I drove to Oliver's place and we rode together to the game. We parked about five minutes away and walked to the game. We got there a little early which was alright, saw Rick Hughes perform some covers of some rock songs (en anglais - in English). The football game was pretty good. The Alouettes dominated the first quarter and in reality the first half. However, they came out pretty flat the second half which allowed Toronto to catch up and gain a lead which Montreal unfortunately couldn't overcome.
There was 50,112 fans in attendance, this definitely wasn't a sell out, there were many seats in the upper deck which were still open and two beside me. I was kind of disappointed there was no "TRUE NORTH" shout during the national anthem, but then again the anthem was in French, that's probably why ;)
The crowd was loud but they didn't seem to have the same feel as a Jets game, there was no "Crosby's better" chant (don't know what the football equivalent would be... Probably something against Ricky Ray, Toronto QB).
Afterwards, we went for dinner to a restaurant called Grill Barroso which is a Portuguese restaurant that has amazing grilled chicken and home made chips. We then went back to Oliver's place for a coffee and fruit cake (mine piece literally was that, a piece of cake, it was so big...).
Here are some photos from the game, hope you enjoy!
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| Rick Hughes performing before the game |
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| Eric Lapointe at half-time |
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| Alouettes on the offensive |
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| C'est fini! |
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