Monday, September 10, 2012

Arsenal's Abou Diaby Injured Again.

What many of us were afraid of seems to have happened as Abou Diaby is now injured and set to miss the next World Cup Qualifying match against Belarus.


He scored the only goal in a 1 0 victory in France's first World Cup Qualifying match against Finland last Friday but is now a major doubt for their next encounter.
French National coach, Dider Deschamps confirmed this at a Press Conference saying,

"He took a bad knock (against Finland) and won't train today.” The 1998 World Cup, Deschamps, winner also said that Gael Clichy is a doubt for the match, saying, “They both will struggle to make it."

This would be bad news for Arsene Wenger as he had been hoping Abou Diaby, who had been struggling with injuries for so long, would stay fit for as long as possible.

Diaby was an influential figure in Arsenal's 2 - 0 victory at Anfield in our last Premier League game. He also got a man of the match honour on that occassion. I am just hoping his injury this time around isn't long term.
There is also good news as Olivier Giroud who missed Franc's last WC Qualifying game is now fully fit and ready for action.