Friday, March 14, 2008

15/3/2008 English Premier League - Arsenal vs Middlesbrough

Having dropped tons of points in their recent games, Arsenal will be desperate to get their title challenge back on track against Middlesbrough in this live online commentary English Premier League soccer match featured as the late Saturday game. It has not been that the young Gunners have played badly, in fact for many of the games, they have created their fair share of chances to walk away deserved winners. Unfortunately, their past malaise of not putting the ball in the net when it mattered most has returned to haunt them, and there is a clear lack of confidence whenever they approach the last third of the pitch, even if they continue to create chances, they do not seem to believe they will score. The other problem they continue to face is a lack of concentration at the back and conceding unnecessary goals, but that could be attributed to an unsettled backline with key injuries to Toure. The inconsistency that Senderos has shown has also meant goals being shipped when you least expect it. What cannot be faulted is the mental toughness and resilience that Arsene Wenger has instilled into his young team. They might not be getting the results they prefer, but they are not giving up easily.

Middlesbrough responded in fashion to their FA Cup howler to Cardiff City when they displayed the same sort of resilience that Arsenal has by forcing a draw with Aston Villa, and will be quietly confident of another good result going into this live online commentary and streaming radio broadcast English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Middlesbrough. Gareth Southgate had described how his guts were ripped out with the humiliating cup upset and thankfully for him, his players bounced back for a well deserved draw for Boro. In fact, they might have been unlucky not to have left Villa Park with more than just a point. Boro will try to employ the same tactics for this live online commentary and streaming radio telecast soccer match in the English Premier League between Arsenal and Middlesbrough and attempt to stifle Arsenal's midfield while hopefully catching them asleep at the back with the odd goal. They also know that attacking the Gunners might also be the best defence as shown by teams in recent matches.

Can Arsenal stop the rot and get back to winning ways? By the time this live online commentary and streaming radio broadcast English Premier League soccer match kicks off between Arsenal and Middlesbrough, they would probably be staring at the coattails of Manchester United who will play earlier in the day with an easy three points up for grabs against Derby County. Scoring a vital win in this game and putting them back on top will provide some relief and possibly restore the belief mentally in the Arsenal players, something that Wenger would have thought of already and try to achieve. They do face a Boro team that has always made life difficult for the top teams, even if they usually find themselves come unstuck against lower placed opposition, much like how a live online streaming Arsenal vs Portsmouth game will develop. The one factor that might swing it Arsenal's way for this live online commentary and streaming radio telecast soccer match between Arsenal and Middlesbrough could be the simple fact that they play at home at the Emirates Stadium where a beautiful pitch would certainly help their game unlike last week when they came unstuck on Wigan's horrible field.

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