With that in mind, the Italian manager has chosen not to present his strongest eleven right from the start, as he probably felt that Osasuna wouldn't be capable of really threatning Madrid's chances of
qualifying for the next round of the competition.
Having
already qualified for the next round of the Europa League, Arsenal do not have to risk too much away to Cologne tonight, but at the same time it would be much better to get a result in Germany that would guarantee us top spot and keep the confidence building.
the local team also known as Real, (a team who seem to get money from all sorts of strange places which are only spoken about in a whisper), could
not qualify for the next round of the Champions League.
Still, the Gunners were in inspired form that night and Thierry Henry was on fire to score twice and assist another two in a result that saw them escape what looked like certain elimination from the group stage and
eventually qualify for the next round.
Arsenal only
just qualified for the next round of the UEFA Europa League despite losing to Ostersunds last night, and they could now be drawn against any of the 15 teams left in the competition.
The team selections of the Frenchman for these Thursday games so far would beg to differ, although perhaps the fact that the Gunners have already
qualified for the next round makes the decision to rest all the usual big name first team players justified.
Wong Choong Hann should
qualify for the next round while Koo / Tan vs Paaske / Rasmussen will be a touch and go match as which pair could dominate at the front court and attack more will most likely win.
As for Liverpool, with a weekend off Jürgen Klopp will be hoping his side can produce another performance like they did tonight and if they do, they will
safely qualify for the next round of the Europa League.
Nevertheless, History does love repeating itself at Arsenal in a mediocre GroundHog way, therefore I'm expecting us to come close But not close enough
in qualifying for the next round of the champions league tonight.
In 48 hours time Arsenal will be getting ready to run out at the RheinEnergieStadion to face Koln, but as the Gunners have
already qualified for the next rounds I can seriously see Arsene Wenger picking an even weaker team than usual, although he will be keen to keep most of the unbeaten second string side together as long as possible, and of course a win will guarantee us top spot in the Group although the chances of anyone catching us is rather slim anyway...... Read the full article here
Beat United at Old Trafford making the Semis Beat West Ham 3 - 0 (city and spurs losing, Chelski drawing) Beat Monaco and
qualify for next round of CL (hopefully)
There are many ways to look at Arsenal's failure to
qualify for the next round of the Champions League.
And the funny thing is when the second leg match comes, they manager, the players and the fans will say how they got experience and they can score 3 goals against Monaco and
qualify for the next round.
Bale actually upset the spuds by wanting Arsenal to
qualify for the next round of the champions league!
We know we have two games to
qualify for the next round, so we need to be together and defend very well because they have a lot of quality up front.»
Wenger did say after the defeat to Bayern Munich in Germany that Arsenal would still be giving it their all to try to
qualify for the next round but I am not so sure and the words of the former Arsenal and France star Robert Pires this week have done nothing to change my mind.
Finally, we need to carry on being efficient at the back, we feel really good tonight because we have
qualified for the next round.»
Let
's qualify for the next round this week.
Plus we will
qualify for the next round to let's chill and move on people.
Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has admitted that failure to
qualify for the next round of the Champions League would be «very embarrassing», according to the Daily Express.
Arsenal will go into this away game with West Brom on a real high after beating Borussia Dortmund and
qualifying for the next round of the Champions League.
One look at his stats, though, and the direct effect the German international has had on Arsenal flying high in the Premier League,
qualifying for the next round of the Champions League and defending the FA cup and you get a much different story.
The dynamic young Gunner is not coming home yet though, because after his goals kept Germany in with a chance of
qualifying for the next round, his country grabbed it with both hands by thrashing Fiji 10 - 0 to book a quarter - final spot against Portugal.
Arsene Wenger and his Arsenal players have a great chance to
qualify for the next round of the Champions League by beating Anderlecht at the Emirates tonight.
We know that Arsenal have plenty of money to spend, so assuming that miracles do not occur over the next few weeks and the Gunners fail to
qualify for the next round of the Champions League and perhaps even the Europa League, the subsequent drop in revenue will not have any bearing on Arsene Wenger's ability to spend money in the transfer market.
In 48 hours time Arsenal will be getting ready to run out at the RheinEnergieStadion to face Koln, but as the Gunners have already
qualified for the next rounds I can seriously see Arsene Wenger picking an even weaker team than usual, although he will be keen to keep most of the unbeaten second string side together as long as possible, and of course a win will guarantee us top spot in the Group although the chances of anyone catching us is rather slim anyway...
Iheanacho who scored one of the goals that helped Leicester beat Fleetwood City in the FA Cup replay that
qualified them for the next round, grabbed the second goal for Leicester after debutant Fousseni Diabate has given them the lead in the 9th minutes.
United go top of the group with 7 points and they need 1 win in the last 2 games to
qualify for next round.
Manchester United face a massive clash in their bid to
qualify for the next round of the Champions League this evening.
«That's not important, what's important is that on Wednesday
we qualify for the next round of the Champions League,» he said.
Although Ivory Coast could not
qualify for the next round, a resilient Drogba scored a slap - up goal against favorites Argentina to restore some confidence in his team.