Wenger won't gamble nasri for barca game.
Arsenal manager Arsene
Wenger will not be "stupid"
by rushing back midfielder
Samir Nasri for Wednesday's
Champions League last 16
first-leg match against
Barcelona, the Frenchman
said on Monday.
"I will not take a crazy
gamble," Wenger said of his
compatriot Nasri, who he
admitted is "physically
ready" after a two-week
layoff with a hamstring
injury.
"He has worked very hard in
the last week...just there is a
risk to have a setback,"
Wenger added on the club's
website (www.arsenal.com)
before saying Nasri would
have tests on Monday and
Tuesday.
"Who isn't desperate to
play? But there is another
game in three weeks. We
also have Leyton Orient, the
Carling Cup Final, we have
so many games coming up it
is important not to be
stupid."
Arsenal play in the FA Cup
fifth round against Orient on
Sunday and the League Cup
final against Birmingham on
Feb. 27, when they will seek
to win their first trophy since
the 2005 FA Cup. They head
to Spain for the return leg
against Barcelona on March
8.
In last year's Champions
League quarterfinal Arsenal
clung on for a 2-2 draw in
London against the Spanish
champions but were torn
apart 4-1 at the Nou Camp.
"Here (at the Emirates
Stadium) we will try to play to
our strengths," Wenger said.
"We will try to attack the
other team.
Wenger will not be "stupid"
by rushing back midfielder
Samir Nasri for Wednesday's
Champions League last 16
first-leg match against
Barcelona, the Frenchman
said on Monday.
"I will not take a crazy
gamble," Wenger said of his
compatriot Nasri, who he
admitted is "physically
ready" after a two-week
layoff with a hamstring
injury.
"He has worked very hard in
the last week...just there is a
risk to have a setback,"
Wenger added on the club's
website (www.arsenal.com)
before saying Nasri would
have tests on Monday and
Tuesday.
"Who isn't desperate to
play? But there is another
game in three weeks. We
also have Leyton Orient, the
Carling Cup Final, we have
so many games coming up it
is important not to be
stupid."
Arsenal play in the FA Cup
fifth round against Orient on
Sunday and the League Cup
final against Birmingham on
Feb. 27, when they will seek
to win their first trophy since
the 2005 FA Cup. They head
to Spain for the return leg
against Barcelona on March
8.
In last year's Champions
League quarterfinal Arsenal
clung on for a 2-2 draw in
London against the Spanish
champions but were torn
apart 4-1 at the Nou Camp.
"Here (at the Emirates
Stadium) we will try to play to
our strengths," Wenger said.
"We will try to attack the
other team.
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