Agreed - the bars and restaurants along that stretch were great - but you didn't have to go far out of town to see the other side of things. Our accommodation was only three stops from Serdika on the Metro, so it's not like we were staying miles out of town.
It undoubtedly has some nice aspects, and we had a decent time, but the poverty outside of the city centre is depressing. As was the overwhelming number of young people smoking, beggars everywhere you turned and the constant risk of breaking your ankle on completely un-maintained paving...
Moot point, I appreciate, but having been in the stadium I can tell you that the PA was so bad that you couldn't actually hear either of the anthems in the first place. Having said that, the mutual 'disruption' was pathetic and indefensible, so both FA's deserve to get charged with that. Sad...