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Friday, August 28, 2015
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Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Arsenal fan base in Nigeria---The Nigeria Gunners
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How Pedro's disallowed goal sparked the bitter feud between Mourinho & Guardiola
By Ben Hayward---Goal.com
The Chelsea winger saw a strike ruled out in the 2011 Copa del Rey final as Barcelona lost to Real Madrid, leading to the war of words involving the Catalanand Portuguese coaches
It is one of football's famous feuds. Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho were friends and colleagues at Barcelona back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the former a midfielder for the Catalan club and the latter an assistant coach. But their relationship was damaged beyond repair in 2011 - and it all started, surprisingly, with Pedro.
The Spain winger is set to make his debut for Chelsea on Sunday against West Brom after sealing his move from Barcelona earlier this week - and he claimed Mourinho was one of the big factors behind his decision to join the Blues. Just a few years ago, however, theirs would have seemed an improbable alliance.
Pedro scored Barca's second goal in the Catalans' 5-0 drubbing of Mourinho's Madrid at Camp Nou in November 2010 - the worst defeat the Portuguese has suffered in his entire coaching career. But it was in April and early May later in that same season, as the two teams met four times within the space of 17 days, that the tension boiled over between Jose and Pep.
After a tense 1-1 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu in La Liga on April 16, Barca and Madrid met again four days later in the final of the Copa del Rey at Mestalla. And following a tight first half, Pedro thought he had broken the deadlock when he latched onto a pass from Lionel Messi and fired past Iker Casillas.
However, his strike was ruled offside, Guardiola waved his finger in disapproval on the sidelines, but replays showed the officials' decision was correct as Pedro was indeed a fraction beyond the last Madrid defender, Alvaro Arbeloa, and Real went on to win in extra-time as Cristiano Ronaldo headed home from an Angel Di Maria cross.
In a packed press room after the match, Guardiola appeared to question the decision. "The assistant must have great eyesight to spot that Pedro was two centimetres offside," the Catalan coach quipped.
But six days later, ahead of the Champions League semi-final first leg clash between the two teams at the Bernabeu, Mourinho mocked the words of his Barca counterpart.
"We have started a new cycle," he began. "Up until now there was a very small group of coaches who didn't talk about referees and a very large group, in which I am included, who criticise referees. Now, with Pep's comments, we have started a new era with a third group, in which there is only him, that criticises the referee when he makes correct decisions. This is completely new to me."
The Portuguese's provocations had previously had little effect on Guardiola, but with his team beaten at Mestalla and a Champions League semi-final ahead, the former Barca boss chose to react this time with a statement of intent - in the Bernabeu press room of all places.
In the first of the three images above, Pedro can be seen protesting the assistant's decision to disallow his strike in the 2011 Copa final - the action that led to Mourinho's mocking of Guardiola and then Pep's press-room rant days later. In the second picture, the two coaches shake hands but avoid eye contact prior to the Champions League semi-final first leg meeting between Madrid and Barca at the Bernabeu days later and in the third photograph, Pedro and Pep are all smiles after the winger scored to secure a 1-1 draw at Camp Nou and passage to the final thanks to a 3-1 aggregate win over Real.
The winger went on to net in the final too as Barca beat Manchester United 3-1 at Wembley with an extraordinary exhibition of attacking football.
And asked just a couple of months later if Guardiola was a better coach than Mourinho, the winger was in little doubt. "It's obvious that Guardiola is better," he said. "From the moment he arrived at the club he has responded. For me, he is the best coach in the world and he has been able to handle world-class players."
Pedro subsequently saw Mourinho at his worst as the Portuguese poked then Barca assistant Tito Vilanova in the eye as the sides' Spanish Supercopa series turned ugly a month later and the Clasico clashes continued to be marked by ill feeling and animosity.
But less than four years on, the winger will now work with the Portuguese at Chelsea and Pedro revealed Mourinho had played a pivotal part in his arrival at Stamford Bridge.
It is one of football's famous feuds. Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho were friends and colleagues at Barcelona back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the former a midfielder for the Catalan club and the latter an assistant coach. But their relationship was damaged beyond repair in 2011 - and it all started, surprisingly, with Pedro.
The Spain winger is set to make his debut for Chelsea on Sunday against West Brom after sealing his move from Barcelona earlier this week - and he claimed Mourinho was one of the big factors behind his decision to join the Blues. Just a few years ago, however, theirs would have seemed an improbable alliance.
Pedro scored Barca's second goal in the Catalans' 5-0 drubbing of Mourinho's Madrid at Camp Nou in November 2010 - the worst defeat the Portuguese has suffered in his entire coaching career. But it was in April and early May later in that same season, as the two teams met four times within the space of 17 days, that the tension boiled over between Jose and Pep.
After a tense 1-1 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu in La Liga on April 16, Barca and Madrid met again four days later in the final of the Copa del Rey at Mestalla. And following a tight first half, Pedro thought he had broken the deadlock when he latched onto a pass from Lionel Messi and fired past Iker Casillas.
However, his strike was ruled offside, Guardiola waved his finger in disapproval on the sidelines, but replays showed the officials' decision was correct as Pedro was indeed a fraction beyond the last Madrid defender, Alvaro Arbeloa, and Real went on to win in extra-time as Cristiano Ronaldo headed home from an Angel Di Maria cross.
In a packed press room after the match, Guardiola appeared to question the decision. "The assistant must have great eyesight to spot that Pedro was two centimetres offside," the Catalan coach quipped.
But six days later, ahead of the Champions League semi-final first leg clash between the two teams at the Bernabeu, Mourinho mocked the words of his Barca counterpart.
"We have started a new cycle," he began. "Up until now there was a very small group of coaches who didn't talk about referees and a very large group, in which I am included, who criticise referees. Now, with Pep's comments, we have started a new era with a third group, in which there is only him, that criticises the referee when he makes correct decisions. This is completely new to me."
The Portuguese's provocations had previously had little effect on Guardiola, but with his team beaten at Mestalla and a Champions League semi-final ahead, the former Barca boss chose to react this time with a statement of intent - in the Bernabeu press room of all places.
"Señor Mourinho has permitted himself the luxury of calling me Pep, so I will call him Jose," Guardiola said. "Which one is your camera, Jose? All of them, I suppose...
"Tomorrow at 8.45pm we face each other on the pitch. He has won the battle off the pitch. If he wants his own personal Champions League trophy away from the pitch, let him take it home and enjoy it.
"In this room, Mourinho is the f***ing chief, the f***ing boss. He knows all about this and I don't want to compete with him in here. I'd just like to remind him that I worked with him for four years [at Barcelona]. He knows me and I know him.
"If he prefers to value the views of the journalist friends who take their information in a drip feed from Florentino Perez more than the relationship we had for four years, then, that's his choice. I try to learn from Jose on the pitch, but I prefer to learn as little as possible from him off the pitch."
When he returned to his hotel dining room, the Barca players stood to greet Guardiola with a round of applause. And on the pitch a day later, the Blaugrana beat Madrid 2-0. This time, unlike in the final of the Copa days earlier, refereeing decisions went in Barca's favour. Mourinho had met his match.
The Portuguese was sent off for his protests after Pepe was dismissed for a wild challenge on Dani Alves and he decided against attending the second leg at Camp Nou, watching instead from his hotel in the Catalan capital as Pedro scored in a 1-1 draw that saw Barca progress to the final."Tomorrow at 8.45pm we face each other on the pitch. He has won the battle off the pitch. If he wants his own personal Champions League trophy away from the pitch, let him take it home and enjoy it.
"In this room, Mourinho is the f***ing chief, the f***ing boss. He knows all about this and I don't want to compete with him in here. I'd just like to remind him that I worked with him for four years [at Barcelona]. He knows me and I know him.
"If he prefers to value the views of the journalist friends who take their information in a drip feed from Florentino Perez more than the relationship we had for four years, then, that's his choice. I try to learn from Jose on the pitch, but I prefer to learn as little as possible from him off the pitch."
When he returned to his hotel dining room, the Barca players stood to greet Guardiola with a round of applause. And on the pitch a day later, the Blaugrana beat Madrid 2-0. This time, unlike in the final of the Copa days earlier, refereeing decisions went in Barca's favour. Mourinho had met his match.
In the first of the three images above, Pedro can be seen protesting the assistant's decision to disallow his strike in the 2011 Copa final - the action that led to Mourinho's mocking of Guardiola and then Pep's press-room rant days later. In the second picture, the two coaches shake hands but avoid eye contact prior to the Champions League semi-final first leg meeting between Madrid and Barca at the Bernabeu days later and in the third photograph, Pedro and Pep are all smiles after the winger scored to secure a 1-1 draw at Camp Nou and passage to the final thanks to a 3-1 aggregate win over Real.
The winger went on to net in the final too as Barca beat Manchester United 3-1 at Wembley with an extraordinary exhibition of attacking football.
And asked just a couple of months later if Guardiola was a better coach than Mourinho, the winger was in little doubt. "It's obvious that Guardiola is better," he said. "From the moment he arrived at the club he has responded. For me, he is the best coach in the world and he has been able to handle world-class players."
Pedro subsequently saw Mourinho at his worst as the Portuguese poked then Barca assistant Tito Vilanova in the eye as the sides' Spanish Supercopa series turned ugly a month later and the Clasico clashes continued to be marked by ill feeling and animosity.
But less than four years on, the winger will now work with the Portuguese at Chelsea and Pedro revealed Mourinho had played a pivotal part in his arrival at Stamford Bridge.
"Mourinho is one of the main reasons I'm here," he said. "He called me a couple of times and told me he needed me to strengthen the team."
It is quite the unexpected turnaround after all that went on during the Mourinho-Guardiola fallout that inadvertently started with Pedro's disallowed goal in Valencia. But football, as Jimmy Greaves famously used to say, is a funny old game.
It is quite the unexpected turnaround after all that went on during the Mourinho-Guardiola fallout that inadvertently started with Pedro's disallowed goal in Valencia. But football, as Jimmy Greaves famously used to say, is a funny old game.
Source: www.goal.com
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Crystal Palace v Arsenal - Fixture History
Crystal Palace 3RD
Crystal Palace have won 0, drawn 2 and lost 4 of the last 6 stagings of this fixture, being outscored by their opponents by 10 goals to 3.
C.Palace have scored in 75% of their last 20 home games.
C.Palace have kept a clean sheet in 15% of their last 20 home games.
Arsenal 19TH Arsenal have won 4, drawn 2 and lost 0 of the last 6 stagings of this fixture, outscoring their opponents by 10 goals to 3.
Arsenal have scored in 90% of their last 20 away games.
Arsenal have kept a clean sheet in 30% of their last 20 away games.
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Will Gabriel Paulista succeed at Arsenal?
By Meghna Sengupta
Gabriel Paulista may have not gotten much chance to play yet, but Arsene Wenger is extremely positive about the Brazilian centre-back’s future at the club. A focused, dedicated and skilled defender, he seems like someone who might initially struggle to get accustomed, but if he can fit in, he will end up turning into a top-notch player. Per Mertesacker’s place may come under threat, if a regular partnership between Gabriel and Laurent Koscielny formulates by the end of the campaign.
Gabriel Paulista may have not gotten much chance to play yet, but Arsene Wenger is extremely positive about the Brazilian centre-back’s future at the club. A focused, dedicated and skilled defender, he seems like someone who might initially struggle to get accustomed, but if he can fit in, he will end up turning into a top-notch player. Per Mertesacker’s place may come under threat, if a regular partnership between Gabriel and Laurent Koscielny formulates by the end of the campaign.
If statistics are to be considered, Gabriel has enjoyed a superb start to life in English football. Despite having only five outings, he has managed to do pretty okay.
It’s not as if he hasn’t been tested though. So far, he has been forced to take 11 defensive actions per game—the highest of any Arsenal player. It’s clear the Brazilian does not shy away from a challenge, which can only be hugely beneficial for Arsenal.
He has managed to come out on top even if he contests against other players. Gabriel has won an average of 73 per cent of his one-on-one duels, which is also the single highest success ratio among Arsenal’s entire squad of outfield players. Arsene Wenger seems like he has hit the jackpot with Paulista in his team.
Watching highlights of his old plays, it is safe to say that most of his WOW moments were aerial. The former Villarreal man has won an incredible 86 per cent of his headed contests to date despite coming up against physical adversaries such as Everton forward Romelu Lukaku. To provide some context, the giant German Per Mertesacker can only boast of winning 71 per cent of his aerial battles, so score one for Paulista again.
Gabriel has aggression required to dominate his opponent. It’s possible that with a bigger sample of games behind him these numbers might dwindle, but so far, he looks like he has good potential.
Perhaps this new season will see him progress further as a player and evolve into a great defender. Or it might end up being as disastrous as Falcao at Manchester United. Let’s wait and watch!
Monday, August 3, 2015
Which of these Arsenal fans looked the most stupid?
Lots of football fans attend matches dressed like complete wally-brains these days – even Spurs supporters – but few can reach the heights hit by those who follow the Woolwich.
To prove it here are four pictures of fans who attended Arsenal’s friendly victory over Chelsea in some meaningless pre-season match. All are wearing various pieces of replica nonsense which make them look completely ridiculous, with at least three looking as if they’re grown men.
Let us know which one gets the prize for the most foolish looking.
1. Wrong shirt, wrong number
2. Helmet head
3. New shirt after deadline day
4. The classic FKW
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Wenger on victory, Chelsea and Cech
Arsène Wenger faced the media after Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0 to win the Community Shield. You can read a full transcript of the press conference below:
on the win…
It was an intense game. We scored the first goal and after that you could see two teams playing with full concentration, full commitment. Maybe in some parts during the game we just tried to protect our lead but you could see that my team was really determined not to give a goal away. Sometimes we lost offensive potential by focusing on our defensive side, but every time we attacked we had chances. We had many chances today and the best chances were on our side. We won against a good team, we won another trophy… so that’s positive.
on whether Arsenal abandoned their philosophy…
We abandoned nothing. We defended well. Our game is based on togetherness, on solidarity, and defending and attacking well. I believe that we defended because there was maybe a bit of a psychological hurdle ahead of my players. They were more concerned with protecting our lead against Chelsea rather than playing attacking football. We have to accept that and I don’t think that’s giving up your philosophy, it’s a punctual fact that we wanted to win a game like that. I’m quite proud of that.
We abandoned nothing. We defended well. Our game is based on togetherness, on solidarity, and defending and attacking well. I believe that we defended because there was maybe a bit of a psychological hurdle ahead of my players. They were more concerned with protecting our lead against Chelsea rather than playing attacking football. We have to accept that and I don’t think that’s giving up your philosophy, it’s a punctual fact that we wanted to win a game like that. I’m quite proud of that.
on whether it is satisfying to beat Jose Mourinho…
There’s an extra satisfaction because we won a game between two very good teams, and we also didn’t concede a goal against the offensive potential that Chelsea has. At the end we wanted to win and we won.
There’s an extra satisfaction because we won a game between two very good teams, and we also didn’t concede a goal against the offensive potential that Chelsea has. At the end we wanted to win and we won.
on beating Mourinho for the first time…
I must honestly say that it didn’t play on my mind at all. As long as I get it served every time in press conferences it can have an impact on the team. Certainly the way my team behaved during some periods in the game, it helped. It was important for them to get that hurdle out of the way.
I must honestly say that it didn’t play on my mind at all. As long as I get it served every time in press conferences it can have an impact on the team. Certainly the way my team behaved during some periods in the game, it helped. It was important for them to get that hurdle out of the way.
on whether he is still hurt by Mourinho’s comments…
We live in a job where you have to respect people and respect everybody. It’s a difficult job and we just think it’s vital - and I’ve said this many times in managers’ meetings - that managers respect each other.
We live in a job where you have to respect people and respect everybody. It’s a difficult job and we just think it’s vital - and I’ve said this many times in managers’ meetings - that managers respect each other.
on Jack Wilshere…
He couldn’t take part in the game today because of an ankle problem he sustained yesterday. It happened at the training ground. We don’t think it’s bad at all but I haven’t been told whether it will be two days or five days. I don’t know how long he will not be available for. It’s a matter of days.
He couldn’t take part in the game today because of an ankle problem he sustained yesterday. It happened at the training ground. We don’t think it’s bad at all but I haven’t been told whether it will be two days or five days. I don’t know how long he will not be available for. It’s a matter of days.
on Arsenal’s confidence going into the season…
Confidence-wise it’s good, it’s positive, and it allows you to focus on your next game with belief. It shows your players that they’re doing something right and apart from that, now the Premier League starts. We have to turn up with the needed and demanded performance in every single game. We have a tricky start against West Ham United, Crystal Palace - the two derbies - and then Liverpool straight after. We need to keep a high level of urgency to start well because last year we had that problem.
Confidence-wise it’s good, it’s positive, and it allows you to focus on your next game with belief. It shows your players that they’re doing something right and apart from that, now the Premier League starts. We have to turn up with the needed and demanded performance in every single game. We have a tricky start against West Ham United, Crystal Palace - the two derbies - and then Liverpool straight after. We need to keep a high level of urgency to start well because last year we had that problem.
on Petr Cech…
Cech's calming influence
He did well. Maybe he had an influence on the Chelsea players as well because they felt that to score against him they had to score the perfect goal. When you have that sometimes you want to try too hard. It happened especially with Eden Hazard when he had that chance in the box.
on attacking options…
It depends on the games. I tried to see the options I have through the season. I felt today that I wanted to use Theo’s pace to go in behind. In the first half he worked very hard, didn’t get too much service, but he worked very hard. In the second half when Giroud came on I think he gave us a physical presence that was needed at that time as well.
It depends on the games. I tried to see the options I have through the season. I felt today that I wanted to use Theo’s pace to go in behind. In the first half he worked very hard, didn’t get too much service, but he worked very hard. In the second half when Giroud came on I think he gave us a physical presence that was needed at that time as well.
on Karim Benzema rumours…
No, nothing is happening. Honestly no. I don’t know who brings that up. Is it Spanish media or English media? I don’t know.
No, nothing is happening. Honestly no. I don’t know who brings that up. Is it Spanish media or English media? I don’t know.
Source:www.arsenal.com
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