- Updates from the Group H match at the Emirates Stadium
- Live scores: all the goals from around Europe as they go in
- Email Paul.Doyle@theguardian.com. Tweet @Paul_Doyle
Arsenal: Ospina; Holding, Mertesacker, Monreal; Bellerin, Iwobi, Elneny, Maitland-Niles; Walcott, Giroud, Sanchez
Subs: Macey, Mustafi, Kolasinac, Reine-Adelaide, Nelson, Wilshere, Akpom
Hello and welcome to something unprecedented: an Arsenal match in the Europa League. They’ve been in this tournament’s forerunner, of course, and even reached the final before losing to Galatasary in 2000, but this is their debut in the new-fangled Europa League and it’ll be interesting to see how they tackle it. Will Arsène Wenger treat it as a chore best dispensed with as early as possible, or will he embrace it as an exciting opportunity to land his first ever European trophy and, by the by, to emulate Manchester United and use it as a route back into the Champions League?
Arsenal’s team selection could offer some clues: Wenger is expected to omit several usual starters to preserve them for Sunday’s attempt to rack up an improbable third successive win over Chelsea (following last season’s FA Cup final and this season’s Community Shield). On the other hand, a rejigged lineup will hardly be an indication that Arsenal are taking this tournament lightly, as even with several changes they should be confident of beating Cologne, who have been stinking out the Bundesliga so far this season, with three defeats from their opening three matches. But that hasn’t stopped 20,000 of their fans descending on London for today’s affair. Koln haven’t played a European match for 25 years: try telling this lot that this tournament doesn’t matter.
Continue reading...SOURCE : GUARDIAN SPORTS posted by CAMPUS94
Hello, my name is Jack Sparrow. I'm a 50 year old self-employed Pirate from the Caribbean.
No comments:
Post a Comment