Ok, so we got these guys, what do we know about them?
1. They have no real 'stars'. Savo Milosevic, Juanfran and Mostovoi are their most highprofile players, and at 35 Mostovoi is not the player he was. Milosevic improved greatly after leaving Aston Villa (who wouldn't?!). Juanfran is real good, and a fixture of the national team.
2. They may be Spanish, but they're a defensive team primarily. They don't score a lot of goals. They usually play 4-5-1. Against Real last year they played 7-3-0 - unsurprisingly, they got a draw! Expect much the same against us, particularly at Highbury.
3. They have Silvinho, and it would be nice to see him again...
4. They have their own Edu, who's pretty decent, apparently.
5. We tried to flog Kanu to them in the summer, but he didn't wanna go - and Cabellero, their Argentinian goalie was apparently on Wenger's longlist of potential replacements for Seaman.
6. This is a good draw for us. No nasty weather to surprise us, a style of football which suits us, and a team who are in rancid form domestically ... they're currently in the bottom four of La Liga.
7. Roll on February.
1. They have no real 'stars'. Savo Milosevic, Juanfran and Mostovoi are their most highprofile players, and at 35 Mostovoi is not the player he was. Milosevic improved greatly after leaving Aston Villa (who wouldn't?!). Juanfran is real good, and a fixture of the national team.
2. They may be Spanish, but they're a defensive team primarily. They don't score a lot of goals. They usually play 4-5-1. Against Real last year they played 7-3-0 - unsurprisingly, they got a draw! Expect much the same against us, particularly at Highbury.
3. They have Silvinho, and it would be nice to see him again...
4. They have their own Edu, who's pretty decent, apparently.
5. We tried to flog Kanu to them in the summer, but he didn't wanna go - and Cabellero, their Argentinian goalie was apparently on Wenger's longlist of potential replacements for Seaman.
6. This is a good draw for us. No nasty weather to surprise us, a style of football which suits us, and a team who are in rancid form domestically ... they're currently in the bottom four of La Liga.
7. Roll on February.