Gallas Escapes Punishment: We are so so lucky
Add comment February 19th, 2008
Somehow, William Gallas has escaped a ban for kicking the showboating Nani. Apparently, the referee “was not satisfied that it showed evidence of violent conduct”. Watching it again, I’m amazed that kicking someone no longer qualifies as “violent conduct”. Thankfully all my prayers to the dark footballing gods seem to have paid off, and we won’t be without Gallas in our vital league run-in.
Ahead of tomorrow’s game with Milan, we’ve had the good news that Sagna, Clichy, Flamini and Adebayor will all be available again. Manuel Almunia, however, has other things to worry about, so Jens Lehmann will continue in goal.
Fabio Capello has been speaking about the game, and seems positive about our chances:
“When the draw was made, I felt AC Milan could not have got a worse proposition than Arsenal. I believe that Arsenal are one of the very top teams in Europe. They combine great quality with great speed and will be very different from the team beaten at Old Trafford. Manchester United prevented Cesc Fà bregas from having any effect, which was a key factor in their dominance, but Emmanuel Adebayor, Mathieu Flamini and Gaël Clichy will be back against AC Milan. Adebayor is on extraordinary form, but the whole team play great football.”
I’m really starting to look forward to the game now. If you’ve been wondering why the blog was so late today, it’s because I’ve been attending to some business in central London – where, funnily enough, I shared a coffee table with Nicklas Bendtner.
Small world, eh.
