Not much happening today in the wake of defeat against Barcelona. I am sure players are jaded & defeat usally means one will take a lot longer to recover physically and mentally. Vermaelon accepts it was too difficult to defend against Barcelona. With Sylvester in side, he had to play in as a central defender and even though he tried his best, it was quite visible he dint cherish the role but then who does against Messi anyways. He was quoted ....
" We knew before the game that we wanted to put some pressure on them but we couldn't because of their quality - they have so much pace. I think they were great as well today, they played well, they had good possession of the ball as well and for us it was difficult to defend. We came here to get a good result, we wanted to get through and the first goal was good for us, but we couldn't keep the score on our side for too long. "
Walcott, Sagna echoes Verminators thoughts and feel Barca has it in them to go all the way and win the Champions league. Sagna was quoted...
" I think they are one of the best teams I have ever played against. Tonight they showed they are top class. I think they will go to the Final."
From Arsenal perspective all players need to bounce back immidiately from this loss. At the end of the day we lost to a better team so sit back & take a bow as we saw one of the modern days great at work & lets appreciate the fact that we lost to a better team. Good news for players and fans is we have Persie, Djourou & Gibbs back in training. Personally I am big fan of Djourou. His loss was not initially felt as we had Gallas and Verminator going great guns at the start of the season. For me he has the potential to become one of the greats at club if he bounces back well from his injury. Even Fabregas is recovering well and though he will miss rest of the season he will definately be a part of Spains world cup squad. Arsenal Physio Colin Lewin was quoted saying...
"Robin will be joining the squad for full training imminently. Johan [Djourou] and Kieran [Gibbs] will start training with the team in the next fortnight. Cesc Fábregas "will comfortably make the World Cup".
I think with players coming back from injury we will get a good lift and we definately need some positive energy if we want to do well in remaining 5 league games. Else where Manchester United lost a close game to Bayern and are out of CL. In all fairness they should have won the match after leading 3-0 just before the half time. As in 1st leg Olic gave Bayern the life line and 2nd half was a different ball game all together. Goal from Robben sealed the match for Bayern & they won on away goals rule. This leaves english teams out of champions league semis for first time since 2003. Inter Milan faces Barcelona & Lyon faces Bayern Munich.
More on Team news, possible transfers & pre match against spurs tomorrow.....Till then, have fun.....
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