Arsenal 1 AC Milan 1
It's their 1st match of pre-season on Lives , and cannot expect 100 pct performance .
A few points to mention here :
Chamakh looked quite active and mobile during the match , I think once Cesc and Van Persie play again then he should be very useful in frontline and hopefully can score quite a lot of goals..
Koscielny played fine but not quite sure whether he can encounter those English strikers on the air ..
Arshavin as usual is the bright spot and can c reate something out of nothing , but only Arshavin is not enough .
O'wise seems the same as before , lack of cutting , penetrating move even they possess the ball . Maybe it's still too early to judge this team whether they will be better than last term..
Hopefully Lansbury , JET , and Nordvelt will play tonight and lets see how good they are.
P.S. Frimpong played quite impressively and somehow I prefer to play him rather than those old boys like Denilson , Diaby .
Gibbs is a fine LeftBack player and will play a major role this season.
Mark Randall still has a chance to play is a surprise and I think he should be on the way out.. In any case I like to see Frimpong again tonight !
hi chanreborn: at least we won the Emirates Cup once again although Celtic gave us the scare in the last 20 mins! Chamakh is good and it seems he integrates instantly into the team which is great. Koscielny is ok but it seems to me he is not physically strong enough. Arshavin and Nasri show their class although their form might not be top fit at this moment (no need to be). Wilshire is good. Frimpong is a very pleasant surprise.
No matter what, Almunia is better than Fabianski by far, and we cannot play without Vermaelen at the back. Walcott needs to show me more improvement.
The 25-player rule might be beneficial to us as it narrowd the gap between us and teams with superfluous players. I believe Cesc will leave sooner or later, and yes, I hope he brings us a trophy before he goes.