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Revealed: These 2 Arsenal Stars Set To Start vs Olympiakos

By on September 29, 2015

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David Ospina and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are set to start versus Olympiakos tonight with Petr Cech and Aaron Ramsey rested ahead of Sunday’s clash with Manchester United, according to the Mirror.

Arsene Wenger made wholesale changes for the game at Dinamo Zagreb two weeks ago and although he’s set to resist such a temptation this evening, it looks like the boss will leave out at least two of his first team regulars.

The Mirror claim that Cech will be left out in favour of Ospina because Wenger has apparently promised the Colombian international a certain amount of games this season.

Ospina played at Zagreb and in the Capital One Cup game at Tottenham so it appears he’s going to be largely used in the cup competitions this season – although Wenger says he’ll make a decision on his Champions League keeper on a game-by-game basis.

“What I just want to say, it was not because I have decided Ospina [always] plays in the Champions League. It will go game by game and there can be a different decision.” Wenger is quoted as saying by the Mirror.

“I need to give him [Ospina] games and I think he is a top-level goalkeeper, but that doesn’t mean that he will play.

“That’s our job, our job is about selection and competing with other players. I think he [Ospina] does that extremely well.

The newspaper also says that Ramsey will be rested ahead of the United game with Oxlade-Chamberlain set to come in on the right-wing.

I personally think it’s a big gamble to leave Cech and Rambo out tonight and I can’t beleive we’re taking the Champions League so lightly. We work hard every year to qualify but then rest key players when we’re actually competing in the competition?

It just doesn’t make sense to me. Especially for a game that’s become so important as another poor result tonight and we’ll have a mountain to climb in order to qualify from the group stages.

Ospina and The Ox are obviously good enough to play against the likes of Olypmpiakos but I just think we should be playing our best side tonight. Let’s hope it doesn’t back-fire.

One Comment

  1. henry chimere

    September 29, 2015 at 4:47 pm

    As Arsenal supporters we get carried away at times in our comments which in some cases result
    in damaging the confidence of our players in the
    process.

    My point is on OSPINA.There is no doubt that he
    was the best keeper in the EPL last season. We then signed CECK who blundered in his first 2 games. Ospina has not blundered on the games he has played so far. All of sudden, Ospina is a bad keeper. I dont get it.