Los Pumas preview with Scotland: empanadas, picket and the “Scottish bar” which will also be in Santiago

He wears a skirt and everyone looks at him with the same keenness with which he looks at everything. I’m from Scotland following his team and took the opportunity to get to know the places in Argentina where the series is played with Los Pumas. He is called Tom MacPheadair and we know his name because he recovered Clarione. “Is it for Independence Day?” he asks him, pointing to a column that is approaching the main square a few hours before the test match that led him to jump.

We explained that it is for independence, but from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), since it is a manifestation of different social groups that oppose the measures that this organization proposes for our country. “Oh sure”drop for reply e accompany with palms.

MacPheadair speaks very little Spanish but is eager to understand. He asks for many details about the national day, about the typical dishes and he likes the cadence of the word picket that he has just learned. picket, He says. There is something that catches his attention, he wonders why in Salta people queue at ATMs all day and why it is so difficult to understand the coordinates of public transport.

There is no answer to all of MacPheadair’s doubts, but we are already on the pitch and he believes the Salta stadium will be better for his team. He doesn’t give arguments or we don’t understand them, but optimism overwhelms him as does the discovery of a gastronomic territory behind the access for their localities. Here is the Scotsman in the skirt and he takes all the eyes of the group of policemen who mark the area and whisper comments about it.

In Salta the day feels like spring. There is no coat that is worth wearing and the public knows it: two hours before the game, the stands are filled with only a handful of spectators who do not know it. in the Martearena the sun always beats. The rest await at the fan party off to the side. Nearby, makeshift stalls with T-shirts, hats, scarves and flags also have their spring.

The sound of the bagpipes reminds us of MacPheadair, who is in fact reunited with the musician who plays the instrument and other men in skirts. He raises the plastic cups and you live in Scotland. They are unmistakable. That group will also say present in Santiago del Estero, where it will arrive on Monday. Another question, please MacPhedair says and asks if he will also receive empanadas in the next province. He celebrates the answer and warns: “Thank goodness, otherwise picket“.

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