CL: CSKA Moscow vs Arsenal | 17/10/06

[clockwork orange]

According to UEFA the match kicks off 18.30 CET (and not 5.45pm as mentioned in this website's fixture list).

Are we ready to take on the Russian Army?

Hope the pitch will not be too crap (as usual in Russia).

UEFA's match preview:

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Jo will not play v Arsenal

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After today's 2-1 home win v Rubin CSKA top the Russian League (league season from spring until autumn) with 45 points from 23 matches, 2 points clear of Lokomotiv and Spartak.


CSKA must be the club with most different names in their history (they seem to change everytime soviet policies changed). They started as a skiing club!:


1911-1922 - Obshestvo Lyubiteley Lyzhnogo Sporta (OLLS) (Amateur Society of Skiing Sports)
1923 - Opytno-Pokazatel'naya Ploschadka Vseobucha (OPPV)*
1924-1927 - Opytno-Pokazatel'naya Ploschadka Voenveda (OPPV)*
1928-1950 - Sportivnyi Klub Tsentral'nogo Doma Krasnoy Armii (CDKA) (Sports Club of Central House of the Red Army)
1951-1956 - Sportivnyi Klub Tsentral'nogo Doma Sovetskoy Armii (CDSA) (Sports Club of Central House of the Soviet Army)
1957-1959 - Tsentral'nyi Sportivnyi Klub Ministerstva Oborony (CSK MO) (Central Sports Club of the Ministry of Defense)
1960-Present - Tsentral'nyi Sportivnyi Klub Armii (CSKA) (Central Sports Club of Army)

* translation pending

 

[gunnerturk]

We win this one then we can feel lot more relaxed. The draw won't be bad though.
The match will be on ITV 4 in Britain.

 

[gun4glory]

So what time is it gonna be?

We'll do well...

 

[IBL]

We should go all out for the win as it would virtually ensure us of qualification into the next phase, we can then rest some key players during the remaining group matches and give some of our others a start. I expect Hleb and RvP to start today ahead of Ade and Walcott, both I think were today rested by Wenger with this match in mind.

 

[West Stand Gooner]

Will Eboue, Baptista or Fred be back for this game

 

[Da New Kid]

Im pretty confident we can win this match.

 

[JML]

Will Eboue, Baptista or Fred be back for this game

No.

http://www.arsenal.com/injury.asp?thisNav=First+Team&Title=Injury+News

 

[IBL]

Will Eboue, Baptista or Fred be back for this game

no, no and no

edit: ^ beaten to it

 

[Ragamuffin]

I don't know anything about this club.
Or well that's not completely true....I've seen the Uefa cup final in which they played-and won- a little over a year ago. They've got this handy striker called Wagner Love and a very decent side.
It's gonna be hard winning in Russia, but I think we'll go home with the three points anyway.

 

[clockwork orange]

I don't know anything about this club.
Or well that's not completely true....I've seen the Uefa cup final in which they played-and won- a little over a year ago. They've got this handy striker called Wagner Love and a very decent side.
It's gonna be hard winning in Russia, but I think we'll go home with the three points anyway.

Attacking midfielder Carvalho is their best player.

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/Pl ... index.html

--------------------Akinfeev------------------
V Berezutskiy-------Ignashevich-- A Berezutskiy
--------------Semberas-----Rahimic-----------
Dudu-----------------------------------Zhirkov
---------------------Carvalho-----------------
---------Vagner Love---------Olic-------------

 

[clockwork orange]

We should go all out for the win as it would virtually ensure us of qualification into the next phase, we can then rest some key players during the remaining group matches and give some of our others a start. I expect Hleb and RvP to start today ahead of Ade and Walcott, both I think were today rested by Wenger with this match in mind.

Think so too. In general it's not a good idea to defend when the pitch is crap.

 

[Beany]

Good excuse to leave the office early...

 

[AFCG7]

They are a very good side at home.. the conditions prob wont help us.. i reckon a point will be satisfactory.

 

[MightyArsenal]

In the pastIwould have said that we would lose this game quite easily, but we have a new mental toughness in the champions league nowadays, so I think we can nick a draw. Lets not be fooled CSKA are a very good side with very good players. Special attention should be given to Dudu who dives all over the place!!

 

[Alfonso]

Good article regarding this match:

http://sport.independent.co.uk/football ... 873794.ece

 

[fansfromindonesia]

always difficult facing team from russia..
carvalho and vagner love are in the brazilian team so they are good. olic is also good too.
if our defense do well, victory to us..!

 

[fansfromindonesia]

always difficult facing team from russia..
carvalho and vagner love are in the brazilian team so they are good. olic is also good too.
if our defense do well, victory to us..!

 

[Dez]

Carvalho keeps Baptista out of the Brazil team, he'll probably go to Spain sooner or later, we shouldn't take it lightly but a win is not out of our reach.

 

[You will never know....]

Win and we can really take it easy in our next 3 games from which two are at fotress Emirates

 

[bethie]

lousy weather and torrid pitch... all that looks like a draw to me.