Theo scores 2 against Slavia
Theo started yesterday in Arsenal's CL game against Slavia Prague. After his performance against Bolton, everyone expected a lot from him. And Theo delivered! Scoring Arsenal's third and fifth goal, helping to secure Arsenal's win. A hat-trick was in the making, but he missed out in the end. But still. TWO goals! That's a lot to be proud of.
I won't lie. I teared up a bit when he scored his first goal. I was just so proud. And by the time he scored his second, I was just completely pathetic. But I don't know if that's because Arsenal was playing so beautifully or because Theo had neatly tucked in a second goal. Maybe both. It was a big night for him.
In a post-game interview, Theo was asked about how he pointed to the sky after his goals, and he said it was for his brother-in-law's brother who had died. *squishes*
From Arsene's interview after the game:
On Theo Walcott...
"I felt it took him a while to get into the game but once he scored the goal, you saw him much more especially when the space opened up behind them. His pace and the fact that he is clinical in front of goal - especially his second goal, even the first one he didn't panic and the second he was clinical - showed.
"There was a touch of Thierry Henry about the second goal. He was calm, he didn't panic in front of goal and he is a real finisher. He has improved a lot because he works in training. The first quality is to be composed and not rush your decisions in front of goal. Some people have that and some people don't have that.
"I believe he has the talent because that is why he is at Arsenal Football Club. The problem is not to hurry him too much. I am convinced he has the talent and he has good ingredients in him. He is intelligent and has fantastic pace. His technique is improving but we must be patient.
"When you go from a young promising player into a world of men you discover suddenly that the world is not like everybody had described it to you. The world of a football player is not as ideal as you dream it when you are 15-years-old because you have to cope with all kinds of difficulties and then you have to digest it because if you're a young kid of 15/16 you think everybody loves you and that football is an ideal world, and then you come into a fierce competition. It is like that all over the world. It is part of the game and you have to digest that.
"If you look across the country you say you don't have many strikers but he is one of them. You always accuse us of not producing enough English players but he is here. We bought him up from Division One."
[Source]
And one last article: Walcott ready to throw off sub shackles.
I won't lie. I teared up a bit when he scored his first goal. I was just so proud. And by the time he scored his second, I was just completely pathetic. But I don't know if that's because Arsenal was playing so beautifully or because Theo had neatly tucked in a second goal. Maybe both. It was a big night for him.
In a post-game interview, Theo was asked about how he pointed to the sky after his goals, and he said it was for his brother-in-law's brother who had died. *squishes*
From Arsene's interview after the game:
On Theo Walcott...
"I felt it took him a while to get into the game but once he scored the goal, you saw him much more especially when the space opened up behind them. His pace and the fact that he is clinical in front of goal - especially his second goal, even the first one he didn't panic and the second he was clinical - showed.
"There was a touch of Thierry Henry about the second goal. He was calm, he didn't panic in front of goal and he is a real finisher. He has improved a lot because he works in training. The first quality is to be composed and not rush your decisions in front of goal. Some people have that and some people don't have that.
"I believe he has the talent because that is why he is at Arsenal Football Club. The problem is not to hurry him too much. I am convinced he has the talent and he has good ingredients in him. He is intelligent and has fantastic pace. His technique is improving but we must be patient.
"When you go from a young promising player into a world of men you discover suddenly that the world is not like everybody had described it to you. The world of a football player is not as ideal as you dream it when you are 15-years-old because you have to cope with all kinds of difficulties and then you have to digest it because if you're a young kid of 15/16 you think everybody loves you and that football is an ideal world, and then you come into a fierce competition. It is like that all over the world. It is part of the game and you have to digest that.
"If you look across the country you say you don't have many strikers but he is one of them. You always accuse us of not producing enough English players but he is here. We bought him up from Division One."
[Source]
And one last article: Walcott ready to throw off sub shackles.