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Will Wenger EVER Win The Champions League With Arsenal? by nairabetguru(m): 7:16pm On Feb 23, 2015 |
As Wenger prepares for the first leg of Arsenal’s Champions League last-16 tie against his former club Monaco on Wednesday, even the Frenchman himself might be inclined to agree with Mourinho’s assessment. Wenger may have ended Arsenal’s nine-year trophy drought with last season’s FA Cup triumph, but the Gunners look as far ever from winning one of the top prizes in club football. Any hopes of a challenge for the Premier League this season are long gone with the Gunners 12 points behind leaders Chelsea, while success in the Champions League would simply be to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2010. Because we all know how it ends with Arsenal in Europe’s elite competition. As soon as they come up against a leading side - whether it’s Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Real Madrid or Chelsea - their elimination is all but guaranteed. Arsenal have qualified for the Champions League for 17 seasons in a row but in recent years they have looked ever less likely to win the tournament. Football should be about glory, but too often for the north London club have been happy with nothing more than finishing in the top four and maintaining the status quo. It wasn’t always this way. Wenger guided Arsenal to the final in 2006 when they were beaten by Barcelona, and missed a huge chance in 2004 as the Invincibles were knocked out by Chelsea in the year Mourinho’s Porto were crowned Kings of Europe. And when the Frenchman looks back on his career, he will regret those missed opportunities to put a star above the Arsenal crest. Wenger has been in charge of Arsenal for more than 180 Champions League matches but boasts the unenviable record of being the manager who has played the most games without ever winning the competition. |
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