http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429’s manager, Arsene Wenger has hinted that he could produce a very offensive formation against AC Milan, given the number of injuries that his midfielders have suffered and with the Gunners needed to win the game by a ridiculous score line.
The North London club are currently trailing Milan by four goals to nil in the tie and need to win by a score line of five goals to nil, if they are to progress to the next round of the tournament.
Wenger has already hinted that it seems close to impossible to make it out of the tie, but he feels that his side still possess a very minor chance of making it to the next round.
However, with a number of the Arsenal players currently suffering from injuries, Wenger has suggested that he could be forced to play four or more strikers, while putting wingers into the centre of his midfield.
The manager, when talking about the upcoming game is quoted to have said: "At the moment, basically I have only two midfielders, [Alex] Song and [Tomas] Rosicky.”
"That means we have to play with four strikers. We can play any system you can imagine until tomorrow night. But I will not tell you that now.”
"I am tempted [to play Oxlade-Chamberlain centrally], we will see. I have [around] 24 hours and I have to see if Rosicky is available or not.”
"I can play six strikers if I want, I have enough. I have [Marouane] Chamakh, [Chu-Young] Park, [Robin] Van Persie, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gervinho-c14755, [Theo] Walcott and Oxlade-Chamberlain. I can take a risk, because I have no choice, basically."
Despite it seeming rather bizarre for Wenger to go on and play so many strikers, it seems like the appropriate thing to do. The team needs to score as many goals as they possibly can and should they field a number of forwards, their chances of scoring goals
would significantly increase.
Nonetheless, it is now a wait to see just what the manager decides to do as, he still has to put a number of his players through a late fitness test to determine just how fit they really are.
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