First, fans are allowed to bring in food and drinks. The stadium security was incredibly lax.
Also, the fans did a lot more singing than cheering. It was more reminiscent of a college sporting event than a professional one. And the weird thing is the home fans didn't really react negatively when the other team scored; they just quieted a bit. Strange.
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| Cheerleaders |
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| The equivalent of a student section. They had drums, flags, banners, flares and a hose. |
Despite not getting to enjoy the surely interesting celebration of the home fans, it was a fun experience. Although the most interesting moment of the night surely was trying to get back to the subway station after the game.
After easily getting to game in a taxi, we had a bit of a trouble flagging down a cab after the game. Finally a cab pulls over for us, and the four of us pile in, only to have the cabbie yell at us in a mix of Korean and broken English to get out for reasons unknown. It may have been something to do with the color of light displayed on his cab (maybe he was picking up a fare that called), or it may be because I got in the back left door. As ridiculous as that sounds, he seemed to focus must of his anger in my direction.
But eventually a Korean man and his son snagged a cab for us (again, the hospitality), and we made it back to Suwon Station unharmed albeit confused.
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