The Odds are Against US

I am writing this with less than two hours away from the kick-off of the Champions League match between Arsenal and Bayern Munich at the Emirates Stadium.

Fresh from being eliminated by Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup Round 5 at the same ground, it is understandable if the mood going into this match is not an optimistic one.

Many Gooners are feeling the fear that The Germans will run rampant at the shaky home defence, having scored 57 goals in 22 matches and conceding just seven.

The defeat against Rovers could be devastating to the morale of the clubs and everybody related to it.

For me, the feeling that I have inside me now is a sort of deja vu. It brought me back to the period when I was still a young supporter and at that time being a Gooner meant you were totally on your own among your peers as others opted to support the red side of the Mersey River.

Thus when the fixture between the two teams came, instead of expecting a win over Liverpool, I would be more excited if we could keep a clean sheet and score a few goals which was not an easy job against players such as Alan Hansen and Phil Thompson.

It was like we were expecting to lose even before the match had kicked-off.

Hence the deja vu.

Many football fans and pundits are predicting a win for Bayern, many also have said it will be a BIG win for them with the ones opting to say the home side will go to Munich in two weeks time with a lead could barely reach a significant number.

As for me, on paper everything pointed to a German win but as always, the Gooner inside says it is not impossible for Arsenal to get a positive result over the departing Jupp Heynckes side.


COYG!


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