[CL]Arsenal vs Juventus (11 Viewers)
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his attachment with arsenal WILL have an effect on his performance in this tie.wether the effect is negative or positive remains to be seen.
for the record,does anyone remember the last time when a club legend came back with another team at his former home ground for the very first time..and delivered a great perfomance?
henrik larsson comes to mind when he scored that goal against celtic with barcelona..at celtic park.he didnt celebrate the goal,and i honestly felt the deepest possible respect for the guy at that very moment.
for the record,does anyone remember the last time when a club legend came back with another team at his former home ground for the very first time..and delivered a great perfomance?
henrik larsson comes to mind when he scored that goal against celtic with barcelona..at celtic park.he didnt celebrate the goal,and i honestly felt the deepest possible respect for the guy at that very moment.
I was just re-living the 1996 final. I'd do any thing to get the feeling I had back then when Jugovic' hit that PK.
I hope the team shows that they learnt from the Werder experience. We surely did back in 03 when Tudor scored that late goal against Depor - We made it all the way 2 the final... Without Pav unfortunately....
That said,I have a good feeling about this campaign.
I hope the team shows that they learnt from the Werder experience. We surely did back in 03 when Tudor scored that late goal against Depor - We made it all the way 2 the final... Without Pav unfortunately....
That said,I have a good feeling about this campaign.
It's not as easy as you may think. Pat may feel lot of pressure on his back...Ofcoarse he wants to win the Champions League and thats the main reason he left Arsenal for, but It'll be also pretty hard for him to play in a field and for the first time against his ex-team.
Anyhow, I'm pretty sure Pat is prof and can deal with it.
You know, for some odd reason I find it kinda find it hard 2 digest that Pippo used to play 4 us. He just seems like someone we had and just left 2 be forgotten....
6 days 2 go. The game is a day before an exam of mine. I dont think I'd b able to handle writing it under the conditios of 2003 when I wrote another exam behind a guy in a Sheva7 Milanista jersey after the Trafford final. It was unbearable!!
6 days 2 go. The game is a day before an exam of mine. I dont think I'd b able to handle writing it under the conditios of 2003 when I wrote another exam behind a guy in a Sheva7 Milanista jersey after the Trafford final. It was unbearable!!
It's going to happen.
Juventus have been given 1700 tickets for travelling fans, the UEFA minimum allocation is 3000 (not legally, sort of a gentlemen's agreement) - the remaining 1300 are in the possession of those 'third party' ticket suppliers and are being touted at £200-£300, so many of which will go unsold. It's cool, those who will be there (myself included) - will deal with it and sing regardless of the scoreline and away support, we need something positive to take back to Torino and I'm positive we'll get it.
Juventus have been given 1700 tickets for travelling fans, the UEFA minimum allocation is 3000 (not legally, sort of a gentlemen's agreement) - the remaining 1300 are in the possession of those 'third party' ticket suppliers and are being touted at £200-£300, so many of which will go unsold. It's cool, those who will be there (myself included) - will deal with it and sing regardless of the scoreline and away support, we need something positive to take back to Torino and I'm positive we'll get it.
Yeah, I just heard about this and I'm pretty angry about it. I don't get to see Juve that often and when they happen to play in the country I live in, I want to go to and support my team, but those fuckers have ended that chance.
I'm not going to pay inflated prices, because why should I give my hard earned cash to some tout to make a killing? Plus, I say if Arsenal only give us 1700, we only give them the same, regardless of the 5% rule.
Hello, another Arsenal fan here. I read the first 15-or-so pages and a sprinkling of others after that; reading the whole thing would take all night! I hope the other Arsenal visitors have been well-behaved.
I find it quite interesting to see the varying views from Juve fans on here, the similarity to the Arsenal forums I frequent is striking. Football fans, largely the same whereever you go!
I'm so excited about this game; I'm optimistic too but I think that's part and parcel of football when your team is on a good run, you don't care who the opponent is! I don't have a ticket for the first leg; oh how I wish I did. I'd do anything to be in that atmosphere for the return of our captain. It's going to be very special.
Despite Patrick's return, I wasn't exactly delighted to get Juve in the draw as I would have preferred a team that was more offensively minded, not as defensively compact and powerful in midfield. As has been pointed out, Arsenal have regularly struggled with physical sides in the league and Vieira & Emerson is the most physical midfield combination left in the CL. Better to get a big team than a small team though, and Juve are the biggest team left in the competition.
Am I right in thinking that Juve will start with Buffon, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Thuram, Zebina, Mutu, Emerson, Vieira, Camoranesi, Del Piero and Trez?
I haven't seen much Italian football recently so I'm not very au fait with the strengths and weaknesses of Juve - I've seen Zebina get quite a bit of criticisism though. Juve's right-back will need to have a good game as Henry likes to drift into the RB area.
I will be very, very surprised if Wenger doesn't play 4-5-1 again at Highbury. Van Persie doesn't look match sharp so unless he bangs them against Portsmouth on Saturday I can't see him starting, and there is no other real alternative strike partner for Titi. Also, Vieira & Emerson is an incredibly powerful midfield pairing, and I think we will need an extra man in there to compete. Fabregas cannot compete with Vieira physically (obviously), but I believe he is already better than Pat in terms of being able to move the ball around and keep the opponent away from it. Of course Paddy doesn't need to do that, he can just keep the ball in between his legs and watch the opponent bounce off him
Cole looks like missing out, Campbell may be back, while Ljungberg and Reyes should be available, so I expect Arsenal to line up like this:
................. Lehmann
Eboue - Campbell - Toure - Flamini
................. Gilberto
..................Fabregas
..... Hleb - Ljungberg - Reyes
....................Henry
The dangerman in that team IMO is Freddie Ljungberg. He has been returning to his normal self lately, despite not scoring. Henry is the obvious threat so Capello will no doubt be prepared for him, and Thuram will know Henry's style well (Henry usually struggles against his French compatriots who track him - Gallas, Silvestre, Boumsong. Though they are probably a lot quicker than Thuram now), but Ljungberg's runs from deep, feeding off Hleb and Reyes, could be a threat to Juve if Emerson doesn't track him. (Freddie accelerates extremely quickly which is why he is so dangerous at arriving late in the box).
Hleb and Reyes are creators who will try to stretch Juve with pace and dribbling before releasing the ball to their teammates, Reyes plays a lot of very accurate, long diagonal passes for Henry too.
Fabregas and Gilberto will be on defensive duties. Someone mentioned Fabregas a dangerman, I don't think so. Against teams that play openly and high up the pitch he is, because he can cut them apart with his incisive passing. I don't think that will be the case against Juve though, and he will stay back to help Gilberto battle Vieira & Emerson (I really hate looking at those two names together, it's very intimidating!). If Ljungberg plays deep and makes it 3v2 in the centre of the park, I think we can out-play them though. Small passing triangles with Fabregas at the hub would make it very difficult for P&E to get near the ball.
I don't think Juve should try and 'play ugly' - they have too much quality for that. Obviously their midfield has plenty of steel, but the situation in the CL is different to the PL. The referees won't allow it, and Arsenal will probably play 4-5-1 so they'll be better equiped to handle it. A 0-0 result at Highbury would be good for Arsenal anyway IMO, as one away goal would then put Juve under enormous pressure.
Awww, I can't wait for this game!
I find it quite interesting to see the varying views from Juve fans on here, the similarity to the Arsenal forums I frequent is striking. Football fans, largely the same whereever you go!
I'm so excited about this game; I'm optimistic too but I think that's part and parcel of football when your team is on a good run, you don't care who the opponent is! I don't have a ticket for the first leg; oh how I wish I did. I'd do anything to be in that atmosphere for the return of our captain. It's going to be very special.
Despite Patrick's return, I wasn't exactly delighted to get Juve in the draw as I would have preferred a team that was more offensively minded, not as defensively compact and powerful in midfield. As has been pointed out, Arsenal have regularly struggled with physical sides in the league and Vieira & Emerson is the most physical midfield combination left in the CL. Better to get a big team than a small team though, and Juve are the biggest team left in the competition.
Am I right in thinking that Juve will start with Buffon, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Thuram, Zebina, Mutu, Emerson, Vieira, Camoranesi, Del Piero and Trez?
I haven't seen much Italian football recently so I'm not very au fait with the strengths and weaknesses of Juve - I've seen Zebina get quite a bit of criticisism though. Juve's right-back will need to have a good game as Henry likes to drift into the RB area.
I will be very, very surprised if Wenger doesn't play 4-5-1 again at Highbury. Van Persie doesn't look match sharp so unless he bangs them against Portsmouth on Saturday I can't see him starting, and there is no other real alternative strike partner for Titi. Also, Vieira & Emerson is an incredibly powerful midfield pairing, and I think we will need an extra man in there to compete. Fabregas cannot compete with Vieira physically (obviously), but I believe he is already better than Pat in terms of being able to move the ball around and keep the opponent away from it. Of course Paddy doesn't need to do that, he can just keep the ball in between his legs and watch the opponent bounce off him
Cole looks like missing out, Campbell may be back, while Ljungberg and Reyes should be available, so I expect Arsenal to line up like this:
................. Lehmann
Eboue - Campbell - Toure - Flamini
................. Gilberto
..................Fabregas
..... Hleb - Ljungberg - Reyes
....................Henry
The dangerman in that team IMO is Freddie Ljungberg. He has been returning to his normal self lately, despite not scoring. Henry is the obvious threat so Capello will no doubt be prepared for him, and Thuram will know Henry's style well (Henry usually struggles against his French compatriots who track him - Gallas, Silvestre, Boumsong. Though they are probably a lot quicker than Thuram now), but Ljungberg's runs from deep, feeding off Hleb and Reyes, could be a threat to Juve if Emerson doesn't track him. (Freddie accelerates extremely quickly which is why he is so dangerous at arriving late in the box).
Hleb and Reyes are creators who will try to stretch Juve with pace and dribbling before releasing the ball to their teammates, Reyes plays a lot of very accurate, long diagonal passes for Henry too.
Fabregas and Gilberto will be on defensive duties. Someone mentioned Fabregas a dangerman, I don't think so. Against teams that play openly and high up the pitch he is, because he can cut them apart with his incisive passing. I don't think that will be the case against Juve though, and he will stay back to help Gilberto battle Vieira & Emerson (I really hate looking at those two names together, it's very intimidating!). If Ljungberg plays deep and makes it 3v2 in the centre of the park, I think we can out-play them though. Small passing triangles with Fabregas at the hub would make it very difficult for P&E to get near the ball.
I don't think Juve should try and 'play ugly' - they have too much quality for that. Obviously their midfield has plenty of steel, but the situation in the CL is different to the PL. The referees won't allow it, and Arsenal will probably play 4-5-1 so they'll be better equiped to handle it. A 0-0 result at Highbury would be good for Arsenal anyway IMO, as one away goal would then put Juve under enormous pressure.
Awww, I can't wait for this game!
I tried to get tickets from a tout for the Real Madrid game. I waited until 7-8 mins after kick-off, couldn't get one. A friend got one for £150, I was offered one for £200 but declined, and then couldn't find another offer (not even at £200 again).
I ended up watching the game in The Auld Triangle. Good atmosphere in there, but it didn't send shivers up my spine like the noise did when I was standing outside Highbury...
I ended up watching the game in The Auld Triangle. Good atmosphere in there, but it didn't send shivers up my spine like the noise did when I was standing outside Highbury...
So £100 for a ticket is definetly not going to happen.
I dont want to spend too much on the ticket as I need the money for my holiday, which starts 3 days after the game.
I keep hearing differing opinions. Some people reckon it will be relatively easy to get a ticket for the Juve end, and others say it will be near impossible.
I dont want to spend too much on the ticket as I need the money for my holiday, which starts 3 days after the game.
I keep hearing differing opinions. Some people reckon it will be relatively easy to get a ticket for the Juve end, and others say it will be near impossible.
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