Hi Enganche,

Just read your post. I was lucky enough to be at the game. Andrizzi's goal was amazing. He was virtually down on his knees as he wriggled through those defenders but still managed to maintain enough balance to get his shot in. This typified Arsenal's battling qualities over both legs of the final. I saw the first leg on TV and was really impressed with Gomez. To go to the Azteca in front of 100,000 Mexicans and come from behind to win 3-2 was a fantastic achievement. Consequently I was more than just an interested neutral come the return leg.

I bought an Arsenal shirt (and some for English Arsenal fans at home) and wore it to the game. During the competition and including the final they favoured their alternate shirt which is very similar to Aston Villa/West Ham's. Rather strangely the Arsenal fans prefer it as it is English style; I bought the home shirt with it's diagonal stripe precisely because it was South American style! When I've been wearing the shirt on my travels here I've had several comments of admiration for Arsenal. There's a genuine pride in their achievement from the Argentine public and media. There's a picture of me wearing my shirt at the ground on my charity fundraiser page at www.justgiving.com/davidoldbury. This also includes a brief summary of the game. I also bought a 'Songs of Arsenal' CD from a fan. I'll do you a copy if you are interested.

Even though the ground was only half full there was still a noisy atmosphere with fireworks and very loud bangs throughout the game. At the end of the game the Arsenal players were climbing on the goal frame and up the fences in front of their supporters. I wonder what it would have been like if they had been allowed to play the match at their home ground rather than at Racing's.

I'm still in Argentina and hope to complete the feat of visiting all the current open Primera División grounds with Arsenal's home match on the last weekend in February, just before I return to the UK.

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