Arsenal look set to win this year’s Amsterdam tournament hosted by Ajax. I (as I’m sure many fellow Gunners) watched the 2 games we played this weekend: first against, Ajax, a 1-0 victory for the Gunners, and 2nd, a 2-1 victory ove Porto. Some thoughts on these two matches:
So it appears we have a bad summer (in terms of transfer activity), we lost a key player, adding just one new face to the squad. But there is something we have to understand – it’s not Arsenal and Wenger are not TRYING to buy a new player. It’s just that we couldn’t find a right deal, or in the Beast’s case, some players are not keen joining us. So what else can Wenger do? If anyone has played the Championship Manager series, the transfer dealing there is rather easy, just throw whatever you got trying to land the players you fancy. If it doesn’t work out and your clubs goes broke, no big deal, just start a new game. However, in real life I suppose things may be a little bit more complicated and difficult than just throwing away cash.
Thanks to new boy Alexander Hleb, and 18 year old Arturo Lupoli, Arsenal ran out 1-0 winners over hosts Ajax at their opening match of the Amsterdam Tournament today.
It took 87 minutes of waiting before the goal, but it was worth it just to see Hleb juke the Ajax defense and send a pin-point through ball to Lupoli who drove it home.
A nice win, as it puts the Gunners in a postion to win the tournament when they face Porto on Sunday. Porto beat Boca Juniors 2-0 in the early match tonight.
GolTV will most likely be showing the Ajax v Arsenal match again at 9PM ET tonight, as it currently leads the Viewers Choice voting. However, regardless of whether they show it at 9PM, it willl definitely be aired again at 2 AM ET.
If you don’t have GolTV, make sure you at the very least catch the highlights somewhere, if only to see Hleb’s setup.