Tricky draw. I got to admit, this is one of my fav arsenal sides. Considering what happened at beginning of season, they way wenger's settled the ship and they are still in position to get top 4. Kudos.
A few tactical adjustments i've noticed. He's switched to more of a 4-1-4-1. Packing midfield a bit more. And he's been using more defensive FBs. Vermaelen wide a little, Koncesky, Djourou etc. I wonder if that'll stay but it's given him more solidarity.
The midfield and attack has been pretty consistent-
RVP
Gervinho--Arteta--Ramsey--Walcott
Song
Defense
I'm not a fan of Gervinho, the others work well. Arteta settled. Ramsey is a quality all around player. Walcott is quality.
My major fear is their ability to slip behind our midfield/fullbacks and out pace up.
I wouldn't be so worried about RvP if I was Milan, Milan are lucky that RvP's neither particularly quick or strong, he's just very good technically, and literally does everything you'd want a centre forward to do in every phase of play. Nesta and Silva are two of the best CB's in the world at reading the game, they're on a different level to your average PL defender.
My fear would be Walcott, he's given Barca a lot of trouble in recent years and if Taiwo can't fit in at LB that could be a big problem.
This is a weaker Arsenal team than anything they've assembled this millenium though, I fancy Milan to take it. And this is the one team in England that Ibra can succeed against.
Walcott on counter is fear #1.
My second fear is RVP's ability to join in build up and then late runs from midfield. Our LB cannot stay with walcott and MVB would struggle marking ramsey or arteta from midfield
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all and all, I'm impressed by wenger's ability to adapt. They are beatable. A new LB would go a LOOONG way.
For me, the keys for milan defensively will be MVB + LB. Neither of which i have faith in.
In attack, i think aquilani and robinho need to have big games. Robinho's ability to drift will get them out of position, and aquilani coming up unmarked should be able to pick out his passes.
Well and zlatan not acting like a bastard.