Friends reunited

THOUGH I fully appreciate there are others ways to be successful in football, I rather regret that Arsenal are playing Barcelona on Wednesday night.

Mon, 29 Mar, 2010 - 01:00
Alan Green

As the sides best representing the purist football played in England and in Europe, I had hoped they’d face each other in the Champions League final in Madrid on May 22.

Such is life.

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