Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!

Get in there!

We were shite, but who cares?! Yes it would have been nice to go through by playing well and scoring but in all honesty it doesn't matter. They couldn't score over 180 minutes even with the help of the referee so they only have themselves to blame. Not too sure why they are saying we deserved to go through and god was on their side.. That is bollocks.

If you play 180 mins without scoring then you can't win. More to the point you DON'T deserve to either. So shut up!

Lehmann is a sex god, I had a funny feeling he was going to save it, but you naturally fear the worst, although the look on Riquelme's face before he took the pen wasn't exactly extreme confidence!

The boys didn't play well, they were too scared to play, too scared to be fluent as they knew if they lost a goal it would be so crucial. We have never played such an important game and you could tell how much it meant.

I think the heat and general fatigue took it's toll as we looked pretty sloppy in possession and our work rate wasn't as high as it might have been. A lot of shouting at the tv was had by all I expect! Clichy came back and did ok after some initial positional problems, Campbell stood pretty firm, Hleb was ok, Ljungberg likewise, Gilberto had a decent game. Henry and Reyes looked tired as did Fabregas, but at the end of the day.. WHO CARES?!

Now we have time to re-charge the batteries and I expect to see Walcott given a run out in the next few games so that'll be something to look forward too. Not that we need it!

We are going to Paris! Not to sure if it's sunk in yet, AC Milan and Barca will fight it out tonight to face us, the mighty Arsenal in the final!

Carpe Diem / Squad News

It's been a while, went on holiday at the start of the month and then kind of lost interest in the blog, no real input from the readers and not much discussion but I have decided to give it another go.

Since my last post we have got through to the Semi final of the Champions League and hold a 1-0 win to take to El Madrigal tomorrow night. We have also gained ground on Sp*urs but not managed to overhaul them. Now we are reliant on Bolton or West Ham doing us a favour, or winning the European Cup ourselves.

Saturday's events would just make it so sweet if we did the latter. But that isn't the right motivation for winning it.

As for yesterday the facts are simple, Jol did see it, he told Carrick to play on when we hesitated and then lied about it to Wenger's face, which is what Arsene didn't like. As I always say:

What goes around comes around

I can't really be bothered to talk about it. That twat from Arsenal wtf the says Arsene should apologise. What for? Accusing someone of lying when they were? Jol said to his face I didn't see it and Arsene knows he did, that's why he was so irate.

Arsene just needs to concentrate on tomorrow. It will be a long time before any Tott*nham manager finds themselves in a European Cup semi final and have the dilemma of whether they can afford to rest players for a big Premiership game.

If we get through tomorrow then Arsene is fully justified in doing just that.

Henry, Fabregas, Hleb, Ljungberg and Eboue should all start and by resting them on Saturday we have given ourselves the best possible chance.

Let's live for the moment, forget about what happened Saturday. We have the biggest game in the club's history on the horizon, I say;

ROLL ON TOMORROW

Here's the squad (No Senderos)

Jens Lehmann
Manuel Almunia
Sol Campbell
Gael Clichy
Kolo Toure
Emmanuel Eboue
Johan Djourou
Mathieu Flamini
Freddie Ljungberg
Robert Pires
Gilberto
Alexander Hleb
Jose Antonio Reyes
Cesc Fabregas
Alexandre Song
Abou Diaby
Thierry Henry
Robin van Persie
Theo Walcott