Arsenal Invincibles Assemble to play together once more… this time not at football. Arsenal stars Sol Campbell, Robert Pires, Ray Parlour and… Ashley Cole swap their shin pads for PlayStation pads
Famous for never losing a Premier League match, Arsenal’s iconic 2003/04 team have re-assembled once more, 17 years since they were crowned “The Invincibles”, to take on their latest challenge: playing the Marvel’s Avengers videogame.
The squad, led by veteran Invincible, Ray Parlour, consisted of legendary French winger, Robert Pires, towering centre-back, Sol Campbell, and they all received a welcome surprise when The Invincible’s dominant left-back and current Chelsea U15’s coach, Ashley Cole, returned to join forces with his former teammates. Each of the squad powered up their PS4 from home and connected online to take on the year’s biggest videogame release, Marvel’s Avengers, to find out if their Invincible DNA transferred from the football field to the field of Superhero charged action.
The Ex-Arsenal stars reminisced about old memories and made some electric new ones to celebrate the release of Marvel’s Avengers which launches on September 4th.
Arsenal Invincibles Assemble
During hours of intense play, they reminisce about their Invincible season, revealing whether they celebrated Liverpool losing to Watford last season to preserve their history-breaking record, which divided opinion between the players!
Sol Campbell also emphatically revealed that he would happily join Mikel Arteta’s coaching staff at Arsenal coaching following an Invincible shaped hole with the departure of Freddie Ljunberg, shouting ‘Put my name forward!’ down the microphone.
The heroic foursome recalled some of their most challenging duels in the mid-2000s to prepare themselves for Marvel’s Avengers, with Ray Parlour delivering the rallying cry, ‘Right lads, let’s imagine we’re playing Manchester United at Old Trafford’ as they loaded into battle.
It was so good to play with the boys again. I’d missed the feeling of having Sol Campbell to back me up in a tricky situation and have Pires looking good ahead of me but not turning around to help me out, it really did feel like old times! Re-assembling to play Marvel’s Avengers was the perfect excuse to relive some of those golden memories, it’s just a shame we weren’t quite as Invincible with a controller in our hands!
Talking about his experience playing Marvel’s Avengers, Ashley Cole
It was a great excuse to remind the boys who’s the powerhouse in our team, and whether it’s the football pitch or the TV screen I’m always going to want to smash my opponents around. It was a pleasure to see the lads again and bring the good times back.
Sol Campbell, who took the role as Hulk during the session
We showed the character that made our team Invincible, it’s not just about winning games, it’s about learning from setbacks, knowing the different skills we all bring to the table and putting them all together on the fly. You can’t match the feeling of winning as a team so it was a genuine thrill to get back together with the boys and bring the magic back.
Team leader and veteran of the group, Ray Parlour
I’m not a professional gamer but by the end of the session I felt like I had superpowers! The boys helped me when I needed it like a good team always does.
Robert Pires, speaking from his new home in Ibiza
Marvel’s Avengers will be available to purchase from September 4 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. For more information visit https://avengers.square-enix-games.com/en-gb/.
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