Yeay!

We won the first leg! I'm just thankful for that!

And Porcupine scores!!!!!!

Aisyah,
ask mummy to let you wear your Gunner's romper ok.

*2nd-leg-pre-match-stress-starts-now*

Found this pre-match write up:
Patrick Vieira’s presence adds spice to the occasion but Cesc Fàbregas must not attempt to be the new Vieira. He has different qualities. Outmuscling the former Arsenal man is not an option, so he needs to be cuter. Make Vieira and his midfield partner, Emerson, chase the ball. Flick it past them, force them to track back.

Hahah. What a way to describe sia, cuter. Makes me laugh. And Cesc did just that too. I mean not for looking cute only, but imposing that tactic too.

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Post-match write ups: -

Vieira was a mighty warrior during his nine years at Highbury, although on this evidence Wenger may have correctly identified a waning in his physical prowess. How else to explain his felling by Robert Pires, a former team-mate usually so timid that he seems scared of his own shadow? Pires’s uncharacteristic discovery of some fighting spirit summed up Arsenal’s performance. After instigating many of their best early moves, the Frenchman found the courage to launch a sliding tackle on Vieira in the 40th minute, winning the ball to send Henry on his way. His pace took him to the edge of the visiting team’s penalty area, where he found Fàbregas, whose calm right-footed finish beat Buffon.

Anyone doubting Arsenal’s determination only had to watch Robert Pires beat Vieira in the air early on. It was the highest the effete winger has leapt since his infamous dive against Portsmouth in the season of the Invincibles. If it seemed a one-off victory for flyweight against heavyweight, it was to be repeated to sensational effect in the build-up to Fàbregas’s first-half goal.

Touré’s clean steal of the ball was a perfect challenge — and one to deprive Zlatan Ibrahimovic early in the second half was even more finely judged — but Pires, of all people, was to surpass it.

LOL!

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More write ups (post match) :-

Even Robert Pires, who would normally struggle to tackle a petit fours, flew into challenges on Vieira. The thought must briefly have passed through troubled Italian minds: had they plucked the wrong French ball-winner from Highbury? "Welcome Home Patrick - Toujours the Fantastique 4" read one banner on the North Bank. Nobody had bothered to add anything about Pires tackling him.

LMAO!