Look who's back! Gallas in Champions League
Reuters - Tuesday 25 November 2008, 03:00
LONDON, Nov 25 - William Gallas is expected to
return on Tuesday minus the captain's armband when Arsenal
attempt to put their season back on track by qualifying for the
last 16 of the Champions League.
Arsenal top Group G with eight points and victory over
Dynamo Kiev at the Emirates will see them safely through,
although their form of late has been poor.
French central defender Gallas was stripped of the captaincy
and dropped for the 3-0 defeat at Manchester City on Saturday
after comments about team mates in the media.
"I think (Gallas) could be stronger as a player now because
previously he took all the problems of the team to his heart,"
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who has made Cesc Fabregas club
captain, said on Monday.
Manchester United and Villarreal meet in Spain in Group E
with a draw enough to put both sides through.
Real Madrid can afford no slip-ups in Group H when they face
BATE Borisov. With Juventus already through, the second-placed
Spaniards will join them if they win in Belarus although a shock
defeat would leave them sweating.
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