Arsenal 2 – 1 Steaua Bucharest

// December 12th, 2007 // Arsenal FC

Abou Diaby and Robin van Persie both started and played extremely well (the former opening the scoring just eight minutes in, the latter setting up Nick Bendtner’s 40th minute winner), while Theo Walcott used the opportunity to show further glimpses into his potential as the Gunners cruised to a meaningless 2-1 win over Steau. The result was rendered moot by virtue of three second half goals by Sevilla over Slavia in Prague to give the Andalucians top spot in the group.

Finishing second means that we will have to play one of the group winners. Eliminating Sevilla and the English teams, we could be drawn against any of the following teams in the first knockout phase, which takes place in late February and early March:

Porto

Real Madrid

Barcelona

AC Milan

Inter Milan

Each one’s a tough challenge, to be sure. We’ll find out which of those teams we’ll be playing when the draw is held next Friday the 21st.

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