Match day in Baku and the anticipation is building. Slightly and slowly. The Old Town was far busier with Arsenal fans last night, in contrast to Monday night’s small but polite gathering. Personally, I resolved to abstain from alcohol all day yesterday to give myself a good run up at today, so I gave the festivities a miss. Some friends of mine did venture into Old Town for liquid refreshment and in seeing them off, the scenes were slightly more rambunctious than they had been 24 hours earlier. The distant rumble of Arsenal songs could be heard from a couple of blocks away, the roads were jammed to the brim with taxis who, during the course of Tuesday, have begun to not so gently raise...
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