Europa League Semi Final Draw: Arsenal v Atletico Madrid

[Makingtrax]

Do you have a site you and Wengs get all these excuses from? I want to take a vacation with the mrs and I need some quality excuses for work.

You can't keep pretending this sh*t doesn't happen. Remember just before the 2017 cup final . . Mustafi was ill, Kos got a straight red from Michael Oliver, Gabriel was stretchered off with a knee injury, Gibbs got a thigh injury, and Cech got a knock in training. We had to play Ospina, Mert and Holding. We still won though

 

[Newchange]

Let the games begin

 

[Ara]

No fear!

 

[Gamefaced]

Have to beat the best to be the best

 

[dashsnow17]

No fear!

 

[BBF]

Worst possible draw. Simeone's gonna do a number on us.

 

[rich 1990]

Even if generally the English teams are a step down on the Spanish equivalents, which I agree with, that doesn't help the English teams spending the 4th, 5th and 6th amount to win their league. Liverpool 1989, Arsenal 2004 and Sp**s 1961.

Use your brain man.

Sp**s 1961 Good grief.

 

[Football Manager]

 

[HBL]

They lost 1-0 to Sporting last night, they clearly aren’t an unstoppable force. We can definitley beat them, we’ll need to be at our very best to do so.

 

[El Duderino]

Welp, it was fun while it lasted lads.

 

[Beksl]

What does the squat cost predict?

 

[Slartibartfast]

Their form is better than before the new year. While our defense has been regressing for the whole season.

On the other hand, Atletico was held scoreless by Sporting yesterday and lost to Villareal a few weeks ago. Arsenal hasn't lost in its last seven. So I don't think it's an insurmountable hill to climb.

 

[Dj_sds -]

Do you have a site you and Wengs get all these excuses from? I want to take a vacation with the mrs and I need some quality excuses for work.

You just dont understand probability. I feel sorry for him having to keep explaining it.

 

[OSBK]

To be the best you have to beat the best.

 

[TriniGunner]

They lost 1-0 to Sporting last night, they clearly aren’t an unstoppable force. We can definitley beat them, we’ll need to be at our very best to do so.

They weren't really trying to score last night to be honest.

 

[Stannis]

it was fun while it lasted lads

at times like this you just accept it and walk to your death

 

[KrissKringle]

I think it's curtains for us now that we drew Atletico. Sure, they're not unbeatable, but they have a very stable defense and with ours leaking goals left and right, they'll score 1-2 and sit back for the rest of the game while we pass it around like we always do in search of an equalizer/winner and get caught on the counter.
We've seen this scenario way too many times to know it's not highly likeable.

 

[Stannis]

they are too smart a team for us idiots to beat over two legs

 

[carter777]

They lost 1-0 to Sporting last night, they clearly aren’t an unstoppable force. We can definitley beat them, we’ll need to be at our very best to do so.

Atleti pretty much shut up shop for most of that game. Griezmann missed a couple of easy chances too. I don't think that result is indicative of where they are at all.

It's the toughest draw we could have got but who knows.

 

[<<reed>>]

Imagine Simeone trying to figure out how to defend against Welbeck.
An impossible task.