We did visit the ‘Hippy Market’ and went to two football matches at the Maracana Football Stadium. Soccer is Brazil’s favourite sport and the Maracana Stadium is one of the world’s biggest football stadiums. On Sundays and public holidays the beach road is closed to traffic and becomes one big leisure area. On 4 April 2015, Urruti scored his first goal of the 2015 season to help the Timbers to a 3-1 victory against FC Dallas. Our first few days in Rio were spent relaxing since the weather was not the best for sight-seeing. Fans exclaim that this is a “jump into the void”, however and against all odds, Independiente rebounds widely and is the runner-up of the tournament, winning many games.