There are two big matches of UEFA
Champions League round of sixteen second leg tonight. In the first match of the
return leg the British side Arsenal will take on the Italian giant AC Milan in their
homeground Emirates stadium in London,
in another match the Portugese side Benfica will play their home match against
the Russian side Zenit Saint Petersburg at Estádio do Sport stadium in Lisbon
In the first match the Gunners have
to do the daunting task ov overturning the 4 goal deficit against the Italian giant for
surviving in the tournament, in the 57
years history of the UEFA competitions only three teams have done before what Arsenal
must do to avoid the elimination by following their poor 0-4 defeat to the
Italian giant AC. Milan in their first
leg at San Siro stadium in Milan. The
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is strongly expecting that they will make the
impossible possible in their homeground, heavily relying on the Dutch international
Robin Van Persie, in a press meet Wenger told that “when you see the ball
landing at the feet of Van Persie you know he can deliver a special goal”. But
the problem for Wenger is that apart from the goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny
Arsenal’s defence remains vulnerable. On the other hand the Milan boss
Massimiliani Allegri, alerted his team against viewing the match as a
formality, he brought the examples of second
leg of the quarterfinal of 2004 against
Deportivo La Coruna, where they had a decent lead in first leg of 4-1 & the
final of the 2005 against Liverpool, where they were leading the match in a 3-0
margin in the first half.
In another match at Estádio
do Sport stadium in Lisbon the Portugese
side Benfica have to overturn their 2-3
deficit against the Russian champions Zenit
Saint Petersburg, the Benfica have never been on the loosing side against a
Russian opponent on their home soil, it will give a boost to them.
In a group B match of AFC cup the Kolkata
giant East Bengal lost to Al Orouba of
Yemen by a 0-1 margin today at the Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata. Fatai
Aloa scored the decider for the visitors by converting a spot kick in the 45th
minute of the play.
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