I had wanted to watch the Arsenal-Barca match live the previous night but it was telecast in the wee hour so I opted for a replay on Astro. But it was just too bad that the match was replayed at 12 midnight last night, and a late sleep was still unavoidable after all. I guess having known the result, the game was not so excited anymore, not as nail-biting of course especially Arsenal seemed unable to overturn a 0-1 deficit until late minutes in the second half.
But the highly spirited young gunners never seemed to give up and very persistent in attacking which had resulted in Van Persie scoring the equalizer and Ashavin netted a winning goal, both late in the second half. The whole Emirates soared, and you could see tears coming out from the eyes of Arsenal fans in the stadium, tears of joy of course and tears of deep emotion too, as their young heros lived up to the expectation of attacking football and defending their home ground with high spirit.
The young lads such as Theo Walcott, Van Persie, Fabregres, Jack Wilshere were staying positive all the way despite a goal down, clawing back for a memorable win eventually. A fine football match is not all about skills, tactics or strategies, not all about precise passing or scoring beautiful goals. Team spirit is above all that will motivate the players and move the fans. Young gunners have displayed immense characters and never-say-die attitude and the fans were greatly moved by their fighting spirit.
Can Arsenal overturn Manchester United to win the Premier League then? They will if they show that sort of spirit when they were fighting Barca.
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