nitko nije komentirao izjavu Dudua o Tottenhamu?

While some were impatient for Eduardo to make an immediate impact, Wenger is used to imports needing time to settle in the helter-skelter world of the Premier League. Robert Pires and Aleksandr Hleb, most notably, had initially been shaken by the ferocity of the English domestic game. So too had Thierry Henry and Emmanuel Adebayor. Eduardo, described by his manager as "my secret weapon", was given time to flourish.

The flurry of recent goals - six in four games - is an indication that he has grown already. Even if it has come sooner than expected, Wenger has not been surprised. "If you look at the numbers, he has had 14 starts and has scored 11 goals. Those are top numbers for any striker anywhere in the world; they are exceptional," said the Arsenal manager, who will give Eduardo a fourth start in 11 days against Tottenham Hotspur tonight. "That is no coincidence. Especially after the first month, he scored against Sevilla at home and later in Sevilla, against Blackburn and against Everton who are all tough sides.

"That shows there is something special to come out. It is on the verge of coming out. He's shown he is a great finisher. He is cool and he just puts it out of reach of the goalkeeper. You think sometimes that the keeper could have done something about it when you see him finish, but he does it when he cannot move and that is something instinctive that only some people have. A player like Robbie Fowler had that."

It is an ability Eduardo has shown consistently in training since his reinvigoration against England. The striker, shy off the field and hampered by broken English, appeared intimidated among the star names in his early days at the club yet he has come out of his shell in recent days. If his game lacks vibrancy at times outside the penalty area, he is utterly ruthless in it. He was anonymous as Arsenal trailed at half-time at Goodison over Christmas, yet sparked the revival with his first Premier League goals deflating Everton for a 4-1 away win. "He showed what he was about," said Kolo Touré at the time. "We are all thrilled for him."

Perhaps there should be little surprise that he has adapted relatively quickly. This is a player who left Rio de Janeiro at 15, having been spotted as he top-scored at the schoolboys' annual Favela Championship, for a new life with Dinamo Zagreb. He subsequently went five years without seeing his mother and brother whilst he forged his reputation as a slippery goalscorer of rare quality on the other side of the world (???), scoring 34 times in 32 appearances for his Croatian club last season.

Wenger had stressed the need for the striker to toughen up physically, to learn how to go up against the likes of John Terry or Abdoulaye Méïté and cope with the "intensity and the impact in the challenge". It is too soon for him to have added real brawn to his game but he has learned to adjust, seeking out space and exploiting his strengths against imposing opponents. A smart finish at Burnley on Sunday provided a demonstration of Eduardo's intelligently-constructed gameplan, which threatens to establish him as this club's most natural goalscorer since Ian Wright.

The Carling Cup was his route into impressing, three appearances in the competition to date having yielded five goals. He trots out at the Emirates tonight having been voted Arsenal's player of the month for December. Spurs should beware.

O cemu ti pricas? Onoj usporedbi derbija izmedu Arsenala i Tottenhama s derbijom izmedu Dinama i Hajduka? "Utakmica s Tottenhamom biti će vrlo slična utakmici Dinamo - Hajduk. Biti će to utakmica prepuna naboja, ali navijači su ovdje u sjevernom Londonu puno civiliziraniji. U Hrvatskoj se odvajanja navijača treba vrlo strogo pridržavati. Iskustvo iz onih derbija sigurno će mi pomoći da se kvalitetno spremim za utakmicu, a onda je i dobro odigram. Da, radujem se ovoj utakmici i nadam se opet pogotku", rekao je Eduardo da Silva.

The Arsenal boss once considered signing the Bulgarian ace.

But Wenger reckons £8million Croatian Eduardo is a superstar in the making and will make the difference in tonight’s semi-final.

Wenger’s team knocked Spurs out at the same stage last season.

And he said: “Eduardo has 11 goals in 14 starts and that is an exceptional record for any striker anywhere in the world.

“He had an outstanding December and has carried that form over into the New Year. His improvement has been so great that every time he is in front of the keeper, I expect him to score.”

Eduardo, 24, will partner Nicklas Bendtner up front as Wenger sticks with his kids.

But Emirates chief Wenger knows their arch-rivals will have a point to prove and Berbatov, 26, has the ability to trouble his young defence.

Wenger said: “He is always in places you don’t want him to be.

“Berbatov is a top-class striker because he can provide, he can score, and can be at the start of the move and the end of it.

“I thought about a move for him when he was at Bayer Leverkusen but we had Thierry Henry, Robin van Persie and then Emmanuel Adebayor.”

Wenger added: “I will keep a young team in this competition and we have a good chance of reaching our third cup final in three years.”

da opet naš sjajni eduardo nije napravio ovakvu sjanu assistenciju tottenham bio vamo pobjedio......

Eduardo da Silva
2572   55.1%
Sergej Barbarez
1561   33.4%
Nemanja Vidić
125   2.7%
Dimitar Berbatov
99   2.1%

http://www.balkan-football.com/content/view/30/63/


Sto radi glasacki inzinjering

10.01.2008 19:36

Noćni razgovor sa zvijezdom slavnog Arsenala

Eduardo: Mamić me neće vidjeti

Autor IGOR FLAK LONDON

Slavi sve češće - Eduardo da Silva s Denilsonom Narančasti Nissan, koji još ima volan na lijevoj strani, iskradao se iz podzemlja Emirates stadiona, a čuvar se naklonio do poda: - Good night, Eduardo! Ponoćna vožnja do opskurnog puba, jedine rupe koja je radila na putu prema Duduovu domu. Sa zida se smiješio Geoff Hurst, junak jedinog svjetskog naslova Engleza iz 1966., a preko puta je sjedio junak našeg doba. Pio je vodu bez mjehurića, čvrsto držao čašu i žmirkao. Upravo cure dva tjedna iz bajke. Arsene Wengere je otišao daleko: Urođena hladnokrvnost - Hladnokrvniji je od Henryja, to nisam nikad vidio. Dudu je poput sramežljivog dječačića spustio ramena u plavoj trenirci koja visi na njemu: - Lijepo je to čuti od trenera. To je urođeno u meni, ali daleko sam još od Henryja. On je ovdje Bog! Koliko znače ti Wengerovi poljupci? Hrane ego, stvaraju li i pritisak? - Boro Primorac mi je rekao: Dudu, bilo je super, ali zaboravi jučer, to se kratko pamti, život juri, sutra je nova utakmica. I to mi je stalno na pameti. Englezi se čude, ali se ne ustručavaju priznati da su pogoci i asistencije podjednako šarmantni i otrovni. Vi ste stijelac, a vaš prethodnik Davor Šuker jednom je izjavio: Najljepše je kad moja momčad pobijedi s 1:0, a pogodak postignem ja! Dudu je zavrtio glavom: - Naravno da mi napadači moramo zabijati, ali ja volim asistirati, volim imati loptu i igrati. Podjednako sam sretan! Je li ovo najbolji nogomet koji ste ikad igrali? - Je, jer nije isto zabiti i asistirati za Arsenal ili za Dinamo, nek se nitko ne naljuti. Osjećate li da vas glavne zvijezde kluba sad drukčije gledaju? Neki već strahuju za mjesto. - Dobro su me prihvatili, naravno da se svatko bori za sebe, ali nisam osjetio zavist, dobro je kad su tu pobjede, kad sve ide po planu. Nitko kao mi Robert Prosinečki je rekao da, uz Barcelonu, igrate najljepši nogomet, da je Wenger u ovom trenutku broj jedan u svijetu. - Kad izađemo na igralište, svi smo mali, sitni, ali imamo sjajne igrače. I ja mislim da nitko ne igra kao Arsenal. To je čarolija! Premiership je strašno jaka, svaka utakmica je kao neki finale. Arsenal lovi četiri trofeja, Eduardo ih je klasificirao: - Englesko prvenstvo je najvbitnije. Onda Liga prvaka, pa FA kup, a na kraju i Liga kup.  Manchester United se čini jedinim, pravim konkurentom? - Dobra je Chelsea, ali mislim da ćemo se za naslov boriti mi i Fergusonove bebe. Napustili smo pub, svi su ga prepoznali. Traže dres, potpis, fotografiju... - Doista ne osjećam slavu. Još ne - zaključio je Eduardo. S vremenom će i to doći jer Eduardo da Silva je nogometaš koji se rađa samo jednom, a koji je danas već stvorio veliku karijeru. A tek je na početku. Mamić me neće ni vidjeti ni poljubiti Čim smo spomenuli bivšeg Eduardova menadžera i Dinamova izvršnog dopredsjednika Zdravka Mamića, Dudu je podigao stop palicu: - Ta me tema jako iscrpila i razočarala. No, nemam što nova reći. Otišli smo u samu bit spora. Je li podjela novca pri prijelazu bila poštena? - To neću reći, to je poslovna tajna. No, moram biti iskren i reći da izvor sukoba nije samo zbog prijelaza, tj. zbog novca. Zdravko Mamić je nakon svih teških riječi rekao da će vas poljubiti. - Neće me poljubiti jer me nema gdje vidjeti. Jaz je očito dubok, istina duboko  skrivena u njihove dvije duše.