The International break has had a mixed influence on Arsenal’s youngsters. Several have been away with their respective countries, whilst a handful of loanees have been action. Follow all the latest updates below.
Internationals –
Armand Traoré – France Under 21’s
Gilles Sunu & Francis Coquelin – France Under 18’s
Loanees –
Henri Lansbury – Scunthorpe United 3-0 Colchester – (76 Minutes)
Pedro Botelho – Salamanca 0-0 Huesca – (90 Minutes)
Kerrea Gilbert – Leicester 0-2 Peterborough – (90 Minutes)
Armand Traoré returned from injury to put in an impressive performance for the French Under 21’s as they ran out 3-0 winners on Friday night.
The Portsmouth loanee was the only foreign based player in the squad. Armand played the full 90 minutes.
Gilles Sunu and Francis Coquelin were in action as the French Under 18’s played out an exciting two legged clash with their German counterparts.
Sunu was named skipper in an attacking French team which led from the first leg thanks to a Yanis Tafer hat-trick, but they were routed in the second and subsequently lost overall. Coquelin was one of only three midfielders in the squad.
Henri Lansbury put in a Man of the Match display to put Scunthorpe in top form ahead of their trip to Wembley next week, with an assist and goal helped see of Colchester.
Gary Hooper’s well taken finish before the break gave the Iron a key lead, which was extended by Lansbury’s long range drive. Hooper bagged a third, whilst Henri was replaced with 14 minutes left.
Pedro Botelho played the full 90 minutes as UD Salamanca’s frustrating run of form continued against Huesca. It finished 0-0.
Kerrea Gilbert turned in another 90 minute display but he couldn’t make a difference Leicester lost ground at the top at the hands of Peterborough. Charlie Lee and Chris Whelpdale helped swing the balance.
Article By – J.Sanderson
What position did Traore play for France?
what’s happened to Wilshire?
great news about lansbury!
Wilshere is currently injured, Mitch.
Traore played at left full back.
great report. thanks for the updates
Barazite? 4-2 Holland o19 2 times barazite. Class player
Why do I think Lansbury is going to break into the first team and become a bonifide goalscorer for us from the midfield?
He’s that good. Very similar to a young Gerrard. Let’s hope he gets the opportunity to shine at Arsenal.
He’ll need to somehow pip Song and Denilson to get into the rotation…think he can do that next season.
Thanks for the reply. Love reading this site, but missed that one.
In what position does Chucks Aneke play? Is he in the Coquelin mode? Also, who is better when comparing Frimpong and coquelin?
I have rated Henri Lansbury very highly ever since i saw him in the euro under 17 championships. when he single handly got england to the final against spain but got injured in the semi final against France. The guy is like a gerrard, fabregas, he drives the team foward.
I heard he rejected la liga, premiership and championship offers to go to league 1. Shows the kids got the right attitude. Hes looks taller as well. Watching the highlights he looked 6ft 1
England have already qualified with one game to spare bcuz of head-to-head.
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under17/fixturesresults/round=15212/match=304554/report=rp.html
ROSICKY WILL PLAY NEXT WEEK AGAINST SPU*S!!!!!!!! COME ON ROSICKY!!!!!!!
What position were Henri playing? Is there video of his goal?
Hi! Just watched the Hungarian U17 against England on Tv. Afobe played the whole game and scored one, Freeman came on for the last 10 minutes. First time for me to see Afobe play, he looks very decent, but his control wasn’t perfect. His goal was a one on one with a keeper, where his first shot was saved, but he was lucky with the rebound and put it away from thight angle. Freeman looked very sharp, he caused a lot of problems for the tired Hungarian defenders. He created two good chances for himself, but missed both.
Fun Fact: the game was played in the same stadium where Arsenal met Szombathely in the pre-season.
Was it on eurosport? Benik Afobe is goal machine
http://www.thefa.com/England/MensUnder17s/NewsAndFeatures/2009/hungary_report_300309.aspx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ-2SMHXZB4&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2E101greatgoals%2Ecom%2Fvideodisplay%2F2296238%2F&feature=player_embedded
It was on a Hungarian sport chanel.
I’m so sick of all these people going on about Wilshire, always checking what’s happening when he hasn’t been making loud noises for a few weeks. Just relax, let him build up slowly and have some patience.