It would be a lie, if Arsenal
fans feel "proud" after the defeat when their team played in a position
of winner. And it would be very insensitive, if the Gooners didn’t feel a
stinging pain by the sight that their beloved players had to accept the loss
despite playing better, more fierily… Arsenal lost in a match they deserve more than that.
Arsenal have not really shot
themselves in the foot. Wenger's boys have shown they are faster, more
powerful, but not more experienced than opponent. The problem is there. In the
great battles, the key never depends on maintaining speed. Gunners had a
successful match, has created many scoring chances, and has led M.C fear by
deep inspired thrusts at two wings. But eventually, it was the wonderful
opportunity that M.C proved they… have more money.
In almost a year, does
Arsenal have changed anything? It seems not so much. Hope merged into
continuous victorys. Again and again, Emirates talks about the bright future
when the teenage players impressed in the Carling Cup. But the fragility has
covered it all. Maybe Arsenal fans used the dedication of the team to make a
shield for the failures, but Wenger is never. For him, the beauty and wonder
of the rough pearls can not compensate the pain of defeat. If Wenger simply
become a good teacher for the boys, so this means that Arsenal will never
return to the golden age.
To
be fair, in groups of six, Arsenal is the team always does everything
possible to overcome one's own self, in the context not often get the best
preparation for each season. The risks associated with the beauty of youth is
real, but there are still too many other things that influenced them. Arduous
journey has created a sense that covers real-football fans:
Just-beautiful-Arsenal will not be invincible.
The fans at the Emirates have
been ecstatic with the victorys, still felt proud when witnessing their guys
make any opponent’s face become green. But about the championship? The truth is that
no one wants to talk about it excitedly, and did not have any expert would dare
to attach that gift for Arsenal. Not only because of the habit of falling just
before the dawn, the main reason is still the fragility of a beautiful crystal
vase that Wenger has created.
In certain aspects, Arsenal
is a very special team. There, it is always an undying belief in creativity and
the ability of a 6-years-with-no-trophy manager. Why? Simply, because even if Wenger
is talking about what the football world will not understand, but at the
Emirates, which still are admirable and honorable ideas.
Something not lost, isn't just the memory of the past glory. Arsenal is still in challenging times,
fraught with difficulties and even faces to trophy crisis. But what Wenger’s doing still deserves
to be respected and supported, although Arsenal can not break the dominance of
Man Utd or have to accept the coronation of M.C in this season.
At least,
Arsenal's men have shown their value - the BEAUTY.
