GOONER1991
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Crunch tie in this final Champions League Group Stage match day. It's pretty unknown for a team to have 12 points at this stage and still having not qualified.
Napoli will throw everything they have at us. Hopefully Hamsik is unavailable for this, but Higuain is a danger (as I'm sure we all know). They are a quality team and can hurt us, but their defence has been more than suspicious recently, so we need to make the most of that.
--------------Szczesny
Sagna - Mertesacker - Koscielny - Gibbs
------------Flamini - Arteta
Walcott --------Rosicky----------Cazorla
----------------Giroud
I fear Wenger will go with the team we had today.
Remember:
Arsenal Win = Top Spot
Draw = Top Spot
Lose 2-0 or less = Qualify Second Place (if Dortmund win in Marseille).
Lose by 3 clear goals = Third Place (if Dortmund win in Marseille).
We've done awesome to get in this position, it's unbelievable that we haven't qualified. Qualifying top (or at all) will be testament to our strength, as this really was a group of death. We need to qualify top. Even though some great teams are in second place, if we're lucky, we may get a reasonable draw. Qualify second and we will be pretty much guaranteed a difficult draw.
If we lose by 3, it would be disastrous, as our performance will have been a train-wreck, and we will likely be sentenced to Thursday nights on ITV4/Channel 5.