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Arsenal vs. Middlesbrough match preview

March 14th, 2008

Arsenal vs. Middlesbrough match preview

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Arsenal are drawn against Liverpool in UEFA Champions League quarter-final stage.The 1st league is on 2 April,and the 2nd league is on 8 April

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1.Arsenal vs. Middlesbrough-match preview
2.Wenger may unleash ‘new signing’ for Boro
3.Middlesbrough can shock Arsenal again-O’Neil

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Players

Nothing much to say about the players.There are no players return for injury nor players injured in last game against Wigan.

Technical Details

Play our usual 4-4-2,pair Adebayor with Persie,our great arsenal at the beginning of the season and I don’t think we need major change in our midfield.Again,be more flexible in our game and I don’t think we will encounter any problem unless we are unlucky in this game.

Playing against Boro is no different than playing against other team in EPL except the Big Four.Physical game,long balls and great counter-attack is characteristics of typical EPL team,and I think we should be able to cope with them,if we are in our best.

Overall

We had somewhat giving more hope for Manchester United to regain the title with our three consecutive draws in our last 3 EPL games.As Middlesbrough will not have desire to survive in Premiership(They will not be relegated for sure) nor to fight for UEFA Cup place(I don’t think they will make it to 8th place),I hope we will encounter less fights from them.Our last three games had been against Birmingham(fighting for survival),Aston Villa(fighting for last UCL spot),and Wigan(fighting for survival in EPL) and of course our opponents will do their best to steal the three points against us.

We can’t afford to drop points in this game since Devils will take the lead if we do so.And actually Devils could be the first in EPL with their one game in hand.

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Wigan 0-0 Arsenal – Match Report

March 9th, 2008

I was disappointed with the result.

From 5 points lead to 1 point negative,we seriously need to think about our game.

Yes,the pitch was horrible but that’s not the excuse.We simply could not score in this game.We did let our opponent gain some possession to open up the game but it did not seem like that.

Our counter-attack was slow,and Wigan happened to defend well in this match.The game is not open enough for us to play our game.

I’m speechless.

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Wigan vs. Arsenal match preview

March 8th, 2008

Wigan vs. Arsenal match preview

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1.Wigan vs. Arsenal match preview
2.Wigan vs. Arsenal match preview(EPL official site

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Players

Persie could have chance to feature in this game,and same goes to Toure and Alex Song ,whom have chance to play too in this game.

Rosicky remains injured and Walcott injured his thigh so he can’t play in this game.

Technical Details

It could be a tough game for us just like the game against Birmingham few weeks ago.Rumours had been spread that JJB Stadium pitch condition is very bad to weaken our slick passing.

Not only that,Wigan players could play very physically and I do think they will play just like the way Birmingham played against us.

So,attacking for the rest of the game could be bad for us,if Wigan proceed to just defend against us.Even we can score,it could be in small margin and we will really work to death to just score a goal.

SO if possible,we should try to open up the game by giving some possession to our opponent.Fabregas,Flamini and Hleb could do a great damage in midfield and our Ade could just easily deal with goalkeeper alone if our “triangles” could do a great penetration to Wigan’s defence.

Overall

We can’t afford to slip up anymore in EPL games.Manchester United and Chelsea had lost their FA Cup and they will focus their attention to EPL title.I’m scared we will have hard time to catch up with Devils if we drop points in this game,not mentioning our remaining fixtures which are very tough;we need to travel to Stamford Bridge and Old Trafford.

Our UCL fixtures must be tough for us,and we draw English teams,especially Chelsea and Manchester United,then we need to face one of them thrice.

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AC Milan vs. Arsenal match report

March 4th, 2008
AC Milan 0-2 Arsenal

Match Highlights here
The clip above is not provided by myself.

AC Milan:-
Arsenal:Fabregas 84,Adebayor 90+2

Match comment

What more I can say?We can control their attacks,and we made a good counter-attack to make it 2-0 for us.

The key of our winning was Fabregas’ goal opener at 84th minute.As Milan will need at least 2 goals to beat us,they will attack us at all cost.And we finish them with superb counter-attack,thanks to Walcott’s fast pace towards Milan goal.

This type of game is Milan’s typical winning style;win by counter-attack.And now we beat them the same way they used to beat other teams,including Manchester United.

But I think there were not much attack in second-half,and most of possession was just on the midfield.I think the game will be stretched to extra-time if Fabregas didn’t score the first goal.But the extra-time is an advantage for us,because we had more stamina than Milan.

OK,let’s set our head to this weekend’s game against Wigan.

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AC Milan vs. Arsenal match preview

March 3rd, 2008

AC Milan vs. Arsenal match preview

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Articles related to this match

1.Flamini:We will have no fear at San Siro
2.Walcott dropped from Arsenal squad in Milan clash

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Players

I’m quite confused whether van Persie has recovered enough to play at San Siro.He is still on the injury news at Arsenal.com.But he has been named in the squad for this match.I hope he is really recovered now.I don’t want to hear any injury news for Persie.

There is no return from our injured player currently so we face Milan with our current players.

Technical Details

Again,we need to defend against counter-attacks from Milan.To be frank,I don’t think Milan could play attacking game for entire game,unless we had been thrashed 3-0 in just first-half.With their current squad,they don’t have the stamina to attack for full 90 minutes.If the result is 0-0 after the 90+ th minute,they will play with a big disadvantage against our more powerful kids.

With Kaka who can score goals with himself,playing counter-attack is the wisest choice Milan can make,at least to my thinking.Their defence is not bad too.

On our hand,again and again we need to play with more creativity.If possible,force Milan to attack us and we will play counter-attack against them.But the problem is our counter-attacking skills is not too good,as our counter-attack will just stop at penalty box,and all defenders will have enough time to rush back to defend.This is not counter-attack.

So,we need to take initiative even at San Siro.We just need to play with more creativity and if we can score a goal first,it will be a very big psyhcological advantage for us.If Milan score first and the lead is just 1-0 for Milan,then I think they will pack 10 players to defend and maybe they left Kaka to counter-attack.

I assume Kaka is playing in this match,in case he’s not here then another player will replace him.It’s that simple I think.

Overall

What I expect from this game is our players must give a good challenge and good play at San Siro,even we lose this game.I’m not optimistic about this game,but of course I hope Gunners could win this game.I don’t hope for another ugly exit;I’d enough already.Losing 5-1 to Spurs in Carling Cup,4-0 to Devils and I don’t want another one here.

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