Another Loss in the Final Minutes

My VCR was waiting for me upon my arrival. The game was over for two days but I decided to withstand finding out the score. Everything seemed to be leading towards a 0-0 tie, but suddenly in the last fifteen minutes my stomach started to become nervous. I need to learn that it is just a futbol match, and not a matter of life or death. My premonition was correct, a late Colombian goal would erase that crucial single point.

A cousin in Bolivia told me once that it is difficult for him to watch important futbol matches because his anxiety rises. Now I understand why. Even though Bolivia faces much more important issues than securing a tie in a sporting match, to me success for the National Team seems to be one of the few bright spots that the entire country can look forward to.