As Arsene Wenger stands knee-deep in snow on Thursday night, fiddling with the zip on his winter coat, he may wonder if he’s made a terrible mistake. The Frenchman belatedly decided to pour all Arsenal’s resources into the Europa League only to lose his main forward to injury, while – as is so often the way with Europe’s often-derided second competition – even avoiding a big club cannot spare you from a banana skin. And they may have been served up the ultimate one in Ostersunds FK.
The Swedish side are ranked 132 places lower than Arsenal according to UEFA’s club co-efficient, but that will matter little in the freezing cold temperatures that will greet the north Londoners. Besides the visit of the Gunners, the most recent sporting event to descend on Ostersund was the Biathlon World Cup – a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting – while the club have even teased that… Read the full story
from Metro http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/15/has-arsene-wengers-europa-league-gamble-already-backfired-on-arsenal-7312438/
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