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Candlestick Park, club america, cristiano ronaldo, futbol, Iker Casillas, Kaka, photojournalism, real madrid, San Francisco, SF Chronicle, soccer, sports, stephenlamphoto, www.stephenlamphoto.com
About a week ago I got a call from my editor at the SF Chronicle about shooting a last minute soccer game at Candlestick Park. I was like yes, who’s playing? Well, it was Real Madrid v. Club America. My assignment was to focus on Real Madrid fans and players i.e. Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, and Iker Casillas. Unfortunately, the latter two didn’t show up, so I was left with Ronaldo.
The game was a blast until we realized Ronaldo switched number from his usual #9 to #7 and that our roster print out was all over the place. On top of that Real Madrid’s uniform have no numbers whatsoever in the front. That sure made captioning on deadline a lot more entertaining. Oh and it was freezing cold.
and for the Ronaldo fans…
the game-winning goal.
Real Mardid 3, Club America 2.
