Boca Juniors v Arsenal

After the excitement of the River Plate game we were looking forward to a match played by their arch rivals, Boca Juniors. Their ground, the Bombonera, is in a dodgy part of town but often attracts tourists as it is famous for its boisterous fans. Annoyingly, we had to buy tickets from touts at inflated prices, a scam the club were very much in on. 

The ground has steep stands on 3 sides and a wall of boxes on the fourth. It is the only stadium in South America we have been to without a running track. I can't think of another top flight club that would have a view like you must get from some of the boxes above the halfway line. Apparently Maradona has a box here but we didn't spot him. it's a great stadium to watch football in. We felt close to the action and the fans made some great noise.The opposite stand to ours was for members only, where most of the noise came from, and is known as 'player number 12'.

The hardcore fans were probably not quite as noisy as those of River Plate, but when the whole stadium were singing the atmosphere was electric.

The standard was very high and we enjoyed the match. The game finished 2-1 to Boca, so the fans were happy and so were all of us.