It’s our second day in Baku and the sense that a football match is happening here is starting to build. The small travelling contingents are beginning to swell today with the bulk of Arsenal fans arriving during Tuesday. We even spied the first Chelsea fans from London that we have seen on this trip. Monday evening was spent in the Old Town where the majority of the nightlife takes place. Plenty of local business erred by underestimating the ratio of Arsenal fans to Chelsea out here and many bars were deserted having planted Chelsea flags outside their premises. The Old Town was certainly dominated by Arsenal fans- a smattering of the people that you always see, but it was interesting...
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