Went to the Netherland-Denmark game in Johannesburg today. Soccer City Stadium is huge, and intended to resemble some sort of African bowl or something.
The crowd was more subdued than any other game so far. They remained in their seats the entire time except during close shots on goal, or when The Wave passed by. Contrast that with the USA-England game where everyone stood the entire game. Almost no one wearing Orange (Netherlands) or Red (Denmark) had a vuvuzela. Most of the horn noise came from a section of locals.
I did see probably the largest concentration of blonde people I've ever seen. For a while, I thought I might lose The Blonde in the crowd, but I had no such luck. The Blonde had to sit next to another blonde of unknown nationality (wearing neutral colours) who insisted on blowing a vuvuzela during the whole match. Probably to the chagrin of the Danish, the seats in Soccer City stadium are a bright Orange, and all of the stadium stewards were wearing bright orange coats.
Tomorrow we bid farewell to Johannesburg and head to the southeast coast city of Durban.
Damn vuvuzelas.
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