Last week, the U19 team had a spirited week of practice. They are all so focused, it's crazy to see their attitude this time around against the Towers compared to the last. We have a confidence, but are putting our work in to make sure it's sound confidence.
As for the seniors, Tuesday we had our picture day. It wasn't anything crazy, but its not like college, where all the guys are behind the cameraman trying to make you laugh and look stupid in your picture. I also had to give my height in centimeters and my weight in kilos, which surprised some people that I knew, but only due to my exercise science classes at Truman. Guess college did teach me something! On Thursday evening, the defense met up for some scout on the Razorbacks and some conditioning. We know what they want to do, and we will be prepared for that, and any other thing they may try to throw at us. Heading into this game, we will be a confident bunch of guys, and rightfully so! Everyone is eager to get to Farum Park and get rolling.
The weather has been gorgeous, and it was no different Friday and Saturday. Friday, I went to the beach for a couple of hours and finished reading The Junction Boys. Reminded me of a slightly more difficult freshman and sophomore fall camp at Camp Clark. We knew what we were getting into, we got water, and we had some grass to practice on. It was an interesting book. It was so nice, that I even dipped my legs in the water and cooled off. It was pretty cold, but it felt a bit refreshing on the hotter day. Saturday, I went into Copenhagen on another beautiful day and took the Jerry Glanville book Esben had with me. I sat out at a harbor by Amalienborg Palace and did some reading. I went to the Strøget to look at some souvenirs, and I grabbed one of those cheap take out boxes of Chinese food, just to see what it was like. Turns on Chinese food is internationally the same. It's not like the Mexican food that varies by location, the Chinese food is just oiled and greases up stuff, and fried shrimp and chicken. They really got the consistency down. I ate that at the harbor and on my way back, grabbed some ice cream. It just felt right on such a gorgeous day.
Sunday, I joined AG at the FC København soccer game. He scored some tickets from work, and they were awesome. We we like 20 rows up from the pitch, about even with one of the goal lines. It was a total blast of a game and since soccer is a lot of dudes running and not much action, we spent a lot of time just talking. We got to talking about baseball, and just compared it to watching soccer. It pained me since I enjoy baseball, but it's kind of true, you watch a lot of guys stand around and not much happening. One of the coolest things at the game is the 5 beer holder thing. You buy like 5 beers, and they have this like carrying thing that holds the beers by the top and the bottom pokes through. It's like a cooler version of the 4 drink carrying thing that's awkward to hold. The game was a lot of fun to be at, but it ended in a tie. FCK scored on a pretty awesome header in the second half to go up 1-0, but Aarhus equalized with a PK in the 90th minute. The atmosphere of the game is crazy, as the opposing fans have their own section just surrounded my security, and they get a security escort in and out of the stadium, and their buses got a police escort out of the city. They basically got the same treatment that the president of the US gets when he goes anywhere. The game is filled with chants, which make the game exciting I guess, since not much really happens on the field. After the game, I bought one of those soccer scarfs that says the team name, and I got the one that says the name of the player who scored, N'Doye, just because. I really didn't have a preference, and thought it would be cool to have one with a players name.
After the game, we went to another player's apartment and joined some guys watching football. Frederik, our RB and my taxi driver, is a Rams fan, and he had the Rams game on his computer. I watched the last about 6 minutes of the disaster, and we were both disappointed. I wish I could have taken a picture of the room, because it was a bunch of guys sitting around a table, with their computers on watching their teams games if they were on, or checking their fantasy guys. Every 5 minutes, AG would violently shake his phone to refresh the page. It was like a big meeting room and serious business was taking place. There were some commercials and talk about the Mermaid Bowl, which was interesting to see. I clearly had no idea what they were saying, but I can hear when the say "Mermaid Bowl", "Triangle Razorbacks" and "Søllerød Gold Diggers". I left around midnight and got home and crashed.
So now, it's game week, and I cannot be more excited to play in this game. I hear the stadium is great and the atmosphere is wonderful for a football game. I look forward to a great last week of practice and enjoying every minute of it. Hopefully, we can pull out the W!
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