This has surely got to be Arsenal's best chance to win the CL. Real have injury worries and Milan aren't looking particularly devestating and outside of those 2 teams Arsenal should be beating the rest. Arsenals football right now is impressive, although they have not yet come up against a strong team in the CL, they look confident and the teams left except Milan are very susceptible to Arsenals brand of attacking football. If their nerve holds I'd install them as favourites for the title Between now and May is a long time but it isn't unforeseeable to envisage Arsenal playing the way they have since the turn of the year. Thoughts?
This is probably their best team ever, and their best chance to win it all. Still not going to be easy, but then it never is.
Get to work Achtung, if I get a cell phone and it fails I'm gonna come knocking on your door. Oh yeah, notice I didn't make any gloating phone calls yet for Arsenal's advancing into the final 8............. I do my best
thank you DS, you almost lost some respect... I was like what? Aside from several bad calls, and injuries Milan will dominate everyone they face... they are too nice... Rui Costa is a great player who can still play but Kaka has been majestic... Shevchenko is who he is and he is just sick... Inzaghi is a poacher... Nesta, living legend next to him (although Nesta missed last game) the defence, the midfield, the strikers, the bench, Milan will not be beat, Madrid have a shot, simply because Ronaldo can turn damn near any defender and get a shot off and thats all he needs, a little space... but i seriously dont see Milan losing, if u think Arsenal are in form.... I watched their game against Deportivo... even though superdepor scored first, Milan dominated, but just missed chances... Sheva and Pippo squandered 2 in less than a minute...
Thanks for the wicked praise johno. Although the final will be a very exciting match as it always is no matter which teams play; a Madrid/Arsenal semifinal will nevertheless be the 2nd most anticipated game of the entire season. Fireworks my friends...fireworks!
Yeah, Milan are definitely the favorites but anything can happen in one game (ie. the final)... And I would say Madrid x Arsenal is the most mouth-watering match that we could have hoped for. I don't see Madrid beating Arsenal over 2-legs though.
Yes this would be a very good final. How about Henry vs. Nesta if Arsenal plays milan. How will that work out
Haha, we can only wonder!! Ah, what a great week! Lee BTW, in regards to the thread titile: Make that "never"
That was a great game. Wayne Bridge was playing out of his mind at the end. I hope Chelsea take it all. They played with a great deal of fire.
Chelsea deserves credit for their win and the matchup with Monaco should be a great match, definately looks like it will be the better of the semifinal matchups. Don't know if I will root for them or not though, though I am a Marseille fan, I kind of like Monaco too.
Chelsea stand a better chance than Arsenal did against Milan for a few reasons... Chelsea have a Milan like squad which features lots of depth so suspensions should not be much of a problem but also, Chelse can play Duff, Maka, Lampard and Parker in midfield and close things down and still be a threat to score, whereas Arsenal's midfield is not as strong and could not deal with the likes of Milan's talent. Chelsea will find out who starts the final based on performances against Monaco because Hernan should be fit and JFH has been playing well all year long... I think Gudjohnsen is a lock, he is personally responsible for Arsenal not being in the tournament... Duff and Bridge can cause Milan a few problems with their pace, but I still think if Chelsea meets Milan that AC will come out on top... no more upsets please, I dont need to see Porto v. Monaco in the final... lol...