Football: Lupoli up for the challenge.ARTURO Lupoli Arturo Lupoli (born 24 June 1987 in Brescia, Italy) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward, currently for Fiorentina.[1] His former clubs include Parma, Arsenal and Derby County, where he spent the 2006-07 season on loan. is glad that Nicklas Bendtner Nicklas Bendtner (born January 16, 1988) is a Danish professional footballer, who plays as a striker for English club Arsenal in the Premier League. At 6' 4", Bendtner possesses a height advantage over many defenders, which poses him as an aerial threat. is set to return to the Blues side tomorrow - so he can try to outscore Verb 1. outscore - score more points than one's opponents outpoint beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard him. Lupoli is on loan at Derby County for the season from Arsenal, where he and Bendtner were a fearsome combination for the Gunners reserves. "We played together for almost two years and scored a lot of goals," said Lupoli. "He's a big lad. He can head the ball very well but he has great skills with his feet as well - he is a very complete striker. "We have to be careful when marking him, but I think we are good enough at the back to handle him." Lupoli is the Rams' leading scorer with six, Bendtner tops the Blues' charts with five. "It will be great to play against him, and all I can do is try to score more than Nic," said Lupoli. "They lost on Tuesday, so I think they will be coming to Pride Park looking for three points." |
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