Arsenal

Ground: Emirates Stadium

Visits: 1 (0 for Arsenal match)

Date: 26th March 2008

Match: Brazil - Sweden 1-0 (Friendly)

Attendance: 60 021

Pictures from Arsenal´s old ground, Highbury, can be found at the Highbury page

After travelling down from York I arrived in London by 3pm and after having a short rest and something to eat I headed towards Emirates Stadium. From what I had seen from pictures and on TV my expactations were high and I was not to be disappointed. The stadium is stunning and my seat in the upper tier of the East Stand offered both a padded seat and an excellent view.

Sweden played Brazil in the 1958 World Cup final and this match was to mark the 50th anniversary. Most of the 60,000 in the crowd were Brazilians and the atmosphere was for most of the time not at all bad. Sweden played quite well and should have scored at least once in the first half but we didn´t and when our keeper made an error in the second half Pato punished him and scored the only goal of the match. I was not too disappointed with the result, I was however pleased to have visited one of the best stadiums Europe has to offer!

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