Arsenal 2 Olympiacos 0
Arsenal 2 Olympiacos 0
Yesterday I thought it would be boring night but actually this match was quite entertaining .. from 1st min to final whistle it's a pure a demonstration of an attacking football team that showed how to breakthrough a well organised and disciplined defending team..
Antonis Nikopolidis (captain) 1971 born Greek national Goalkeeper at least saved 3-4 on target shots from Fabregas , Arshavin , Rosicky and Van Persie in 1st half . Let alone other half chances were missed by Diaby and Vermaelen's header . Fabregas had one volley hitting the bar as well after short passed by Arshavin ! In 2nd half , as time was running out , finally substitute Eduardo's cross from baseline on the left flank went to Van Persie who stag in the ball within six yard box in 78th min , his 2nd opening goal in 2 consecutive games . Until then we were all relieved as 3 points was secured . We all felt the 2nd goal would come very soon although Arshavin's goal by his backheel was offside , it would not change the result anyway.. so now Arsenal is top of the group with 6 points.
after match Wenger said :
"I'm very happy because we had a great first half with outstanding quality. Unfortunately we couldn't take advantage of it and at half time it was 0-0. It's difficult to maintain that pace and quality for 90 minutes. In the second half our physicality d ropped a little and our fluency went a little bit as well. It's important then not to make a mistake and to dig deep and hope that they die a little bit more than us and take advantage in the last 20 minutes. That's what happened. I think we dominated from the first to the last minute and Olympiacos defended very well. They were well organised and disciplined and gave absolutely everything for 90 minutes."
Entertaining game and very high tampo too , that's why we woke up or stayed up so late to watch ..
Tonight Man United and Real Madrid will play at home,
this season there is still no live match of La Liga so choosing Real Madrid's game to watch and see how strong they are , will Cristino Ronaldo score the opening goal ? or Benzema , whose odd is 4.5 to 1 ?