CL | 1/8: FC Barcelona - Arsenal 5-1 agg.

[barcafan161]

4-0 cmon

wenger said he would attack..good luck

 

[malvolio]

some good streaming sites for tonight? thanks in advance

 

[ThwiX]

wenger said he would attack..good luck

Good luck, indeed. If they try to attack at least we're guaranteed an exciting game, if you're a Barca fan that is. Messi will cut though their defense like butter with his passes if they do. That's why I doubt they will, at least not until the last 30 minutes.

 

[barcafan161]

Good luck, indeed. If they try to attack at least we're guaranteed an exciting game, if you're a Barca fan that is. Messi will cut though their defense like butter with his passes if they do. That's why I doubt they will, at least not until the last 30 minutes.

being 2-0 down not sure they have much choice.

 

[raskolnikov]

First half probably will be exciting, if we end up scoring 2 goals for example I believe Arsenal will just give up and we go into energy saving mode as well.
I know its stupid and a bad thing to do but I keep looking past them as if we are already trough, just hope the players dont have the same complacency.

 

[BarçaBarça]

I've been feeling a bit wary about this game today.If they get an early (first) goal, we could get a bit jittery.

Hopefully am being over cautious.

I think you are. I'm pretty confident we will score - and that should be game over. Remember it is at the Camp Nou - we could score a lot earlier this time, I pressume.

I hope we don't rest too many players if we go 2 goals up. Of course Iniesta out for Roberto/Arda would make sense, but: The confidence we get from a possible big win is just as important as rest right now, when we go into the tough Villareal game. If we bring the right attitude in that game it should be decided before tiredness kicks in about 70 min. into the game. Also, this is maybe going into too much detail, because football isn't mathematical like 25min's rest would increase the determination in the last part of next game.

 

[FCBarca]

Barcelona are better, than all the teams...but in sport you never can be certain of a result. Arsenal can hurt Barca and advance - the players & Lucho are all saying the right things so I feel calm. Should be a glorious night at Camp Nou

 

[jairzinho]

Barcelona are better, than all the teams...but in sport you never can be certain of a result. Arsenal can hurt Barca and advance - the players & Lucho are all saying the right things so I feel calm. Should be a glorious night at Camp Nou

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Flavia]

Squad for the match:

[formation=barca,10]
MAtS
0-0-MASCH-0-MATHIEU-0-0
ALVES-0-0-0-0-0-ALBA
0-0-0-BUSQUETS-0-0-0
0-RAKITIC-0-0-0-INIESTA-0
0-0-0-0-0-0-0
MESSI-0-0-SUAREZ-0-0-NEYMAR
0-0-0-0-0-0-0
[/formation]

 

[Devils]

Check out this excerpt from Dani's interview regarding Arsenal.

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Future GOAT pundit.

 

[Icarium]

Except our players aren't machines and we are still in 3 competitions while Real Madrid are effectively only in 1.

An easy draw is like Wolfsburg or Benefica would not only benefit our hopes in the CL but they would also benefit our players in the other competitions in this extremely busy and important part of the season.

If we draw Real Madrid our schedule in the next few weeks would look like...

Villareal (A)
Real Madrid (H)
Real Madrid (CL)
Real Sociedad (A)
Real Madrid (CL)
Valencia (H)

No one could logically want this run of games, it's crazy.

And Real Madrid aren't pushovers, we will probably roll them over in the league Clasico, but given that the CL is the only competition they have left to win, they will be very motivated, especially against us.

I agree with what you are saying. But if we make through this kind of challenge it will be really memorable. Humiliating RM is always special and getting RM is better than getting Bayern.

4-0 cmon

wenger said he would attack..good luck

Well he cant say they will sit back and loose the leg and dignity. But in the end mostly that is what will happen.

 

[Ghostmaster]

This is going to be massacre, Barca can relax playing against the likes of Deportivo and Valencia, but they are extra motivated playing against English sides.

 

[xavisionary]

This game epitomises my romance with football - because a small part of me honestly thinks Arsenal can pull it off tonight. And if they don't it's going to be wonderfully entertaining anyway.

 

[MessiDinho10]

The only thing I'm worried about is our CB's. M&M, please deliver tonight...

 

[Devils]

This game epitomises my romance with football - because a small part of me honestly thinks Arsenal can pull it off tonight. And if they don't it's going to be wonderfully entertaining anyway.

Arsenal can pull it off, it's just that the probability of it is virtually impossible.

Barca winning the first leg 2-0 gives them a 98% chance of advancing already. It doesn't help Arsenal's odds that they are coming to the most dominate stadium in Europe, facing one of the greatest teams of all time with the best attack of all time who are almost guaranteed to score.