arsenal have good luck, they are going to play man u after our game,
why not before us damn the luck.
why not before us damn the luck.
Juve played Treviso instead of AC Milan on sunday, is that luck?
You are inconsistent - or desperate my friend !
[The Times]
ARSENAL have been overcoming the odds in Europe all season, so it should come as little surprise that Francesc Fàbregas and Emmanuel Eboué have made remarkable recoveries from injury in time for tomorrow’s Champions League quarter-final second leg against Juventus. Both players were given only a 40 per cent chance of appearing in the Stadio delle Alpi by Arsène Wenger, after picking up knocks in the 5-0 win over Aston Villa on Saturday, yet will travel to Turin with their team-mates today and are expected to be declared fit.
Fàbregas is almost certain to start as his foot injury is not as bad as was first feared. A scan conducted on Sunday revealed no ligament damage and the swelling had reduced sufficiently yesterday for him to take part in a light training session.
The Spain midfield player lasted only 15 minutes against Villa, but with hindsight his withdrawal appears to have been precautionary.
Along with Thierry Henry’s goal threat, the 18-year-old’s increasingly mature performances, taking the game to Real Madrid in the Bernabéu and dominating a midfield battle with Patrick Vieira at Highbury last week, have been the key to Arsenal’s surprising progress in this competition and Wenger is desperate to play him. Indeed, such was the Fàbregas’s influence in the first leg against Juventus that several stunned directors of the Italian club refused to believe his tender age.
Fàbregas is almost certain to start as his foot injury is not as bad as was first feared. A scan conducted on Sunday revealed no ligament damage and the swelling had reduced sufficiently yesterday for him to take part in a light training session.
The Spain midfield player lasted only 15 minutes against Villa, but with hindsight his withdrawal appears to have been precautionary.
Along with Thierry Henry’s goal threat, the 18-year-old’s increasingly mature performances, taking the game to Real Madrid in the Bernabéu and dominating a midfield battle with Patrick Vieira at Highbury last week, have been the key to Arsenal’s surprising progress in this competition and Wenger is desperate to play him. Indeed, such was the Fàbregas’s influence in the first leg against Juventus that several stunned directors of the Italian club refused to believe his tender age.
[The times]
Alessandro Del Piero is expected to have a late fitness test tomorrow to determine whether he can play after a thigh strain. Mauro Camoranesi, Jonathan Zebina and Vieira are all suspended,
