Arsenal draw AS Roma
19 December 2008Arsenal have drawn AS Roma in the Champions League round of 16. The first leg will be played at home on Feb 24th and the return leg will be played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on March 11. To those fans who posted in the comments that they thought we would draw one of the Italian teams! You were right!
Vote for Cesc Fabregas!
Cesc is in the running for the PFA Fans’ Player of the Month award for December.
According to Arsenal, Cesc is on the shortlist for the accolade along with Cristiano Ronaldo, Nicolas Anelka, Stephen Ireland and Steven Gerrard. Voting is open until midnight December 31st.
You can VOTE FOR CESC HERE. You have to register to vote and you must put in a valid e-mail address as you will receive an e-mail with a confirmation link which you have to click on. When you click on the confirmation link you will see a message to say, ‘Thank you, your vote for Francesc Fabregas has been counted’. So you have to complete steps 1 and 2 but you do not have to complete step 3 unless you want too and it doesn’t matter what country you are in, anyone, anywhere can vote 
Arsenal visit Whittington Hospital
(Source) Cesc Fabregas, Bacary Sagna and Manuel Almunia were among eight first team players who visited sick children at Whittington Hospital on Tuesday. They posed for a team photograph with staff in the hospital’s state-of-the art paediatrics accident and emergency department, which opened last month. They also signed photos and shirts, bringing a little Christmas cheer to the young patients.
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oh no poor Cesc I don’t believe this
Please please let us still win this tho down to 10 men it’s going to take a miracle now…
Shit! I hope Cesc is ok that looked pretty bad. He seemed to be at full stretch and has injured his knee hard to say how bad
Get in!! The boys to win it 2-1 again!
the game is too late here
but I will be hoping for the team and I will get up early to watch replay! GO GUNNERSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m nervous o_o I hope we win!!! Luck luck!
Yo, yo, yo!!lol.Love the new banner XD
I luv da pic of Cesc you used in da banner XD
haha nice header!!
I like the banner too except for the 01 lol
NY-Gunner that would be a massive upset
Poor Lyon they seem to always get to the round of 16 and get the worst possible draw. Still rather them than us lol
Yeah Sambo,,, bit of a non-story I guess, it’s not like Catalonia’s team is a Fifa sanctioned national team anyway.
Yo! The new banner is way cool!
Another great banner guys! but I miss midget captain fabulous
Nice banner! Yo Yo Yo lol
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Last time we played Roma back in 2003 we did very well against them. I’m happy with getting them.
Wouldn’t it be great if Lyon knocked out Barca! That would be a big upset right there.
awww bless Cesc for visiting the sick kiddies. That jumper looks like it is going to swallow him alive too lol XD
I’m happy with Roma I am sure we can beat them as the team is improving and they will be in form by February!! Go Gunners!!
I am looking forward to the Liverpool v Real Madrid match up as well Plu. It will be close as even though they haven’t been playing so well Real Madrid have some good players so it could go either way.
I don’t think it matters who we got. We are capable of beating anyone and of losing to anyone including Roma. Will all depend on which Arsenal turns up.
Awww good on all the players that went to visit the hospital. Arsenal do quite a bit of charity work and I’m really proud of the club for making it a priority XD
Some of those draws are really exciting. Especially Real Madrid v Liverpool. Now that is going to be interesting to watch.
We got Roma.Should hopefully be able to beat them, as long as we keep totti at bay. We normally fare better against Italian teams so fingers crossed.
I told you so! haha Italians! Is OK
Cesc will be pleased we didn’t get Barca. So am I =)
Roma aren’t easy-beats but I think the lads can do it if they bring their best game. I will probably go to Rome for the Away leg as it should be a great night
I’m happy with AS Roma given the choices the only better draw would have been pana.
I voted for Cesc too . I see what you mean about the voting thanks for letting me know I didn’t need to do part 3 as they just about want a DNA sample.
Yeah George I’m not even sure why the Daily Mail would bother to run that. It’s not a real slow news day.
Hey TA… me too man. I was so damn happy when Lyon drew Barca. Roma are not too bad a side but I think we could beat them, we just have to find a way to contain Totti. If we can get a couple of goals in the home leg as Roma have a poor away record and then score on the away leg… we should go through no problem.
It will be interesting to see Mourinho up against Fergie. I’d be pretty happy if Mourinho knocked the mancs out.
I’m happy with the draw all things considered Roma aren’t too bad and a better option than the likes of Barca, Bayern and Juve.
I just saw that the Catalan national team want Cesc to play Dec 28th in the Daily mail but I’m sure Cesc will play for Arsenal as it’s just a friendly
I will travel to Rome to watch on March 11 and to cheer for my gunners!! I am most happy they come to my country XD
I think we fared the best out of the english sides. Manchester United got Inter Milan, Liverpool got Real Madrid and Chelsea got Juventus. They’re all pretty tough opponents.
A few re-inforcements in the January window and then quarter finals here we come!! Get in!!
I’m so happy we didn’t get Barca now fingers-crossed we can beat AS Roma.
That’s really nice that the boys visited the children hospital! I think that sort of thing is really important
Agreed Emma
but once you get to the quarters in the Champions League all the teams are good teams. The main thing is to get there, you can only take each round as it comes and I think the main thing was to avoid Barca at this stage. At least that was my personal preference as they are the best team in Europe at the moment. AS Roma won’t be a walk-over by any means but I feel more optimistic about playing them lol
I was watching it live and when I saw Juventus come out and then Pana and then Bayern Munich I really started to think we were getting Barca so when Barca came out with Lyon I was bloody delighted! Roma isn’t too bad certainly I think Barca and even Bayern would have been tougher.
tq Rose.
I noted that if Arsenal is going to sail through this round…next one will be tough n getting tougher still since we will be meeting Man U or Inter in 1/4 final n most probably Barca in semi…..
From the look of it..Chelsea will be having better time.