VfL Wolfsburg vs Manchester United

Can Manchester United scrape through to the last 16 of The Champions League tonight by either beating Wolfsburg or praying that PSV can’t win against CSKA Moscow. They have a chance but the way they have been playing under Louis Van Gaal….I don’t know, it might all depend on whether CSKA can hold off PSV if you ask me…you can’t blame me for thinking like that, Manchester United scored only 5 goals in November and Wolfsburg are there toughest competition in the group!

It’s a big game, no questions asked…the way Man U plays though won’t be enough to get past Wolfsburg if you ask me, unless Martial, Mata or Depay shine through and score a goal or two! Man United are being accused of boring football but that doesn’t always matter if the result comes along…if they get the win via a boring game, does it matter tonight? As long as they win, right?

However, they could lose and end up in the Europa League, no idea how fans would feel about that, would it bother you to be in that competition and to have to play that Thursday night game? All I know is that Man U need that win because a draw isn’t a guarantee to progress, not if PSV win….I[‘m sure United fans will be keeping an eye on that game as they pray for their team to attack, attack and attack…like the team of old, the one that was known for attacking football! Playing safe could cost the club a spot in the last 16…even though they have most of the possession in recent games….does it matter of you do nothing with it….I mean, it was like 2 shots on target in the last game for the Red Devils?

 

via Wikipedia.org

Wolfsburg Team

 

01 Benaglio

15 Träsch

25 Aparecido Rodrigues

18 Dante

34 Rodríguez

23 Guilavogui

27 Arnold

08 Vieirinha

11 Kruse

10 Draxler

17 Schürrle

Manchester United Team

01 de Gea

30 Varela

12 Smalling

17 Blind

36 Darmian

31 Schweinsteiger

27 Fellaini

35 Lingard

08 Mata

07 Depay

09 Martial

Should be a good game!

Can Arsenal Beat Bayern Munich?

Do I think we can beat Bayern Munich this week? The answer to that is of course I think we can! But do I think that we should? Well…my answer would be No and hear me out, I’m a massive Arsenal fan, don’t get me wrong…I’ll be one till I’m long gone from this world but this week, we will not be beating Bayern Munich at the Emirates, the best I see is a draw…I’ve seen Arsenal get a win over a team that they thought they’d lose to, lose focus on what’s important and throw it all away! And for me, the Premier League matters more than the Champions League!

Why?

True, beating Man United is always good and all of, amazing in fact! But they aren’t as strong as they once were as of yet…We have also gotten overexcited about beating Watford FC and no disrespect to that team but their not exactly Bayern Munich…a team that is unbeaten so far this season and to be honest, I think beating Munich might actually be bad for us… do us more harm than good!I mean how elated will fans be by beating Munich? Over the moon, we’ll predict that we can go on and win the whole thing! Would our focus shift away from the Premier League which I think should be our MAIN FOCUS this season! And onto a cause that I don’t think Arsenal are ready for…yet? I don’t think Arsenal can win the Champions League yet, our squad can’t do that yet…none of them know what it’s like to win the Premier League and winning a Champions League might just be a step too far as of right now for the team! I would love us to win it! Of course I would! But when a rare opportunity to actually challenge for the Premier League presents itself, surely, we should care about that more this year, right?

Until we win the Premier League again, I doubt we will ever get close to the Champions League Final ever again! Sad but likely true, I mean…would a loss to Munich be the end of the world for us? A win over Everton this weekend and possibly Man United beating City would likely put us on top of the league by goal difference! If we win the League then I’ll think we have more of a chance to progress in the Champions League next season…the players will know what it’s like to win the big one by then, they’ll have a real taste for it! I know we’ve won F.A Cups and Shields recently but they don’t compare as much to the Premier League title! We’d be really confident then!

Winning the Champions League this season with in form teams like Real Madrid, Barcelona, PSG and Bayern Munich is asking too much from us really…Sure we have Ozil, Sanchez and Cech but is that enough? The other three English Clubs will likely progress out of the group stages or possibly finish 3rd but unless we beat Munich or will all 3 of our last games, we look set to crash out of the Group Stages and I’d prefer 4th to 3rd so we avoid that Thursday night game, 3rd would be a disaster because that would be the Champions League and more than likely the Premier League as well! It’d just be the Europa League and would winning that make Arsenal Fans happy? I know I would be! But we want the Premier League! It’s been 10 years since we last lifted it and I’m tired of everyone reminding us about that! This could be our best chance to lift it once more and I’d rather lose to Bayern Munich on Tuesday and go on to challenge for the Premier League than win the game…get over confident and screw up everything! Not saying we would but…our chance of winning the League is greater out of the Champions League than in it! Our day in the Champions League will come but babysteps! one thing at a time…win Premier League…then Champions League!

COME ON ARSENAL!

PSV 2 Manchester United 1

Not the start Manchester United will have wanted tonight in Holland as their Champions League campaign was halted by a shocking 2-1 defeat at the hands of PSV, Memphis Depay’s former club and despite him scoring against them in the 41st minute, their lead was short lived and before long, they were 2-1 down. It just wasn’t enough to give the Red Devil’s all 3 points tonight, leaving them to fall behind Wolfsburg who won their game 1-0 against CSKA leaving United 3rd in their group. Not only a loss to contend with but United also lost Luke Shaw to a suspected Broken Leg which is never funny and I wish him a quick recovery and best wishes but hey, he’ll likely be back before Jack Wilshere ever is!!

Not a good night if your a United fan but I’m sure you won’t be that disheartened and that you’ll bounce back and still qualify but personally, you’ll need to perform better then that to do so, Wolfsburg will be tough as will CSKA, especially the away games so the home games will need to be the winners and perhaps a tough couple of draws in Germany and Russia should be enough to at least get 2nd place or face the Europa league again.

Man of Match: Depay

Man U UCL Points: 0

Next UCL Game: Wolfsburg at Old Trafford- A MUST WIN!