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Mexican fútbol fans enjoyed an exciting semifinal game Sunday night of the Mexican league between Cruz Azul and América, with América eking out a win 4-3 in the final moments of the game thanks to a penalty kick. Monterrey and América will play their final match on Thursday Dec. 12, Día de Guadalupe, at 8 P.M. Just to make Dec. 12 even more interesting. Here in downtown Zihuatanejo shouts of ¡GOOOOOOOL! could be heard all over town each time one of the teams scored. Unlike U.S. football, these athletes play non-stop for 45 minutes, take a 15-minute break, then play another 45 minutes of non-stop action. No interruptions for commercials every few minutes, no stopping the clock every few seconds, no time outs, no silly and quite tiresome game clock nonsense, and no thousands of convoluted and confusing rules. And unlike U.S. football, in which the players neither touch the ball with their feet nor play with an actual ball, they actually use their feet to move an actual ROUND ball. Imagine that!

Do these athletes also moonlight as soap opera actors? Lot of injury acting on that field by a bunch of girlie boys, they take it a little too far. Seen Las Águalas twice, once in Estadio Azteca and once in Pachuca. Love the passion of the fans, totally different experience than American football.

Ha! Girlie boys! A U.S. football player collapses and has to sit out a play or two after running the length of the football field one time. These guys and gals run up and down the field like it was nothing for 45 minutes non-stop, and in Mexico City where the air is thin that's even more amazing. THAT'S an ATHLETE!

Must've been fun at Estadio Azteca. A monster of a stadium! Good for you!