A Simple Step Into The Beautiful Game by Damian Pudelko https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido en-us 2016-12-20 02:45:10 UTC 2025-10-07 22:09:03 UTC hello@padlet.com Here's what I remember. 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407159 2016-12-20 02:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407159 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407257 2016-12-20 02:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407257 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407357 2016-12-20 02:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407357 Massiveness. 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407377 2016-12-20 02:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407377 Red and white colors. 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407420 2016-12-20 02:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407420 And noise. Lots of noise. 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407434 2016-12-20 02:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407434 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407455 2016-12-20 02:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407455 Walking to our seats, my dad and I were in complete awe looking at the inside of the brand new Warsaw National Stadium. 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407492 2016-12-20 02:55:25 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407492 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407571 2016-12-20 02:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407571 The old stadium was overgrown and abandoned and old and made out of old rock. It looked like the Colosseum's younger, less-cool brother. When I saw the pictures of the new stadium I had a lot of respect for the Polish architects and builders. It was beautiful. 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407627 2016-12-20 02:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407627 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407723 2016-12-20 03:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407723 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407779 2016-12-20 03:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407779 In the tram, I tried looking at the stadium out the window. I barely got a glance of it between the hordes of people packed into this little tram. It smelled like cigarettes, alcohol, and sweaty people. 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407809 2016-12-20 03:04:35 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407809 There were fans singing and chanting, “Who’s not jumping is a Greek fan!” The tram was shaking violently due to the drunk men jumping as if they were on trampoline. 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407830 2016-12-20 03:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407830 We poured out the tram and ran to the entrance. The rain was coming down hard, it felt like hail. I haven’t been so okay with being soaked. The feeling was refreshing, it was like taking a shower after a workout. 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407876 2016-12-20 03:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407876 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407941 2016-12-20 03:08:55 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407941 Walking to our seats. Staring at every detail. The roof, had this strange zig zag shape to it. The grass was a perfect green. The seats were colorful. We were proud to be Polish. 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407962 2016-12-20 03:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144407962 This colorful stadium in the middle of a beautiful city was a source of spiritual energy. 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144408021 2016-12-20 03:11:50 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144408021 It made the beautiful game, that much more beautiful. 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144462094 2016-12-20 14:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144462094 The excitement, the fans holding up their scarves, blasting their vuvuzelas and their whistles. These annoying noises have never been so fulfilling. 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144463500 2016-12-20 14:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144463500 176209 https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144463788 2016-12-20 14:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/176209/v6cwxh16fido/wish/144463788