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Walcott scores a peach as Flamini gets injured, and Alex is on Song

Tuesday, 05 February 08, 11:58 AM

Quick update on the Arsenal players involved over the past few days of internationals.

Theo Walcott scored another lovely, Thierry Henry-esque goal for the England Under 21's. He's been doing well for them for sometime now, especially on the goalscoring front (he had an average game today), and let's hope he can shift this form over to his club games:

Things are not going so well for his teammate Mathieu Flamini however. Having finally broken into the France squad with his super performances for Arsenal this season, Mathieu picked up an ankle injury while playing for France's 2nd team against Congo today. It was a pretty under-the-radar friendly, and an odd one, since France are also playing Spain on Wednesday. They somehow contrived to do 2 friendlies this week - with Clichy, Sagna, Flamini and Diaby playing against the Congo, whilst Gallas is in the squad that will play France. Anyhow, let's hope it's not a serious injury, because he's one of the main reasons why the team is ticking.

And lastly, just a word for the much-maligned Alex Song. Even though he's played most of his games for us at centre-back this season, he remains a contender for the midfield role, especially after Lasagne Diarrhea's departure to Portsmouth. His performances at the African Cup of Nations have been excellent in that role, and he provided yet another assist, clipping a ball over the defence for Mbia to head home the opening goal against Tunisia. He came on as a sub in the first game, immediately had an impact, and hasn't looked back since.

I know most Arsenal fans verge on hating him (probably because of the work of a few irate bloggers, rather than too much wrongdoing on his part), but he does have a lot of talent, and he might come back a changed man from this ACN. I remember Manu Eboue returning from the one in 2006 after having had a shifty season until then, and he was a changed footballers on his return, and one of our best players in our adventure to the Champions League final. 

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