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Old 08-16-2011, 10:20 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18 View Post
Tough draw for both Arsenal and Udinese today.

Arsenal should have the advantage just because they are already further along in their season and the Serie A campaign still does not start for another couple weeks.

However with all the drama around Cesc, Nasri, the game this weekend, and with RVP being unavailable Udinese may have a shot.

Look out for Di Natale, a good goal scorer who never seems to get enough credit since he doesn't play for one of the "big" teams.
Di Natale is a very good striker, he scored 28 goals last season and can be very dangerous, particularly when hes going to be going up against the buttery soft defence of Arsenal.

I think Udinese have a decent chance here, Arsenal are much weakened, for instance, I have no idea who is going to score their goals with no Nasri, no Cesc and no RvP.

One of the things I keep hearing about Udinese is that they're well organized, and if that proves to be true then they could be tough to break down for a creativity-starved Arsenal. If Di Natale gets even 2 or 3 decent chances he could get an away goal and then Arsenal would be really in tough heading back to Italy.

I think Arsenal want to get away with a scoreless draw today until they can slot Nasri and RvP back into the squad in the second leg, I think they're only serving one match each right?
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