Cesc is looking forward to Wembley

I have added 6 pictures of Cesc at training today in the latest photos section

Cesc recently spoke about how he is ‘immensely’ looking forward to playing at Wembley.
It is a great stadium from what I heard, with 90,000 fans, so it will be good to play a semi-final there.”

On Arsenal’s official site, he also spoke about his dream of lifting a trophy as Arsenal captain.

“[I think about it] every day. It would be the best thing that ever happened to me to lift a trophy in an Arsenal shirt. It’s a dream for me but we still need to work really hard to finally get there.

“It is all about winning now. We may not have the experience of Manchester United and Chelsea but we have the illusion, the confidence and the excitement to play Finals like the FA Cup and the Champions League and we will try and do as much as we can to be there.”

Cesc went on to say that Arsenal are not ’scared’ of facing Manchester United or Chelsea.

“We are not scared of anything, the way we play shows it all. We always try and play forward, we are direct, we are aggressive playing in the counter-attacks. I think for such a young age it is quite unbelievable, and we will try to do the same thing against Chelsea and against Man United.

“We are in a very good position that three months ago we would be praying to be in. We have to enjoy it, for sure it would be a disappointment if we do not get to the Final or win. What we have achieved is good but the Semi-Final is not good enough; we want to be in the Final.”

Cesc was asked whether he would be looking for revenge this saturday. [Arsenal were runners up to Chelsea in the Carling Cup final in 2007) Cesc said:

“No, we don’t think about that. I don’t like the word revenge and stuff like that.Every game is different, it was two years ago."

“We have played against Chelsea before, we have beaten them a few times, I think at home last year and away this year, so we know that we can beat them.”

“We don’t expect to go against Chelsea and score four goals like Liverpool did. I think [that was a freak result]. They are a very strong team. Chelsea is recognised for one of the best things they have is their defence, they don’t really concede many goals.They are always very, very strong at the back.”

On his fitness, Cesc commented that he is feeling much stronger, but he thinks he needs one more game to be fully fit.

“In the last six weeks I really worked hard with our physio, Tony Colbert, who was killing me. I thought he was crazy but now I know why he was doing it because I feel quite strong.

“This is just my fourth game. Still the last 10 minutes of each game I still feel a little bit but I think in the next game I will be there.”

Arsenal 3-0 Villareal

Arsenal beat Villarreal to get throught to the semis, with Walcott, Adebayor and Van Persie scoring.The Gunners played a good game, winning a comfortable 3-0. At the tenth minutes, Theo Walcott scored after a backheel pass from Cesc.That is his fifth assist in four games now . Adebayor doubled the score with a goal at the fifteenth minute of the second half and Van Persie closed the match with a penalty for Godin’s foul. With this win, Arsenal reach the semifinals where they will meet Manchester United.This is the second time that Arsenal have got through to the semi finals, with the last time being when they proceeded to the final. Full match report here

Here are Cesc’s comments after the game:

I have added 15 pictures from the match against villareal, and 9 of Cesc training pre-villarreal in the latest photos section

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