UEFA Champions League Comes to Zurich

Phil was immediately interested when he heard that FC Zurich Football (Soccer) team would be playing in the Champions League this season. They are playing 6 games total, 2 against each team (one home one away) including Real Madrid, Marseille, and AC Milan.

We were lucky enough to get 2 front row tickets to each home game and have enjoyed 2 games so far. The Real Madrid game was incredible because we got to watch Ronaldo and Kaka play in person. These are the top two most expensive players in the history of football, based on the recent purchase of their talent by Real Madrid.

Here are some pictures from the game!

Polizei waiting for hooligans.

Polizei with bean bag shot guns.

Front row seat view.

A little higher up

In our seats

Waiting for the game to start (clearly very excited)

Phil and Ali classic panorama shot.

FC Zurich fans before the game.

Real Madrid fans lighting flares on fire.

Fire man hanging out...

...and then he ran over here to help out.

Real Madrid's first goal by Ronaldo (#9). We had the same view as him...we knew it would go in.
P.S. Real Madrid paid GBP 80M (USD 130M) for him this summer. Yeah, read that again, that's a lot of money, most ever for a soccer player.

Kaka (#8) didn't do a whole lot this game but he better pick it up since Real Madrid dropped GBP 58M (USD 96M) on him over the summer. Second most expensive player ever (I think). Real Madrid has a lot of money during this "economic downturn" allegedly.

More Ronaldo.

Ronaldo's second goal. Can't see it go in but I promise this was the shot.

Ronaldo getting congratulated in front of us for said second goal.

These people's lives suck. They get to go to a good game but can't turn around and watch since they have to keep their eyes on the crowd. They do this the entire game.