UCL - Sevilla FC vs Arsenal FC
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Competition : UEFA Champions League
Teams : Sevilla FC vs Arsenal FC
Venue : RamonSanchez Pizjuan
Date: 28th November 2007.
TV Listing : 3.45am
Channel : Not sure
Felirox help me thx! -
since AW said he will field out the reserves side..i think we'll win by a single goal or perhaps a draw.
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arsenal win 3-0. go go go
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wa so much... tink draw nia...Originally posted by bryanw:arsenal win 3-0. go go go -
reckon a draw.
we are away summore. -
yep i think shud be a boring match, but...as a gooner how can i not watch?!
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Draw draw draw..
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League table:
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i predict a draw
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Arsene Benitez Set To Rotate
Arsene Wenger is set to 'do a Rafa' for the away trip to Sevilla in the Champions League tomorrow.
The Gunners have already qualified for the last 16 of the competition even though Wenger made a rash of changes for his side's goalless draw at Slavia Prague in their last encounter.
Victory in Spain would ensure Arsenal finish at the top of the group, but Wenger insisted: "Some players will be rested for Sevilla.
"I will rotate and it will be maybe a similar side to that against Slavia." -
Clichy injured, Gallas rested as Wenger rotates for Sevilla
Arsène Wenger has rotated his squad for the Champions League trip to Sevilla - but one change has been forced on the Arsenal manager.
Gael Clichy will miss the Group H clash after suffering a thigh injury during Saturday's 2-0 win against Wigan. The French left back is expected to be fit to face Aston Villa at the weekend but his place is expected to go to Justin Hoyte or Armand Traore in Spain.
Emmanuel Adebayor and William Gallas are also omitted from Arsenal's 18-man squad as Wenger takes the opportunity to rest players amid a hectic run of 12 games in just under six weeks.
Cesc Fabregas, Gilberto and Mathieu Flamini have travelled after missing the Wigan game but the latter is still short of full fitness after a thigh injury. However, one player who will start against Sevilla is Nicklas Bendtner.
"We leave out William Gallas and Emmanuel Adebayor while Gael Clichy is injured," said Wenger. "I would have taken Clichy but he has a thigh problem, however he should recover for the weekend.
"Mathieu Flamini will travel. I wanted to start him but we do not have good indications from training today. We will see tomorrow.
"Nicklas Bendtner will start - I want to give him a chance."
Arsenal squad
1. Jens Lehmann
3. Bacary Sagna
4. Cesc Fabregas
5. Kolo Toure
6. Philippe Senderos
7. Tomas Rosicky
8. Lassana Diarra
9. Eduardo
15. Denilson
16. Mathieu Flamini
17. Alex Song
19. Gilberto
24. Manuel Almunia
26. Nicklas Bendtner
27. Emmanuel Eboue
30. Armand Traore
31. Justin Hoyte
32. Theo Walcott -
TG under, but i believe in some unexpectedly good performance by the reserve team, 0-0 or 1-0 to arsenal.
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Tammy betting TG Under ar.
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I'd rather consider another match, like PSV or Barca win outright. This Arsenal match need to think VERY hard, but I believe it is the black horse for tonight.
Think of it, no matter what, they can't let Sevilla win more than 1-0 as a worst case, it would make their 2nd leg much harder psychologically and on the field. They may field reserves but if they lost 3-0......... it's unthinkable. The reserves will also want to prove themselves a lot that they deserve to be in the first team. -
if Arsenal can get past this with a solitary goal, they can rest easy for quite a while since their next round will be easier (1st placed against 2nd placed in another group).
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anyone watching tonight?
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*Wenger driven by unbeaten run*
Arsene Wenger has urged his Arsenal side to remain focused ahead of the UEFA Champions League game against Sevilla.
The Gunners clinched qualification to the next round with a goalless draw against Slavia Prague, but top spot in Group H is still up for grabs.
Victory over Sevilla would ensure Arsenal go through as group winners, while Wenger is also keen for his team to extend their unbeaten start to the season.
He said: "It is important. We want to finish first, it gives you a little advantage in the draw and it gives you another advantage because it gives you the second game at home in the knockout stages, so we would like to take that advantage of course.
"We are also a team who are on a good run and we want to keep that going, and we know that is very, very important."
Hungry
Arsenal were unbeaten in the Premier League in 2003/04 but Wenger would not be drawn on the question of whether his current crop of players could repeat the achievement.
He said: "I think it is possible to have a good result tomorrow (Tuesday).
"We try to give our best in every game, I love to work with this team, they are really hungry and humble.
"They show that in every game and as long as we maintain these two qualities we have the chance to win the next game, which is what you want to achieve." -
tonight is the night!
first place now or have to fight it out later!
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i see the betting odd, look like bookmaker favout sevilla more than arsenal.
nonetheless hope gunners can win this match. -
tonight arsenal heavy very scary
dun kelong!!!!! -
must not lose. keep our unbeaten run!!!!
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if win now, they have the advantage of not having to worry so much on their next match. but i must agree it's a tight period for arsenal and wenger, 3 away league games and this in the space of 8 days.
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the match..345 or 245???
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feelerox.....duun lazy lar
go check pls.
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Sevilla striker Freddie Kanoute is relishing the chance to lock horns with former rivals Arsenal when the Premier League leaders visit the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan tonight.
Kanoute has faced the Gunners on numerous occasions - having spent five years in England playing for West Ham and Tottenham, and the Mali international has vivid memories of clashes with Arsene Wenger's side.
'I am looking forward to playing against Arsenal, because I have played at Tottenham - and they have also been passionate games,' he recalled.
'That is a very fierce derby, and I hope to be able to show (tonight) that we can win.'
Kanoute is likely to come up against Ivory Coast international Kolo Toure - a player he could become well-acquainted with over the next few months.
'He is a very strong and good defender. We will also face each other in the African Cup of Nations, because we are in the same group,' said the 30-year-old.
Kanoute was closely linked with a move back to the Premier League this summer, and similar suggestions have resurfaced since former Sevilla coach Juande Ramos moved to Spurs.
But he said: 'I am not thinking about playing in England again, only about Sevilla.'
Sevilla have a chance to replace unbeaten leaders Arsenal at the top of Champions League Group H, with just one point separating the sides.
Two-time and reigning UEFA Cup champions Sevilla cannot be considered favourites, because they lost 3-0 to Arsenal in the first meeting and have also been defeated in their last two Primera Liga matches.
The latest setback came against Real Mallorca at home on Saturday, but Kanoute is confident that result and performance will have no bearing on tonight's team.
'Right now I'm not thinking about the past - neither the 3-0 in London nor the result against Mallorca,' he said.
'I only have tremendous desire to show that we are not the team that we saw two days ago, because that was not the true face of Sevilla. I only hope that we play how we know we can.
'We are not down at all. We are eager to erase what happened the other day. I see a lot of desire in the team. This is a new game, and we already know that Sevilla always turn up when they have an important game.
'I don't think that against Arsenal we will be lacking motivation.
'We need to start like against Real Madrid or Valencia. Against good teams we have to press our opponents much more than, for example, two days ago.'