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[Gooner for Life]

@samuelJayC - Chilean journalists @pdhernandezf & @bianchileiton say Alexis Sánchez has tonight said goodbye to Barça staff & wants to join Arsenal. #AFC

[Gooner for Life]

Van Judas missed a sitter.

[jas]

Wow commentators are vilifying ref on radio commentary for not giving second yellow

[bojangles1987]

How the **** are none of these going in?

[The Ox]

The stars have aligned, this is Costa Ricas night

[rorymac]

Arsenal are a team on the up and up. No doubt about it. Finishing top 4 and winning the FA Cup is a true statement of intent.

. All debts are now cleared, meaning the income we receive from the stadium will now come into fruition.

. The best players in the world want to join us. We're what's hot right now, Ozil was just the beginning.

. We have the best playing surface in world football. It's like a snooker table, you have to see it to believe it. Truly marvelous.

. We play a great attacking game that neutrals love to watch. That goal of the season against Norwich pretty much sums us up.

. Arsenal have set the foundations to put themselves in a position to dominate the Premier League for at least the next decade.

The Emirates pitch is one of the most admired in world football. The playing surface is immaculate because there is as much high-tech wizardry going on under the grass as there is in the stadium.

. We have a very technical draining system . It's called the FAVV system - Forced air, Vacuum and Ventilation. This enables blown air into the root zone which keeps it very healthy. If there is lots of rain, the system can reverse and also pull the water out.

. We also have an under-soil heating system. The thermostat is at 4 inches, which monitors the temperature, just to keep it at about 9 degrees.

. There are computers for the air system, and also computers for the heating system.

. Above the heating system there is a 300mm root zone. This consists of 97% sand and 3% organic matter. Within that there is plastic fibres that are stitched into the root zone.

. The size of the pitch at The Emirates is 105 x 68m compared to 100m x 66.7m at Highbury.

. The design of the stadium roof was purposely made in order to keep as much sound within the bowl as possible as the perforations absorb sound.

Alexis is probably reading this post at this very second.

[bojangles1987]

Unreal. Costa Rica has no business getting to extra time here.

[Sparked_26]

Alexis is probably reading this post at this very second.

haha!!

On another note Holland have ****ed my accumo.

Not to be hyberbolic but this Navas is clearly the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the game.

Holland HAVE to score here. If Costa Rica can hang onto pens they've won.

[PACnPBFsuck]

These thugs are so fortunate

[jas]

Where huntelaaaaaaaar