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  • Арсенал гостува на Уотфорд в мач от 28 кръг на Висшата лига. Момчетата на Микел Артета се намират в добра форма напоследък, като регистрираха 3 поредни победи в първенството. Сега на хоризонта се задава Уотфорд, който успя да запише едва 1 единствен успех в последните си 10 двубоя. Този лондонски сблъсък ще противопостави борещи се за своето оцеляване срещу кандидати за класиране в Топ 4. Преди началото на този кръг Уотфорд заемаше 19 позиция във временното класиране с 19 точки, докато Арсенал се намираше на 6 място с 45-точков актив. Тази, както и всяка една оставаща среща до края на сезона ще е като финал и за двата отбора с оглед амбициите им. Още подробности преди сблъсъка в следващите редове.

    Кога: Днес, 6 март, 16:00 часа българско време.

    Стадион: Викъридж Роуд, Лондон.

    Телевизия: Диема Спорт 2.

    Рефер на двубоя: Крейг Поусън.

    Новините в отбора на Арсенал: Такехиро Томиясу ще бъде под въпрос до последно. Това сподели Микел Артета на официалната пресконференция в петък. По всичко изглежда, че ще се наложи японеца да премине през късни фитнес тестове, за да бъде оценено неговото физическо състояние. Всички останали състезатели са на лице, включително и Смит Роу, който е тренирал на пълни обороти през тази седмица. Микел Артета пък бе сред номинираните за наградата за ''Мениджър във Висшата лига за месец февруари''. Гласуването тече на официалния сайт на първенството.



    Думите на Микел Артета преди мача: ''Разбира се, че продължаваме да гоним целите, които сме си поставили. Все още има дълъг път за извървяване преди да ги достигнем. Мислим мач за мач и в момента най-важното за нас е да се поздравим с успех срещу Уотфорд. Да, искаме да завършим в 4-та, но ако погледнете класирането ще забележите, че в момента заемаме 6 позиция. Освен да печелим мачове, за нас е важно и да запазим духа и вярата в успеха. Искаме да играем нашата игра и мисля, че в момента разполагаме с играчи, които могат да го направят. Тези момчета са гладни за успехи. Трябва да бъдем устойчиви срещу всичко, което ни предстои до края на сезона. Но като цяло наистина мислим мач за мач. Уотфорд разполага със солиден и много добре организиран отбор. Очаква ни предизвикателство, защото те също имат цели. Очевидно трябва да направим това, което сме планирали - да бъдем себе си и да контролираме случващото се на терена. Сигурен съм, че атмосферата на стадиона ще бъде страхотна. Трябва да постигнем добър резултат. Все още има доста срещи за изиграване и ще подходим по възможно най-сериозният начин към всяка една от тях. Хубаво е да се отбележи и това, че ключови единици в състава като Рамсдейл, Уайт и Партей се представят вълнуващо напоследък.''



    Игра с прогнози във форума на ASCB: 
     

    Arsenal vs Watford
     
    No Cojones at all?

    We can't hear you, Troy
     
    Yes, it’s a derby. Yes, we are far ahead in terms of trophies. And so yes, we are far ahead in terms of wins? Well, not really, they have 12 wins to our 19 and we never seem to draw. Only 2.

    Lots of colour
    It is difficult for teams around the capital to register wins because there are so many derbies but Watford have shown that they have little reason to be fearful of us. And of course, they have that 2 famous wins in a row in 2017 which proved their undoing. Troy Deeney famously said we have No Cojones thinking they had found the magic formula to defeat Arsenal. Sorry, but no team has ever found that formula. He must have regretted that as we thought them a lesson ever since then with only one draw in 2019 to show. Don’t make fun of the Arse, Mr Deeney. We will bite you on the bum.
    We couldn’t find our balls
    But still, 12 wins, despite rarely being higher than us in the league is a good achievement. They spent a long time away from the top flight, you see, only managing their breakthrough in 1982, so the only way we could see them was in the cups, but they rarely got drawn against us. 3 FA cups was all that happened up to that point and all went our way. 3-0 in 1906, 3-0 in 1910 and 2-1 just when they were starting to come good under Graham Taylor and Elton John in 1980. So we taught them early lessons.
     
    Take those 3 away though and you can see a bit of a different picture, now, since they came up to the top it is 12 wins to our 16 and the 2 draws. They have been a tough competitor for us forcing us time and again to show that we actually do have Cojones. They are not a major heavyweight team like Arsenal but make us fight for our wins despite their status.
     
    Were we really as bad as this?
    The Hornets and the gay superstar
    I want to admit something at this point. There is something likable, for me, about Watford. I loved when they appeared on the scene under Elton John. No major star like him had owned a football club and football when I was young was extraordinarily macho. A gay man, with the maximum paraphernalia of such men, was in charge in the homophobic football world of England. And they were colourful, using to maximum impact their yellow, black and red colours. They played at Vicarage Road which seemed oddly appropriate for Elton John. They were flamboyant, and they were good.

    I love the tie, Elton
    And I didn’t really like that because they did the double over us in that first year. 4-2 and 2-1 on their way to being runners up and leaving us behind in a trail of dust. They nearly won the league despite there being 3 teams who had recently won the European Cup, Liverpool, who were on their incredible run of dominance, Notts Forest and Aston Villa. They appeared like a colourful rocket, blazing through the sky and making light of their tiny ground and humble origins. And they also sent us home crying to teach us a lesson that they had arrived, they were in London and ready to take us on. Maybe Troy Deeney was right, even though he wasn’t even born then. Beating Watford requires Cojones. And they showed us we hadn’t got them.
     
    Tactics Graham had his testes removed
     
    And we didn’t. They came up and kept teaching us lessons but we never seemed to learn. The old first division was their stomping ground and they just kept beating us like an old whipped dog. They played us 12 times – they won 9 times and drew once! OMG, who are these Hornets? We even played them in the FA cup in 1987 with the magical George Graham in charge. Made no difference. 3-1 to them at Highbury. I mean, we are the Arsenal, we have trophies, we have marble halls, we are the kings of London and you are telling us we have no Cojones? And worse, proving it?

    Watford almost removed his testes
    Even when they got relegated in 1988, they did the double over us. And we didn’t see them again until the Premier league was in full swing in 1999. We were fully Wengerball by then. We must have grown a set of balls or maybe they lost theirs because we did the double over them and sent them back down. We got them in the Fa Cup in 2002 at Vicarage Road and destroyed them 4-2.
    They came back up in 2006 and again we sent them back down with a double 3-0 and 2-1.
    Can Bull Serum help?
    And so 2015 and their current incarnation as a Premier league team.  This time when they came up they had recovered some of their Cojones and sting. We squeezed their balls with 3-0 and 4-0 but they bit ours in the FA cup 2-1. We beat them 3-1 in the next season but then they had their little run which foolishly prompted Troy Deeney to declare we had No Cojones. They won the next 2-1 at the Emirates and then won again 2-1 in the next season. So, in around a year and a half, they beat us 2-1 three times. They thought they had rediscovered the magic formula of their first division years.

    Is it true we needed this?
    Eh no, we are Arsenal. We are the boys with the big balls. And so, Mr Deeney, all you have to show is one draw in 2019 since then. Go home crying and try to find your Cojones. I have heard rumours that Arteta, as a student of the game, has been feeding our players Taurine to improve the size of our balls based on what you did to us in the 80’s. He doesn’t want a repeat by any upstart team trying to break our balls.

    You need balls to score penalties like Arteta
    Watford have never managed a win against him – long may that continue! And yet I hope you stay up and beat our rivals. The Premier League is poorer without you, your colourful fans, your family orientated ground and your bigmouth strikers!
    Арсенал победи Уулвърхямптън Уондърърс със 2:1 в отложен мач, който по програма трябваше да бъде изигран през месец декември. Гостите откриха резултата на Емиратс Стейдиъм след попадение на Хи-Чан Хуан още в 10 минута на двубоя. Появилият се като резерва Никола Пепе възстанови равенството в 82 минута, а Александър Лаказет прати привържениците на Арсенал в делириум в 95 минута. Впрочем победното попадение на сметката на "артилеристите" бе записано като автогол на Жозе Са от състава на "вълците". Спечелените 3 точки може да се окажат от огромно значение за хората на Микел Артета и техните амбиции за класиране в зона Шампионска лига. След изиграването на снощната среща Арсенал е вече с актив от 45 точки и заема 5 позиция във временното класиране на Висшата лига. Повече подробности от победата над Уулвс в следващите редове.
    Стартов състав: Аарън Рамсдейл (GK), Седрик Соареш, Бен Уайт, Габриел Магаляеш, Киърън Тиърни, Томас Партей, Гранит Джака, Букайо Сака, Мартин Йодегор, Габриел Мартинели и Александър Лаказет (С).
    Резерви: Бернд Лено (GK), Роб Холдинг, Нуно Тавареш, Свенсън, Мохамед Елнени, Самби Локонга, Омари-Хътчисън, Никола Пепе и Еди Нкетия. Двубоя пропуснаха Смит Роу и Такехиро Томиясу.
    Смени в хода на двубоя: Никола Пепе на мястото на Габриел Мартинели (71 минута) ; Еди Нкетия вместо Седрик Соареш (76 минута) ; Нуно Тавареш на мястото на Киърън Тиърни (92 минута) ;
    Жълти картони: Букайо Сака (38 минута).

    Репортаж от срещата: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Us8G9QdXtw


    Думите на Микел Артета след края на мача: "Това бе страхотен двубой. Успяхме да се поздравим с победа срещу отбор, който се справя страхотно напоследък. Показахме страхотен отборен дух и не се предадохме. Играхме качествено и представянето ни като цяло бе на едно високо ниво. Всички ние сме изключително щастливи от този успех, защото бе от изключително значение да го постигнем. Атмосферата на стадиона също бе на изключително ниво и това ни помогна. Благодарим на нашите привърженици, те са винаги с нас."

    В следващия си двубой Арсенал гостува на Уотфорд. Това ще се случи на 6 март, неделя, от 16:00 часа българско време. Успешен уикенд, артилеристи!
    Арсенал приема Уулвърхямптън Уондърърс в отложен мач от Висшата Лига. Припомняме, че тази среща бе отложена малко преди нова година заради COVID-19 и вискоият брой заразени играчи и контузии при „Вълците“. Интересно е да се отбележи, че гостуването на същият съперник бе точно преди 2 седмици, когато Арсенал победи трудно, но и заслужено с 1:0. Това помогна на „Топчийте“ да останат и да са силно устремени за местата в Европа, като за момента Лондончани изглеждат дори и като фаворит за топ 4. Надпреварата за Висшата Лига се завърза съвсем и се очаква до края да стане изключитлено горещо. Ние се надяваме нашите момчета да играят с гордо вдигнати глави и да вземат възможно най-голям брой точки.

    Кога: Четвъртък, 24.02.2022, 21:45 българско време.
    Къде: Емиратс, Лондон.
    Телевизия: Диема Спорт 2.
    Новини преди мача: Всички играчи са на разположение на Микел Артета. Няма контузени, нито наказани.
    Думите на Артета преди мача: „Не очаквам нищо различно от мача преди две седмици. Уулвс се справят чудесно и изобщо не е изненада, че са на позицията, на която се намират. Трудно може да им се отбележи и напредъка им е чудесен. Все пак, на нас също трудно ни се отбелязва и защитата ни е справя отлично. Все пак, дължа да отбележа, че добрата ни защита е дело на целия отбор, защото добрата защита тръгва от нападението и пресата, която се опитваме да наложим в тази третина от терена.
    Няма как да няма напрежение в отбора, предвид факта, че всичко свързано с Европа и Шампионса Лига зависи от нас. Все пак, продължаваме да гледаме мач за мач и към този момент гледаме към този срещу Уулвс. В крайна сметка, мястото на Арсенал е в Шампионска Лига, сред най-добрите и целта ни е да се върнем в този турнир. Опитвам се да наложа на играчите колко е важно да сме там и какво е чувството да играеш в този турнир. Мисля, че много добре го разбират.
    Искам да благодаря и на Джак Уилшър и да му пожелая много успех и всичко най-хубаво в Дания с новият му отбор АФГ. Не знам дали той самият го осъзнава, но помогна много с харизмата си и подхода си в тренировките, докато беше с нас. Няма съмнение, че той ще се завърне в Арсенал и ще бъде част от треньорски или мендърски щаб в даден момент в бъдеще.“, завърши испанецът.

    Пожелаваме успех на нашите момчета довечера. Стискаме палци за 3 точки и добра игра. Мача няма да е лесен, но пък кой мач е лесен в последно време? Поглеждайки и противниците и кой отбор как се справя, може да се съгласим, че всичко е възможно и ще има доста интересни резултати до края на сезона.
    Сбирките по клоновете продължават и за този мач. Както и играта за прогнози. Успех на всички.   

    Arsenal vs AC Milan
    Red and white is always better than red and black
     
    We are not even a little bit frightened of the San Siro
     
    Ah, the Italians don’t like us, I guess. We seem to have a good record against them, particularly on their home turf, something few teams have. Going to Italy generally means defeat, no matter who you are, unless you are the Arsenal. I covered Juventus here.   We managed to give them a few nightmares. But now I turn my attention to the other undisputed giant of Italian football, AC Milan. And they are the European kings of Italy as they have 7 Champions League to our… well, none.
    They are big, big boys. The Rossoneri have won 48 trophies: 18 Scudetti, 5 Italian Cups, 7 Italian Super Cups, 7 Champions League, 5 European Super cups, 2 Coppe delle Coppe, 3 Intercontinental Cups and 1 FIFA Club World Cup. Yes, we have more FA Cups with 14 and 16 Charity Shields, but in fairness, we would love their level of trophies.
    Even Merse couldn’t save us
    So, on our first meeting, we were given an arduous task. It was the European Super Cup, played between the1994 European Cup winners and the European Cup winners Cup winners. It was 2 legs played in February 1995. They were intimidating, having hammered a top-notch Barcelona 4-0 in the final. Fabio Capelli was their manager, on his way to cementing his place among the greats. They had Baresi, Maldini, Costacurta, Donadoni and Desailly among their superstars. Pretty much every player was. We had some players who would never achieve that status like Ian Selley, Stefan Schwartz, David Hillier and Ireland’s own Eddie McGoldrick. But we did have the famous back five, Ian Wright and the returning Paul Merson from rehab who came on to a great reception from our fans. And our best manager in my time up to then, George Graham. But they sent us home crying.
     
    Paul Merson got lots of applause
    We drew the first match 0-0 despite Milan probably being a little better than us. And we had to go to the San Siro for the second leg. We couldn’t do it. They were better than us and were one up on 41 minutes with Boban scoring and then 2-0 on 67 with Massaro. That was the end and they lay down a marker against us. They were better, they had more trophies, more superstars, and played better. So, I have to say one nil to the Rossoneri.
    Our one and only chance at the Super Cup, and it was easy for AC.
    No Kalishnikovs? No problems!
    The next time was a long time later in 2008 in the Champions League knockout round of 16. We had become Wengerised. We had become the best team in England and gone backwards from that. We still had top players but not many superstars. Lehmann, Hleb, Toure and Fabregas I reckon. They had some big names, Seedorf, Kaka and Pato the Brazilians, Maldini still, Pirlo, Nesta, Gattuso and others were the envy of many teams. And they held us 0-0 at the Emirates although we did have some chances.

    Fabregas: a goal we will always remember
    The thing is, nobody went to the San Siro to win and indeed, no English team had ever beaten AC Milan there. Even if we entered with a bunch of Kalishnikovs we wouldn’t have been sure of victory. But we played superb. Fabregas and Adebayor came very close in the first half. Then Fabregas got the ball late on as extra time was on all our minds, went on a run and we were hoping, but he was a long way out. Suddenly he flashed the ball, it bounced and went in the corner and all us Gunners went wild. It was the perfect time to score on 84 minutes. Could we hang on, being Arsenal? Oh yes we could. Walcott, on late for, you won’t believe this, Emmanuel Eboue, went on a great run down the right, whipped in a perfect pass for Adebayor to slot home on 90 and that was the end. Our away fans had only just got going on one nil to the Arsenal when they had to change it. Two nil to the Arsenal. Easy peasy AC, don’t ever take a trophy from the Arsenal again. One of our best ever nights and I know you all remember it.
    But they came back

    Super goal from Rosicky
    Then it was 2012, again Champions League, again the round of 16. The first match was at the fabled San Siro. I feel we had a better team than the last time, Koscielny, Rosicky, Vermaelen, Van Persie, Ramsey, Arshavin and a cameo from the returning Thierry Henry gave us a solid look but we were destroyed 4-0. They had obviously come for revenge and got it. We performed heroically in the return at the Emirates, and almost did it with 3-0. Koscielny nicked in a corner on 7 minutes on the left to give us a glimmer of hope. Then Walcott, wearing 14, went on a lovely run, dinked the ball to Rosicky, who tucked it in the right hand corner on 26. Oh hello, are we Arsenal? Can we do the impossible and come back from 4-0 away? Alex Oxlade Chamberlain went on a run and got sandwiched in the box. Penalty with Robin Van Persie slamming it home on 43. Now the impossible looked easy. Good old Arsenal had done it again. But despite pressure and chances we couldn’t get that one goal we needed in the second half and they had done us. Revenge and on they go.

    Past his best and couldn't save us
    Wenger’s last Hurrah
    And that left us with our last tie against them recently in 2018. In the humbler surroundings, for two former greats, of the Europa League but again round of 16. Arsene Wenger was still there and Gattuso was the manager of Milan. It was in the San Siro but Arsenal were unafraid. Xhaka, El Neny and Holding of the current side saw action. Henrikh Mkhitaryan whipped in a blaster from inside the box to allow us to sing our favourite song on 15 minutes. We had plenty of time to practise our singing when on 45, Ramsey beat the offside trap, rounded the keeper and it was 2-0 to the Arsenal.

    A howler from Donnarumma
    And so to home. Surely we had done the hard work? Those days seemed in the past now. Wenger’s sides, once the famous back 5 retired, had a brittleness that made us nervous and so it proved on 35 when Çalhanoğlu blasted the ball from well outside the box to score a screamer. The Italians had every right to believe and even borrow our song. But a few minutes later Welbeck won and scored a penalty to restore our advantage. On 79 Xhaka slammed the ball from well outside but it went in and I am certain the Donnarumma of today feels very embarrassed about that one. He should have saved it. It extinguished all hopes for the visitors. An attack a few minutes later, a bit of a scramble and Welbeck scores an easy header. 3-1 to the Arsenal. Ciao Milan. Easy peasy AC.

    You'll always remember Milan, Danny
    And so that was it. Against an undisputed giant of world football, we have a good record. We paid them back for depriving us of a trophy we never won. We beat them twice at the San Siro which I am certain few teams have. We also were the first English team to beat them there and thank you Milan, you gave us great nights. Be afraid if you see us again.
     
    Where can we finish update.
    I have once again been doing pretty well in this series and have got some results and even scores right. I predicted 3-0 against Wolves for Thursday’s match. I am not feeling so confident about that but still feel we can win. They will give us chances. We must take them. Read it here.
     

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