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Fears that Pep Guardiola and Arsene Wenger might take a cautious approach to their teams’ encounter in the Champions League have been lessened by the managers’ statements. The Catalan club have always stuck to their same approach since they keep winning even if it might not be defensively the best. Guardiola is confident that regardless of who plays in the team, the Spanish giants will have the means of stopping the Gunners. Even though Iniesta will be their biggest casualty for the first game at the Emirates Stadium, Guardiola has many ready-made replacements. A selection headache would be his main issue since he has to pick one player to come in.
Arsene Wenger will never demand that his Arsenal players adopt pragmatism over a sense of adventure. Rather, the Gunners manager believes that football should be played beautifully and his players should do so to win. That means having the likes of Cesc Fabregas, Robin Van Persie, Andrei Arshavin and Samir Nasri to express their full array of attacking qualities. There is a doubt over the availability of Fabregas for the match. Wenger will be hoping the Catalonian midfielder can take his place in Arsenal and help his team face Barcelona. There might be affiliations between the teams but there will be no love lost on the pitch.
There will be two aging legends on both sides in the Arsenal vs Barcelona live stream radio match that will provide a poignant reminder of past glories between them. Thierry Henry will be receiving the most attention for being one of the greatest Arsenal players ever to have turned out for them. Henry is now plying his trade with Barcelona as he should finish his European career there. Sol Campbell left and rejoined the Gunners and will face Barcelona again after having been involved in the 2006 Champions League and scoring the sole Gunners goal in that defeat. Both players will go through an emotional moment during the match, but will have no illusions about their obligation to their teams.