football rambles

The Emirates Cup started yesterday with a match between Villarreal and Wolfsburg. There were moments in the game where both teams showed what they were capable of, but also periods where the game was quiet and had that preseason feel about it. As usual the Arsenal fans were just wandering in throughout the game, so at times motivation must have been hard for them to keep up. After a quiet opening few minutes Ivan Perisic struck for Wolfsburg after being threaded through by Kevin De Bruyne. The lead was short lived though and the Villarreal midfield showed real pace in going forward. Just two minutes after Perisic had scored Mario Gaspar found the back of the net with a well taken goal on the counterattack. On 17 minutes the Yellow Submarine again broke quickly against their German opponents and Mattias Leiva scored a brilliant goal to give the Spanish side the lead. The skills and abilities of the players on both teams were never in doubt, and occassionaly shone through at periods in t...

Ivan Persic in the attack for Wolfsburg in the first half. Nicklas Bendtner comes close to an equaliser for Wolfsburg. Sebastian Jung takes a corner for Wolfsburg. The corner goes in but nothing comes from it.

The teams line up before kick off. Wolfsburg press forward. Villarreal on the ball in midfield. Villarreal press forward in the first half.

A couple of photos of Wolfsburg warming up. Kevin De Bruyne warming up for Wolfsburg.

A few photos from before kick off in the first game between Villarreal v Wolfsburg. Photo of the North Bank before it started filling up. Photo of the scoreboard on the North Bank. The Clock End. The North Bank again

Yesterday we went on our annual trip to Arsenal and saw Villarreal beat Wolfsburg 2-1 and Arsenal beat Lyon 6-0. As usual it was a good day out and was probably the trip there that I enjoyed the most. Pictures and reports to follow.