Is Arsenal incomplete without their captain Cesc Fabregas? (Part 1)
Arsenal are now considered to be one of the best teams in not only the Premier League but also in Europe. After an amazing fight back against one of the best team in the world – Barcelona – Arsenal were able to show the world that they are not “kids”
anymore. The North London side are usually criticised over the fact that they play very young and inexperienced players in the team. However, they managed to prove a point against the Catalan Giants especially after a nineteen year old midfielder; http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jack-Wilshere-c17463
was named man of the match.
The North London club is trophy-less for the past five years. They won a trophy when they were the giants of the English league. Under the likes of players such as Thierry Henry, Patrick Viera, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kolo-c21278 Toure and Dennis Bergkamp, Arsenal were definitely
a team to look at. They played the most entertaining football in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 and also won a season unbeaten with that team.
As http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thierry-Henry-c34918 left the club and joined the Spanish side Barcelona, Arsenal found it hard to survive without an extraordinary goal scorer. The manager of the club Arsene Wenger never really thought about investing in a complete striker and decided
to play http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Theo-Walcott-c34873 – who was very young back then. The French coach was criticised back then and he is still criticised over the fact that he cannot win trophies by playing an inexperienced
team.
Arsene Wenger on the other hand was determined over the fact that these players can make up a good team if they keep on playing together. The same philosophy is being followed by Barcelona who have extraordinary players playing for them and most of
them are playing with each other for a very long time. Through time, the players get to know each other well and they have a better team chemistry compared to other teams that rely too much on their buying power.
The basic reasons why teams like Manchester City and Real Madrid cannot win against teams like Arsenal and Barcelona is because they both have great team chemistry. The players performing for Barcelona have been playing together since they were kids
and the players in Arsenal are playing with each other for five years. As they played with each other they managed to build a team rather than individually brilliant players. Real Madrid and Manchester City are full of players with individual brilliance. Those
players do not believe too much in giving easier passes like Barcelona and Arsenal who rely too much on short passing that helps the team create more chances.
Arsenal, this season, have finally emerged as a better side as they are currently second in the English Premier League and also managed to beat Barcelona for the first time in the UEFA Champions League. The Catalan Giants and Arsenal go way back in
terms of rivalry in the European Competition. Back in 2006, the North London club faced Barcelona in the final of the tournament and the Catalans won 2-1 with the help of a red card that was picked up by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jens-Lehmann-c18297 after a late tackle on Samuel Eto’o. The
Catalans came behind from being 1-0 down and won the game 2-1 before 90 minutes.
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