As one La Paz native told us, "Futbol is a religion in Bolivia."
So we decided to check out the church for ourselves: Estadio Hernando Stiles in Miraflores, for a match between the La Paz Tigers, AKA "The Strongest", versus Universitario from the capital city of Sucre.
It was, in fact, a semi-religious experience, with the most exciting part of all being the fans: they came dressed in costume, played music on homemade instruments throughout, and chanted "Tigres! Tigres!" every time our Tigers scored a goal - five in all.
