Gilberto in 2005 cup final!

May 22, 2005

Our main man, Gilberto Silva played in the FA Cup Final against Man United today.
I just got back from the game in Cardiff. Arsenal won the game 5-4 on penalties, and more importantly, Gilberto played a lovely game of football.

Here’s a quick summary of Gilberto’s day out in Wales.

The BBC had the following to say about Gilberto:

Gilberto Silva – 5/10: Steady influence in the middle of the park. Good defensive work, providing cover in defence but could have been involved more.

I personally thought Gilberto did an extra-defensive role today. Vieira was FANTASTIC going forward – which must mean Gilberto did his silent job extra well today. He intercepted NUMEROUS passes on the edge of our box, and he was very good dribbling with the ball.

Click here for other player ratings.
Click here for a report on the game.
Click here for some non-Gilberto match pics.

Now for the GILBERTO pics.
Here are pictures which were NOT taken by me. I am simply linking to these photos taken by other photographers.

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/1450/arreut7os.jpg : Gilberto is just to the right of the cup. You can see his beautiful hair quite clearly.

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/1932/xag1050521111024x7688yb.jpg : Bert is a little out of focus.

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/5033/lon8080521111024x7684mg.jpg : Gilberto is looking at the linesman, praying. (It pays to be religious, you know.)

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/7285/529626542ta3zd.jpg : Gilberto (fifth from right), runs to do a diving slide.

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/2879/24129279is.jpg : Gilberto mounts Kolo Toure

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/642/24129318yb.jpg : Gilberto looking worried in the background

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/8093/sfnpad222qp.jpg : Gilberto enjoys up-close equestrian entertainment

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/9141/24128792ja.jpg : Gilberto’s flag. It read, “It’s just like watching Arsenal”, on the Brazilian national flag.

Out of the 200 photos that I could find, these were the only ones with Gilberto in. This obviously tells us that Gilberto wasn’t the star of the show — but we prefer him quiet, right?

I took a load of photos of Gilberto after the game. Not many of them came out well. All of them have turned out very blurred, but here they are anyways:

Gilberto downs a litre of champers