Hey guys, arsenal football club will return to action on tue 6th april @nou camp. they confronted the defending champions, barcelona some days ago. the match ended 2-2 at full time. what do you think's gonna happen on tue when the gunners, having faced a star-studded barca side @d emirates, hope to go through to the semi-final stage. Now that the first leg has been decided @d emirates, with arsenal's arshavin, galas and fabregas out. barcelona's ibrahimovic and iniesta unlikely, who'll carry the day on tue @ nou camp?

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Hey guys, arsenal football club will return to action on tue 6th april @nou camp. they confronted the defending champions, barcelona some days ago. the match ended 2-2 at full time. what do you think's gonna happen on tue when the gunners, having faced a star-studded barca side @d emirates, hope to go through to the semi-final stage. Now that the first leg has been decided @d emirates, with arsenal's arshavin, galas and fabregas out. barcelona's ibrahimovic and iniesta unlikely, who'll carry the day on tue @ nou camp?

Well, i just feel arsenal is out.

I think we should be watching out for who will meet us in the semis, Mourinho will be a tricky customer for the gunz.

Barca wud b lukn 2 kil dis game inside d 1st 20minz&WIL b wary of TW. . .i'd luv 2 c walchy n eboue start,wit denilson.diaby n nasiru in d mf. . . coyg!

And cud sum1 pls tell almunia 2 wear d SAME gloves he wore 4 d 1st leg. . :p

Arsenal wl gv gud acct of themselves bt they wont make it to semis.

Digriz:

Arsenal wl gv gud acct of themselves bt they wont make it to semis.

The die is cast . Lets see how it goes, i even heard Song won't be playing ?! Ol'boy una go fear fear !
Barca all the way !

Song out of Barca trip, Campbell doubtful . . .Hopefully Mikael Silvestre will play

Anything can happen in fooball. Sometimes u play well and lose. Sometimes the other team has the game of their lives.

Either ways, arsenal should be out by tomorrow night.

arsenal will shock the entire football world,then man united will prove haters wrong

All these Arsenal fan una no dey tire, every time bra bra bra, Arsenal will humilate barca for how long, is just few hours to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Barca remain the almighty

On paper,it looks like the end of the road for Arsenal, with the spine of the team out of this one.
No Fabregas,Gallas,Song and RVP!
But. . . . . . . .
Football isn't played on paper
It's played on a football field
Come on Gunners!!!

^^Keep the faith

you guys hav ma word, arsenal's out. it's not as if i hav anyfin against them. i am a fan of Chelsea but i love watchin their games. just that we hav to be real!

I expect Arsenal to entertain as usual, give me future football gunners.

In 21hr's time, we shall know who's the best.

I believe that we will beat Barce at the Nou Camp. I see the gunners taking this game very seriously as song,our own essien,especially is out. If diaby,nasri,walcot,vermalean can pull 5star performances (very possible knowing how many injured players there are), barca will go down.


UP THE ARSENAL

If Arsenal could pull the kind of last minute stunt they did last week, against a weekend Barca defence, then this match is gonna be unpredictable.
Keeping my fingers crossed on this one.

mykali:

If Arsenal could pull the kind of last minute stunt they did last week, against a weekend Barca defence, then this match is gonna be unpredictable.
Keeping my fingers crossed on this one.

Guy, Lets wait and see!

Only a few comes to nou camp and go with their head up!
they will have a chance against barcelona but barcelona will have chances.
i am afraid its the end of the road for my beloved gunners.

There is no proper blog post this morning, just moaning. Seriously, with all that traffic this morning I’m in no mood to even start to share my thoughts about what I think will happen tonight. Ahead of the first leg with Barcelona, I was in a highly confident mood that we would win and even though we came away with a draw, I was satisfied that the boys had done their best. This morning, I have the same feeling I had just before the away games at Olympiacos and Man City (Carling Cup).

Injuries and suspensions have depleted both sides to the extent that it seems to have balanced out their strengths and weaknesses. For Barcelona they have Puyol and Pique suspended while Ibrahimovic is out due to injury. For Arsenal, the list is endless. Picking only the recent injuries, I’d mention Gallas, Fabregas, Song and Arshavin. With Rosicky and Campbell doubtfull we face an uphill task to get the win we need.

Possible line up: Almunia, Sagna, Silvestre, Vermaelen, Clichy, Denilson, Nasri, Eboue, Diaby, Bendtner, Eduardo

I think the boss should go with Walcott on the bench and leave him with the role of the impact player. If it’s still a draw at half time, he could then withdraw Sagna and push Eboue to right back with Walcott slotting into the attack. We also need Diaby to wake up and have an ON day while Denilson needs a repeat of his performance in the second leg. Barring that we are in deep trouble.

I won’t even talk about the title race because at the moment, the only thing on our minds is the Nou Camp. News that Iniesta trained yesterday is sure to send shivers down the spines of many an Arsenal fan but I suspect he will be rested as the have the tie with Real Madrid at the weekend. Maybe that would work in our favour.

Till then, I leave you with the words of Daniel Karbassiyoon on Twitter

“We once beat Inter at the San Siro 5-1. We beat AC Milan at the San Siro, and we also beat Real Madrid at the Bernabau. Belief and character”

For me, I’ll just hope that Thierry Henry scores an own goal!

My Verdict: Arsenal 0 Barcelona 1

~`Gooner`~:

There is no proper blog post this morning, just moaning. Seriously, with all that traffic this morning I’m in no mood to even start to share my thoughts about what I think will happen tonight. Ahead of the first leg with Barcelona, I was in a highly confident mood that we would win and even though we came away with a draw, I was satisfied that the boys had done their best. This morning, I have the same feeling I had just before the away games at Olympiacos and Man City (Carling Cup).

Injuries and suspensions have depleted both sides to the extent that it seems to have balanced out their strengths and weaknesses. For Barcelona they have Puyol and Pique suspended while Ibrahimovic is out due to injury. For Arsenal, the list is endless. Picking only the recent injuries, I’d mention Gallas, Fabregas, Song and Arshavin. With Rosicky and Campbell doubtfull we face an uphill task to get the win we need.

Possible line up: Almunia, Sagna, Silvestre, Vermaelen, Clichy, Denilson, Nasri, Eboue, Diaby, Bendtner, Eduardo

I think the boss should go with Walcott on the bench and leave him with the role of the impact player. If it’s still a draw at half time, he could then withdraw Sagna and push Eboue to right back with Walcott slotting into the attack. We also need Diaby to wake up and have an ON day while Denilson needs a repeat of his performance in the second leg. Barring that we are in deep trouble.

I won’t even talk about the title race because at the moment, the only thing on our minds is the Nou Camp. News that Iniesta trained yesterday is sure to send shivers down the spines of many an Arsenal fan but I suspect he will be rested as the have the tie with Real Madrid at the weekend. Maybe that would work in our favour.

Till then, I leave you with the words of Daniel Karbassiyoon on Twitter

“We once beat Inter at the San Siro 5-1. We beat AC Milan at the San Siro, and we also beat Real Madrid at the Bernabau. Belief and character”

For me, I’ll just hope that Thierry Henry scores an own goal!

My Verdict: Arsenal 0 Barcelona 1

That's the spirit my guy. Thanks for accepting defeat GALANTLY !

Injuries and suspensions have depleted both sides to the extent that it seems to have balanced out their strengths and weaknesses

While it's true injury had depleted the two sides, Arsenal seems to be worst hit. For every absentee in Barca, there is an alternative as good as the absentee. So Barca may not feel the absence of these people you mentioned. Unlike Arsenal, we always have problem of weaker replacement when a top player is out.

On paper Barca goes through, but something just keeps coming to my mind that Arsenal will shock Barca at Nou Camp; I dont really know where the feeling is coming from and I have tried to banish it away but it keeps coming back. So for gunners haters, be ready for a shock.

Away from my fantasy, if Barca will go through, Pls god of soccer, don't let it be a massacre

Lmao!i will tell pep to tamper soccer with mercy/messi.

few hours to go.
Barca the Almighty

ogazi007:

Lmao!i will tell pep to tamper soccer with mercy/messi.

annold:

you guys hav ma word, arsenal's out. it's not as if i hav anyfin against them. i am a fan of Chelsea but i love watchin their games. just that we hav to be real!

was rubin kazan beating barcelona a dream or reality?
if you/we all want to be real, then we'll all wait till the end of the match, cos in reality,it is never over before the match.
remember cameroon and senegal both beat defending world cup champions.

the odds are against us,it might seem unlikely, but we will win barca by a single goal margin. (ie 0-1, 1-2).

I dont think we can escape with a win without Barca scoring, me thinks it's more likely to 2-1 or arsenal win after penalty shoot-out

yep, the score was 1 - 2 with aggregate of 3 - 4 in favour of Arsenal "no sentimental"

no comment,

I think we should be watching out for who will meet us in the semis, Mourinho will be a tricky customer for the gunz.

So what happened to NOT putting the Cart before the kete-kete

Well, ppl av given their own predictions, we av too many players injured, gallas, fabregas and lately song. Barca is in pole position to qualify but lets see what happen 2nite at nou camp. I rest my case till after the match. Gunners 4life,