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The amazing ball game was perfect for the incredible crowd.
After the University of the Philippines forced a match against Adamson University last Saturday, Paul Desiderio expressed how much he liked the support of the UP community at the Mall of Asia Arena. For him, cheers and songs swelled at every game.
When asked if Saturday's crowd was the biggest crowd he had ever played in, he said this.
"We are Wednesday, Wednesday," said the captain of the team.
With his promise "Atin & # 39; To" last season, Desiderio realized another prophecy.
On Wednesday, in the Araneta Coliseum, nearly 21,000 spectators dressed in blue or brown filled the Coliseum to the brim.
The blue side came earlier than the brown side. At least 45 minutes before the start, a team of Adamson already overflowed with joy brandishing his blue and white balloons.
Crowd control at 2:40 am, about an hour before departure. First picture, Adamson. Second picture, UP. #UAAPFinalFour # UAAPSeason81 pic.twitter.com/MEGxmP1S6R
– Danine Cruz (@ the9cruz) November 28, 2018
Force demonstration of the Adamsonians 45 minutes before departure. # UAAPSeason80 #UAAPFinalFour pic.twitter.com/dwzTJHmnJ2
– Danine Cruz (@ the9cruz) November 28, 2018
It was a powerful show of force from the Adamson community, who exhausted all efforts to stand alongside the Falcons. Classes were suspended and bus services provided. Adamson's supporters were mainly composed of current students and young fans.
Shining Akhuetie shared the hearing of these applause while he was still in the locker room getting ready for the match.
"When I was in the dugout, I actually asked someone there was a match." Seriously, I asked, "Who plays here? Do we play after this match? "and they were like" No, no one plays ", then I said," Why are we shouting? ", said the Fighting Maroon between bursts of laughter.
As the starting point approached, the UP community, made up of students, middle-aged and even old-age alumni, caught up and began to fill in. Colosseum camp. Team captain Paul Desiderio quickly examined the audience and deduced a fun observation revealed by head coach Bo Perasol at the end of the match.
"Sabi ni Paul pagbalik niya, sabi niya" The coach speaks of his crowd. "Sabi Ko, Bakit? Sabi niya," Matatanda "natal yung, mga bata" yung Adamson energetic at Napaka, sigaw ng sigaw. & # 39; & # 39; Eh & # 39; "Yung atin?" Nakatunganga doon, matatanda. "Sabi ko," Mga alumni natin "yan!," Perasol said next to a laughing Desiderio.
"[Adamson] I had kids and they were partying! They were super excited but wow, "added Akhuetie.
When the game started, it was a pandemonium. Throughout the match, both camps very crying screamed loudly. There was rarely a moment when neither "UP Fight" nor "Unawakanahimo" was heard. One can literally feel the magnitude of each shot thanks to the fans jumping in the stands.
Desiderio's observation that the Adamson crowd was younger can be validated by the amusing gadgets that blue and white supporters have made during stoppages.
There were times when Adamson's supporters were raising flashlights from their smart phones and there were also times when they were making waves around their half of the room.
The Browns, on the other hand, come to make the classic variations of their cheers – the UP Fight reminders and the verse U-nibersidad with actions.
The usual discussions between the two parties were also present. The boos, the lutos, the iyakins were all there.
The atmosphere of the crowd was revealing. Something spectacular was really going to happen.
The rotation of Jun Manzo and his marksmanship have been settled.
The triple draw of Jerom Lastimosa to force an extension has arrived.
Then it took another five minutes of crazy back and forth.
Then, the jumper of Desiderio who served as a marginal basket occurred.
The final ringing sounds and marks the end of the drought of the final for the Maroons.
After 32 years, UP is back in the biggest stage of the United Arab Emirates.
It was UP's turn to lift their flashlights.
"I've seen a lot of chestnuts, all I've seen are flashlights." Everywhere, I thought to myself: Oh my God, these people, they're come out ready, "said Akhuetie.
The fans Desiderio called young once shouted and jumped up.
"Heu ngayon naman, you fell in blood I miss you, you are a former student of the time," Perasol said.
Tears of joy and cries of relief were heard on the brown side as sighs of frustration and exasperation crept across the blue side.
But everyone came home with a warm heart and the memory of his school joy sung by the whole coliseum.
In keeping with the tradition of the UAAP, the drummers of the Pep Squad UP played ADAMSON's cheers as the 360 degrees of the hall joined by shouting out every letter and syllabication of the name of the school that gave them the match the hardest but the sweetest.
UP fans pay homage to Adamson University after the thriller "to make or die". #UAAPFinalFour # UAAPSeason81 pic.twitter.com/IUvWQQ6ai8
– Danine Cruz (@ the9cruz) November 28, 2018
The Adamson Drummers returned the favor and greeted U-Nibersidad while everyone, regardless of its color, was celebrating the victory of a team in search of history.
On Adamson University's turn to sing U-nibersidad after the tight match. #UAAPFinalFour # UAAPSeason81 pic.twitter.com/vFD73yIvLy
– Danine Cruz (@ the9cruz) November 28, 2018
It was sportsmanship at its best.
After the top of this instant classic match, one thing is certain: UP and Adamson have just given fans the most comprehensive UAAP basketball experience ever.
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