Invisiblewall.net: Gilberto Silva News

Gilberto was interviewed by Arsenal.com, here is the article:

Gilberto believes the Carling Cup Semi-Final Second Leg will be very different to last night’s 1-0 defeat at Wigan.

Arsenal edged the first half at the JJB Stadium but were on the retreat after the break. The crucial goal came 12 minutes from time by debutant Paul Scharner.

It leaves Arsène Wenger’s side with work to do but, according to the captain last night, the odds will be stacked in Arsenal’s favour for the return rubber on February 24.

“I am really confident,” said Gilberto. “The next game against Wigan will be completely different to tonight’s.

“We did not play our best. It is very hard when you do that and you play against a side with experience who want to get to the Final. But the situation for this game was different. They played at home in front of their supporters so they wanted to push a little bit more.

“We are very disappointed about this result because we want to reach the Final of the Carling Cup. But we have a chance to get through because we play the next game at Highbury and there will be a fantastic atmosphere.”

Wenger sent out a squad side at the JJB Stadium, partly through injuries partly to rest senior players after the intense festive fixtures. Gilberto felt the performance was more important than the personnel.

“It is sometimes quite difficult playing with a young team against an experienced side like Wigan,” he said. “But we played here before [in November] and we had a lot of difficulty winning the game even with an experienced side.

“This is a Semi-Final. It is a big game and we played with a young side. Maybe we missed some experienced players. Maybe we would have won with them, maybe not – that is football.

“We will see what is going to happen now [for the Second Leg]. If we play with our more experienced players then we should not lose the game, but if it is a day when you do not play your best then it does not matter if you play experienced players or the young.

“The most important thing is that you play your best.”