Arsenal dreams of finding the final since 2006
A memory that continues to weigh. The Gunners led and had a large team with players like Thierry Henry, Robert Pires or Cesc Fabregas. Freddie Ljungberg was also on the ground. When he came back in 2006, he remembers a confrontation between the two best teams of the moment. Barça de Ronaldinho, Deco and Eto’o facing its arsenal. “”We felt stronger than Barcelona and we thought we were going to winhe recalls. I took a big blow by losing this match. There was room because Barça played with many offensive players. We lead 1-0 (NdlR : via Sol Campbell) Then Thierry (Henry) Go very close to 2-0. Barça overturned the trend and ended up winning thanks to a goal tainted with a offside (Editor’s note: the equalization of Eto’o). This remains the hardest defeat of my life. ” Because it was also marked by exclusion after the eighteen minutes of Jens Lehmann.
Temporary coach of the Gunners before Mikel Arteta resumed the torch, he saw Arsenal reborn after a complicated period. Like Arsène Wenger (often released about 2006), he considers that his team would have had another dimension on the European scene with a Champions League on the counter. Consultant for English and Swedish televisions, he is at the forefront (he still lives in London) to attend what could be a feat in the history of Arsenal looking for a first title on the biggest European scene. And he hopes that it happens before his son, Raphie (ten years), who recently joined the Gunners’ school school, on the lawn.
It will be necessary to make a delay in a goal at the Parc des Princes in the face of a PSG which was better than Arsenal at the Emirates. The mission seems difficult but not impossible to believe the ex-Swedish attacker. “”I saw PSG playing a lot of times this season. This team is very technical. Their midfielder is just incredible. It has an ease of turning the ball. Arsenal played with a more physical, larger environment because Merino and Rice are athletic. Mikel Arteta has not managed to impose the muscles of his men; This allowed in the middle of PSG to make the difference. To go, it is in the midfielder that Luis Enrique makes the difference because he knew how to create the ideal match for his players. The only way for Arsenal is to set up a way to prevent your opponent from developing your game. With a big pressing, high recovery and a big physical impact. “Pochettino little brother, Ronaldinho as a chamber partner and a scary phone call: How Mikel Arteta was built in Paris
Denature Arsenal football
towerI had not seen an arsenal goalkeeper throwing long balloons like that for twenty years.
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Coming from one of the members of one of the most playful generations in the history of Arsenal, these words are amazing. “”I translate into words what I observed in the field. I saw Raya swinging long balloons further than the recovery midfielder. I have not remembered this in Arsenal for 20 or 30 years (laughs). But it was logical because the Gunners were stronger physically and in the air. “
As proof, Merino’s canceled goal for offside. The Spaniard thought he had put the two teams on the head of the head. “”And on a stopped phase, specifies Ljungberg. It will be an arsenal weapon in the return match (Editor’s note: even if the Gunners collected on phase stopped this weekend). PSG will depend on the presence of Dembelé (Editor’s note: who was injured in the outward journey but has been training since Monday). He was not there the group phase match won by Arsenal (2-0) at the start of the season because he had fried with his coach. His presence is one of the two things that has changed in Paris since then. The other is Kvaratskhelia. When Arsenal managed to squeeze the midfielder, the Parisians could extend to their winger and he kept the ball without problem to get the block. Arsenal was without solution to this situation. “
Trussard probably on the bench
Leandro Trossard was also helpless throughout the match. Posted in number 9, for lack of other solutions given the Kyrielle of injuries at the Gunners, he had trouble facing Marquinhos and Pacho. “”He managed to keep the ball back in Marquinhos in the second half but it only happened once. The match was difficult for him. It is not large enough to go to the duel on long balloons. I imagine that he is not at ease in this position when you have to go to contact. “Arsenal, the big loser before the semi-finals return from the Champions League: “We will have to use this anger.”
For the return match and after a new complicated meeting in the Premier League during the defeat against Bournemouth (1-2), he could return to the bench. This is what the English media predict, preferring Merino to the tip of the attack. With the return of Partey, Spanish can resume its place above on the field. “”Trossard knows how to be decisive and it’s importantLe Défend Ljungberg. I saw him mark against Ipswich, for example. He has qualities as a finisher. He took maturity in front of the goal. Afterwards, it is not easy for him to constantly change possession and I can tell you that no player likes to start on the bench. But I must admit that it is good when it leaves the bench and dribble before going to score. In this, he is really strong. He is an important player in the current Arsenal team. “
