Our very own Spanish magician Santiago Cazorla is preparing to face lowly Brighton in Sundays FA Cup Fourth-round tie this weekend, but he is not only thinking about getting in the fraw for the ext round, he wants to see Arsenal go on to lift the trophy at Wembley again.
“It’s similar [to the Copa del Rey] but the FA Cup here is very important for every club,” Santi said on Arsenal.com. “It’s a big, big trophy for all the teams here, and in Spain the Copa del Rey is the same.
“I have very good memories of last season’s final and it was a very good moment for me and for the team. It was my first trophy with the club and I want to get another one this year.
“I think [the free-kick against Hull] was very important because we were losing 2-0 and I could help the team. At half-time it’s different when you get a goal back.”
“I don’t think there is more pressure this year,” Santi concluded. “We want to win this competition again and this is a very good opportunity for us. We need to play against Brighton away and we can repeat this year with another trophy for the fans and the club.”
All Arsenal fans would love to see the team back at Wembley for another big occasion, but please Santi, please don’t make us suffer like last ear by going 2-0 down quite so quickly!
If we can avoid meeting chelsea and man u, we can win it.
Avoiding Chelsea and Man U is beyond our power,. But preparing, playing and seeing the games off when necessary is not beyond us. And we should be aiming to beat the best to become the best!
Santi’s right we need to keep going in all competitions, to cement a winning mentality, then we can think about trophies .
We must NOT treat Brighton lightly – this is their Cup Final – they will come at us hard, so we need to use same set up as against City.
Understand Ozil and Theo may start, so we need strong bench, as they are just coming back from injuries.
1-0 to the Arsenal will be fine
COYG
Love your confidence and fighting spirit santi! It wont be easy, but we can make a fight of it towards retaining our fa cup back to back, starting with brighton on sunday! Coyg!
I was thinking the exact same thing. Wenger just can’t seem to beat Mourinho or Man Utd (no matter how bad they are). Avoid these two and I think we could retain the cup.
Good to hear the team is staying grounded and focused on returning this cup.
A balanced team and a good bench will be most welcome for this game.
Scz
Bellarine (if fit) Mert Chambers Gibbs
Flamini TR7
Theo Ozil Campbell
OG
Bench: Carzola, Kos, Akpom, Monreal, Ramsey, Ospina, ?
Wenger The Nearly Man…
Nearly signed CR7,Yaya,Ibra now Angel Di Maria. LOL
HAHA yea nearly funny, don’t forget Messi,
Boooom!
Arsenal sign 23 year old midfielder from Barcelona.
vicky losada…i would
someone keep alexis away from her!
She’s no oil painting…