Allow me to set the stage for those of you at home...--fireworks going off roughly every 5 minutes (in broad daylight) since 6:30AM
-- an entire 4 blocks worth of dogs barking after each installment of fireworks
--the glow of a TV set eminating from every surrounding apartment window
--the streets in a city of several million inhabitants COMPLETELY empty of cars
--no one working or pretending to work at any establishment, though it is not a holiday
--each and every person you pass is wearing something yellow and green somewhere on their body
--the whole 2 pages of the morning paper containing nothing of politics, crime or other social matters but only soccer-related issues
--every club, bar or other establishment with a relatively large television packed with screaming, sweating, drinking men all over the age of 30
...get the idea? Oh yes, my friends...the count-down until 1pm has begun ...it's GAME TIME!!
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