Champions League in Milan but not necessarily goodbye

If it comes in Milan Wednesday, Thierry Henry will play his 112th Champions League match before leaving the United States. And this 112th mach of C1 will perhaps not the last.

Thierry Henry will say "bye-bye" to the Gunners Wednesday night before returning to New York. But not "goodbye". His loan ends on a final game. And not just any face AC Milan at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza-. The French striker he will enter his fourth goal in the gold loan for the team Arsene Wenger? The image is sharp. Become the "Supersub" the Gunners since his return to England this winter, Henry scored three times in six entries in. He would love to score a fourth goal in Italy to help his club to cross the knockout stages, increasing its total Goal C1-51 (a figure that stuck with him since he totaled 51 goals in selection).

Henry knows he will not go further this season with the Gunners. His loan ends on February 16. It will be Wednesday, by far the most experienced player of Arsenal with 111 games already played in the Champions League. Behind, Tomas Rosicky has not played only 55. Finalist of the race winner with Arsenal in 2009 but with Barcelona, ​​Titi Henry has long awaited international recognition in the club. He would have loved to lift the trophy in June 2006 with the Gunners but adverse scenario had prevented the Gunners to properly defend their chances of facing Barcelona Ludovic Giuly. Henry will take the Cup to Big Ears in his arms under the shirt of Barca, justifying his decision to leave London for Spain in order to expand his list.

The man with 229 goals for Arsenal does not mean, however, make his reunion with the Champions League a particular time. The top scorer in the history of the France team still wants to play and after thinking that it would compete more Champions League as immigrants to the United States, he does not, after a final this year against freelance Milan, replay one day Europe. At 34, Henry has said repeatedly: he is not taking early retirement in America. And level with the Gunners at its freelance demonstrates that he is still alive and can still run several years. His 112th Champions League match will therefore perhaps not his last. Clarence Seedorf, 35 and one-night rival, certainly does not contradict the top three of its success in the test and its C1 122 matches. Age is one thing. But it is not everything.