Barça has rarely succeeded in the Gunners. The best illustration is obviously due to the final of the 2006 Champions League lost at the Stade de France (2-1) despite the opening of the Campbell soil score in the first period. More generally, in nine confrontations against the Blaugrana, Arsenal displays only one and meager victory, against six defeats and two draws. A success that is the best memory in the Champions League of Samir Nasri.
Questioned in the columns of The teamthe former Gunner sees in “The victory against the Grand Barça, with Arsenal, 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium” in the round of 16, 2010-2011, the match which marked him the most. “In addition, I have a decisive pass on the second goal of (Andreï) Archavine. Good memory, that ”, he added.
The rest had been more complicated for the Londoners. “On the way back, we do not touch the ball at all, we get a little bit by arbitration, and we lose 3-1, at 10, after the red card of (Robin) Van Persie (56th), who did not hear the referee and who takes a second yellow card for free. It was the Barça de Guardiola who won everything, an unplayable team. It marks ”,
he said.
Samir Nasri votes Lionel Messi
The Canal+ consultant also considers Lionel Messi as the strongest player he played in C1.
“He put four with Arsenal and we lost 4-1 at Camp Nou (in the quarter-finals, April 6, 2010). He is the only player – and yet I played against all the biggest – where there was fear opposite. I saw my defenders, circles with a defensive vocation, the guardian, the coach … You make anti-messi plans … There is this fear. Whenever he touched the ball, something was happening ”, he explained.
“Honestly, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, in addition, each year we fell against them, he was unplayable, really, he continued. Even when you do everything well, you close it, you try to take him to his right foot … He even had favorable counters. The system was made to put it in the best conditions. There was Daniel Alves who went up a lot on the right side, which made us defend a lot, (Andres) Iniesta in the middle. It was really strong. »»
