We Can Achieve Absolutely Anything - Hleb
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Arsenal playmaker Alexander Hleb is confident the young Gunners are stronger now than they were in 2006 and believes they can go all the way in the Champions League this time around...
Arsenal just recently surpassed all expectations in the Champions League when a young, exuberant side knocked out the aging and jaded reigning champions Milan in the second round.
The Gunners were finalists in 2006 when they overcame the likes of Real Madrid and Juventus only to be slain by Barcelona at the final hurdle in a match that saw Jens Lehmann sent off in the first half.
Stronger
With many of Arsene Wenger's youngsters who have toiled in the past couple of seasons now beginning to click and perform as a unit, Hleb is confident Arsenal's young side has what it takes to go all the way.
"We have got a very good chance [in the Champions League] this year," he declared.
"We are stronger now than when we reached the final in Paris. Even though we are quite a young team, we do have a lot of collective experience.
"With our squad, and with the manager we have leading us, we can achieve absolutely anything."
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With the draw for the quarterfinals imminent — all of the Big Four being present, with Barcelona, Roma, Schalke and Fenerbache making up the numbers — Arsene Wenger is prepared to face anybody as he looks to replicate and surpass his 2006 success.
This time around, however, his side are also competing for the Premier League — something they were not doing in 2006 — and Wenger has revealed the meticulous and fast-paced nature of Arsenal's organisational process before such occasions.
Speaking to Arsenal TV, he said: "You prepare in one sense that you are on alert to know where do you travel because don't forget that you could go to Turkey as well as to England.
"If it's England you don't need to travel too much because we always stay in the same hotels.
"If it is to Turkey, particularly with the time between the draw and the first game being very short, you have to organise that very quickly.
"Then the scouting department is on alert as well because you have to respond and react very quickly."
"I play a big part in the organisation and scouting. That's my department basically, but the people have worked with me for a long time.
"They know what I want and I trust them to do their job very well and respond very quickly." -
YES WE CAN DO IT
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tats provided he and fabregas come up wif form every match... no creative work no goals...
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you can achieve absolutely nothing too.
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Achieve something can liao ... There is also a possibility they will achieve nothing
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wahh confident.
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sui la!
