FOOTBALL: ARSENAL 2-0 JUVENTUS

Warning! I was semi-conscious in the 1st half and was 80% conscious only in the 2nd half due to lack of sleep. My review can be considered a half truth / dream.

Nice passing, good flow of football, great offensive surges by Henry, Hleb, Reyes and Fabregas. Arsenal is playing one of the most sexiest football right now! Ashley who? Sol who? I don't remember any defenders by such names and they are playing much better!

Lehmann is superb at the back and Reyes has been mastermining most of the attacks from the left wing. I just feel that the other lads should try their shooting chances more and not to give most of the damn ball to Henry. There are occassions when I see Fabregas and Hleb to be at a better position to score and yet pass the ball to the edge of the penalty box where Henry is to try at a much harder angle.

Arsenal's football is alot patient and alot more focusing on short passes. I remember the good old Real Madrid days. Hai! Well, Juventus without Del Piero and Nedved sure is suffering! Trezequet and Mutu especially are rather quiet in front. Juventus decided to play long balls whole damn night and hoping the forwards will be able to receive at least a few of the chances and go in to score. Unfortunately, I don't see anything effective coming out from there. Their passes are very loose and concentrated on the left wing as well. Too many 50-50 chances taken and resulted in alot of tackles to win the ball.

With 9 men playing in the end, nobody gives them anymore chance to score an away goal. With Vieira, Camoranesi and Zebina out of the next match, the odds are against Juventus to advance to the semis. Things are looking good for Arsenal. Their dream to emulate what Liverpool did last season is so far going well!

I think the prophecy has been fulfilled. Remember what I said in my last post? The Morientes story, the Owen story and now, it could be the Vieira story? Well, the curse of the Champions League lives on! Haha!

There was a delay telecast of the Benfica-Barcelona match. 0-0 was the scoreline and who the heck want to watch a delay telecast knowing the goalless draw? I needed some sleep anyway!