As a Spurs member i had never been to the home of our biggest rivals, with the chances of a ticket for Spurs games there virtually non existent. So, having travelled south for the Spurs game at Brighton the previous day Willie and myself were looking for a game to go to on the Sunday as well. We decided on day 2 of The Emirates Cup and having bought myself a PSG shirt i went along to support them and anyone else that happened to be playing Arsenal.
The £25.00 ticket price seemed reasonable, given that we were getting to witness two games, but even still i was a little bit sick inside giving money to Arsenal, especially as the games didn't involve Spurs. After a bit of a heavy night before, and no sleep on the Friday night, we slept in a little bit and after a much mucking about we finally made it to The Stadium a couple of minutes after the PSG game had started. Just in time to see the French outfit go one up with a goal from Maurice. It was to prove the more entertaining game of the two, with both sides playing some good stuff, although Boca lacked a cutting edge and finished up losing 3-0 to PSG who added to their early goal with a Guillame Hoarau header and a superb free kick from Marcos Ceara.
The second game of the day was Arsenal against New York Red Bulls. Of course, it was the return of Thierry Henry, but despite his appearance and the backing of a full house, the game was something of a disappointment. Robin van Persie had opened the scoring with a decent header but that was cancelled out towards the end by Kyle Bartley, who turned a cross into his own net, meaning against the odds, the worst (in our opinion) team in the Tournament would lift the cup.
The Stadium itself is certainly quite impressive, but the only real atmosphere on the day was created by a small pocket of Boca Juniors fans. It's a decent place though to watch football, if Arsenal is your thing, and like the new Stadium at Brighton has padded seats throughout. The prices of refreshments within the ground were a bit higher than i would have expected and the Tournament Programme, although thick and large, was not worth the fiver cover price.
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