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Titolo: Arsenal is gone

FULL TIME REPORT
VALENCIA  vs  ARSENAL 
1  -  0 
Attendance :  
The
dream is over. We have bowed out of the Champions League on away goals at
the quarter-final stage after a hard-fought 1-0 defeat in Valencia. 
The
killer goal came after 74 minutes of tense, tight football in the Mestalla
Stadium. Jocelyn Angloma sent over an inviting cross from the left and John
Carew leapt above Tony Adams at the near post to flash a header across
David Seaman and into the net. The ball bounced just in front of the
England keeper and he did manage to get a hand on it, however Carew had put
sufficient power on the ball to take it over the line.
It made the score
2-2 on aggregate, but the Spanish side had the advantange of that crucial
away goal in the first leg at Highbury almost two weeks earlier.
Before
the game, Arsene Wenger had brought in Sylvain Wiltord up front for Kanu
and Ashley Cole for the injured Silvinho. Not surprisingly the home side
settled quicker with Miguel Angel Angulo sending his shot just wide of
Seaman’s right-hand post, then Gaizka Mendieta firing into the keeper’s
midriff.
But these were just sighters. Carew got a clear chance on goal
in the 17th minute when he latched onto a pass from Juan Sanchez just
inside the area. Cole did well to track back and put off the big Norwegian
striker who blazed wide when he should have done better.
It was all
Valencia and, but for a stunning save by Seaman they would have gone ahead
in the 25th minute. Carew and Vicente combined beautifully on the left side
of Arsenal area and the striker deflected shot appeared to creeping in the
corner of the goal before Seaman managed to change direction and claw the
ball around the post.
To their credit, Arsenal weathered the early storm
and had their first meaningful effort on goal after 32 minutes when Wiltord
worked space for himself on the edge of the area and let fly. Goalkeeper
Canizares got down to smother the ball easily but if the Frenchman had
found a little more power he may have been struggling. Thierry Henry tested
Canizares again from distance before the half time whistle as Arsenal
continued to make some headway.
Freddie Ljungberg replaced Ray Parlour
after the break and might have won a penalty with his first run after he
was felled just inside the area. However referee Kim Milton Neilson waved
play on. 
It was indicative of Arsenal’s attitude to the second half.
After Seaman had seen Amedeo Carboni’s 30-yard drive flashed well wide, we
started to push forward with purpose.
Lauren sent the galloping Henry
clear and our French striker seemed to have a sniff of goal before he was
cleverly shepherded to safety by Mauricio Pellegrino, who also blocked the
eventual shot.
But Valencia knew they had to find a goal from somewhere
and upped the pressure. Sanchez cut into the area and sent over a cross
that Martin Keown nodded away from the head of Carew.
Then after Milton
denied Mendieta what the home fans thought was a penalty, Henry dribbled
through a ruck of defenders but the angle was too tight to squeeze home his
shot.
Carew’s goal changed everything. Suddenly, Valencia’s fluent
passing returned and was tailor-made to contain our urgency.
Arsene
Wenger sent Tony Adams forward but with little effect. In fact Valencia
came nearer to scoring on the break.
In third minute of injury time came
our final effort when Henry’s limp shot was clutched by a grateful
Canzares. 
We had come so close but it had not quite been good enough.
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 1  -  0 
Ma non dovevate vincere per tre volte consecutivamente la Coppa 
Campioni?:-)
Ciao!
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ma spiegabili?" (Felice Mastro[nzo])

Campioni?:-)
Prima di tutto dovrebbero vincere il loro campionato, sicuramente (??) il
più bello del mondo, sicuramente quello più combattuto, si deve aspettare
sempre l'ultima giornata per sapere chi ha vinto, non come in Italia...
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 Attendance :
Non te la prendere, ma ho goduto come un matto!
Fuori gli inglesi dalle coppe!!!!!
Coach
Adelante Valencia!

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Bestia Fan Club - Tessera n°013
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Adelante Valencia!
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 the quarter-final stage after a hard-fought 1-0 defeat in Valencia. 
[CUT]
 
cosa t'aspettavi dall'Arsenal?!?
Di meglio?!?
ROMA E BASTA
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 sempre l'ultima giornata per sapere chi ha vinto, non come in Italia...
che pena quel campionato...sembra quello scozzese in cui vincono sempre e 
solo i Rangers o i Celtics...solo che nella Premier c'è solo il 
Manchester :)
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ma perche' parlate senza sapere? la squadra che ha vinto di piu' e' il
Liverpool, e il manchester ha solo 3 scudetti piu' dell'Arsenal.... cosi'
difficile aprire un albo d'oro prima di scrivere parole a vanvera????
sinceramente, sparare sentenze senza sapere nulla e' molto fastidioso....
ma poi in Italia chi vince sempre? non e' che ora che ha appena vinto lo
scudetto la Lazio e quest'anno la Roma (?) le cose siano tanto diverse...
gli scudetti in Italia (in epoca moderna) li vincono al 90% solo Inter,
Mila e Juve...
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 Mila e Juve...
Stop!!!!!!! The best at this game is ovviamente il campionato francese.
Un campione differente ogni anno da 1990 (all'eccezione di Marsiglia con
3 scudetti) :)
Il migliore di tutti i tempi : Saint-Etienne con solo 10 scudetti.
E anche quest'anno lo possono vincere ancora 4 clubs a tre giorni della
fine : Nantes, Lyon, Lille e Bordeaux.

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ma dico: le cerchi le battute facili?
meglio della Roma ha fatto. Non era
molto difficle, lo so...
ma almeno noi siamo arrivati ai quarti ed usciti
per diff. reti... inoltre, alla fine, forse abbiamo anche la stessa
posizione in classifca, la seconda :-))))
Naturalmente il prossimo anno ci
incontreremmo in Champion...sempre se superate il primo turno... :-)
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Campioni?:-)
eheheheheh
(¯`·.¸(¯`·.¸ Kojiro ¸.·´¯)¸.·´¯) 

 e Juve...
da 20 anni a questa parte c'è più alternanza o sbaglio?!
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da 20 anni a questa parte c'è più alternanza o
sbaglio?!
sbagli.... ma in ogni caso cosa vuol dire l'alternanza?? anche
in Inghilterra ci sono le varie Atalanta o udinese... Sunderland o
Charlton, ad esempio.... ma per il titolo nisba... sempre e solo le piu'
potenti....
come in italia, Spagna, germania, olanda....
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 incontreremmo in Champion...sempre se superate il primo turno... :-)
difficile,visto che noi il prossimo anno staremo in serie B...
Peccato,sarebbe stato bello incontrarci in Intertoto :)
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