Match Preview
Hangzhou Greentown v Arsenal
Pre-season Friendly,
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Kick-off: 12:30
After Arsenal’s convincing win against Malaysia XI on Wednesday, today is a match they’ll be expected to win in China by a far greater margin. Once again I don’t know much about the opposition, not because I’m ignorant, just because I’ve never heard anything of them.
It’s god too see that we’re widely accepted as the Asia tour is provided with an enormous amount of hospitality, for quite frankly players who are well over paid for a job that doesn’t matter too much. You could almost say they’re treated like Gods.
Back to the match and it’ll see the usual rotation in the pre-season. Those who’ll start the match will be those who need their fitness to be increased. So we can see any line-up today.
I would personally like to see another look and Miyachi and Jenkinson for a long period today, as I didn’t manage to catch the game on Wednesday. The partnership of Koscielny and Vermaelen needs another look at also, this is because they haven’t played together for a long enough periods.
Once again the team should try as hard as possible to keep running and chasing down the opponents to use that mentality for the season ahead and also to increase their fitness ready for a busy August.
Here is what the starting team could look like:
Arsenal
Szczesny
Sagna Djourou Squillaci Traore
Frimpong Ramsey
Walcott Nasri Miyachi
Van Persie
Prediction
Hangzhou Greentown 1-6 Arsenal
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