It wasn’t a great game between Arsenal and Villarreal. The onus was on Villarreal to score a goal and they did all the attacking, but couldn’t find the net, despite controlling possession. Scrappy Arsenal were lucky to hold on to their slender lead and hold on they did, what with the missed penalty by Riquelme and Franco refusing to score a goal all game. Was he playing for Villarreal or for Arsenal?
There was no memorable run nor was there the flowing, passing game that Arsenal under Wenger have come to be known for. But they finally entered the finals of the Champions league, for the first time. We are still on course for an Arsenal-Barcelona finals and even if this game was a let down, the anticipation of a dream finals is irresistable.
In the new BSKOOL cafe in Chicago, Arsenal fans (mostly from England, except for this token brown SAsian) and Spanish fans form two separate camps, as everywhere else. Today, I was sitting with the Spanish crowd and it wasn’t easy not to sympathize with them, given their dominance all through. But Arsenal will take even an ugly win for European glory.
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