Roller coaster of a week for the Gunners

Indeed it was, one time we are up the next time we are down. Arsenal latest match also provide the same roller coaster ride that could cause a healthy fans a sudden heart attack. The match i’m talking about was the Champions League Group H opener againts Standard Liege.

Arsenal won in the end with the final scoreline of 3-2 courtesy of Bendtner(45), Vermaelen(78) and Eduardo(81). The home side took the lead after just 2 minutes of kick-off through Eliaquim Mangala and just when Arsenal was about to regroup they had scored again, this time through a 5th minute penalty converted by Milan Jovanovic.

Arsenal were lucky in this match if i say so myself, apart from Bendtner quality finish, we had to thank the linesman for allowing Vermaelen goal despite him being in an offside position and a lucky goal from Eduardo who kneed in the goal at close range from a corner.

One might ask why in the world was Eduardo even allowed to play in this match after being banned for to match, well the reason is simple, the banned was overturned after Arsenal appealed againts the ban. As for why it was overturned, i honestly have no idea cause from my perspective the ban was justified even if i’m an Arsenal fans.

These past couple of weeks has been tough for the Gunners, three straight away matches and two of them againts Man Utd and Man City was perhaps too much to handle for the Gunners. After all the bad luck that we’ve suffered againts those teams, it was a welcome relief that lady luck has finally decided to look our way again. With a home win expected againts Wigan this saturday, let’s hope we can build up some momentum to raised up the spirit at the Emirates.

Put some cheer on the face of our fans once again. COME ON YOU GUNNERS!!

Spain marched on to South Africa

Spain 3( Fabregas 33, Cazorla 79, Juan Mata 90)- 0 Estonia

Spain secured their spot for next year world cup final thanks to earlier result in their favour; the 1-1 draw between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Turkey. Cesc Fabregas plays an important role in the game scoring the first goal and setting up Cazorla for the second.

It was a nervy opening for the host as Estonia created a couple of chances in which they failed to convert. The first goal settle their nerved and the Spanish was able to see off their opponents professionallly with to two more goals near the end of the game.

England also secured their spot after humbling Croatia 5-1 thanks to two goals apiece by Lampard and Gerrard with Rooney also on the scoresheet. Eduardo managed to score a consolation goal for the Croatian but only after they were well beaten by an impressive England side.

The English, Spanish and Brazil must be hot favourite for next year world cup after their performance in the qualifying  round. Though there’s still games left to play, it will only serves as a warm up matches now that they have safely qualified.

Now all eyes will be on former world champion, France and the talented side of Portugal. Both were struggling in the qualifying with Portugal losing out on the automatic spot and can only hope for the play-off spot. The French still had an outside chance for the automatic qualifying spot but the Serbian are well equiped to took that spot.

On the other side of the continent, Argentina are in big trouble as they stumble yet again and this time in the shaped of Paraguay. The host beat Argentina with a single goal by Valdez just before the half-hour mark. If their poor form continues, they are likey too miss the train to South Africa next year which is a shame really considering the talent they had at their disposal.

Next year World Cup line up has slowly began to grow and it is disturbing  to think that there’ll be no Argentina, France and Portugal in the list. Although if they really did miss out on one of the greatest sporting event in the world, they only had themselves to blame.