A Good Time To Be Playing Managerless Real Madrid?
Jun 2nd, 2018 by 'holic
That was a long week, but it is so good to be able to do a proper match preview again ahead of tomorrow’s visit to Real Madrid by the Arsenal. OK, the Arsenal Legends then. The two squads read like a who’s who of world football in the eighties, nineties, and noughties, with thanks to arsenal.com.
We go with goalkeepers David Seaman and Manuel Almunia behind a defence picked from Emmanuel Eboue, Lauren, Sol Campbell, Matthew Upson, Pascal Cygan, and Nutty Nigel Winterburn.
We have fewer midfield options so it could be a hard evenings work for Anders Limpar, Gilles Grimandi, Emmanuel Petit, Ray Parlour, and Robert Pires. The strikers are Nicolas Anelka, Jeremy Aliadiere, and Luis Boa Morte. The team will be managed by David O’Leary and his assistant, Jose-Antonio Reyes.
Real Madrid have a numerical advantage and some real superstars available including Irish left-back Robert O’Carlos, Emilio Butragueño, Raúl González, Julio Baptista (remember him!), Fernando Morientes, the real Ronaldo, Clarence Seedorf, Luis Figo, and Xabi Alonso.
I don’t mind admitting I am looking forward to watching this match hugely, although I fear we may be in for a tough but thoroughly enjoyable evening. I went to see us defeat the Milan Legends at the Grove 4-2 in September and the quality of the football, albeit at a slower pace, was excellent. We won that thanks to a Kanu hat-tick and Robert Pires tap-in from a Freddie Ljungberg cross against a brace from Christian Vieri.
If you are in the UK you can watch the match live on arsenal.com from 5.50 pm UK time, and kick off is scheduled for 6 pm. If you are outside the UK and cannot access a stream you might want to Google how to get a VPN which I believe can make it appear as though you are somewhere else. Don’t ask me any more than that as I haven’t got a clue!
Whatever you are doing this weekend, have a great one ‘holics.
6 Responses to “A Good Time To Be Playing Managerless Real Madrid?”
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I always thought Upson was a top defender and very under rated. That leg break he suffered curtailed his career unfortunately. Cygan was also very accomplished but never suited to our high line style!
Interesting stuff H. Will tune in for a glimpse of a few old idols. Nutty and Limpar must have looked after themselves very well still to be able to take part. A pity Reyes can’t get a game.
Skybet listing Arsene Wenger as the 7/4 favourite to be next Real Madrid manager … but it was the same outfit that listed whatsisname as favourite to be next Arsenal manager just hours before Unai Emery was named. Odd, how I can’t remember who whatsisname was several days later …
Not sure I will get to see much of the game but I’m sure that some of those named could still turn out in the prem?
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