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Originally Posted by troutman
Years ago I was in Ecuador and went to see local match involving a team from Quito vs. Barcelona. I thought how lucky was I to see the famous Barcelona in a friendly in Quito. Turned out Barcelona was the name of a team from Guayaquil.
(The stadium was at high altitude and named after Inca Prince Atahaulpa.The fans of the two sides were separated by barbed wire, and were throwing garbage at each other. The refs had to come out of covered tunnels, because of the garbage throwing).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atahualpa_Olympic_Stadium
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I tried to see a game when I was in Quito about 8 years ago. However it was during the Xmas holidays, there were no home games scheduled.