He Arsenal of Mikel Arteta, leaders of the Premier, will play in the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the first time since 2009-10. He achieved this by suffering before a Porto European champion in 1986-87 and 2003-04 who has again shown himself to be a formidable opponent for the Gunners. But because of the sanctions Arsenal reached the desired quarterfinals and with the goalkeeper of Barcelona David Raya hero, because he stopped the second highest penalty and the fourth in the group led by Sergio Conceicao. (4-2 after 1-0).
A purpose of Galen In stoppage time, in the 94th minute, he gave the winner Porto in the first leg, played in Do Dragao, so in Arsenal He has to go back to the Emirates. And he didn’t make it easy for her. Porto in the first part, because it was led by the group Sergio Conceicao managed to defend, led by the very veteran ex-Madridista Pepe (41 years old) with success and that, despite their aggressive attacks from the start, the ‘gunners’ were not very comfortable and, above all, they could not get their way to the quarterfinals on the track. Wendell monitored effectively Bukayo Saka.
He Portowith good time management, repeated the performance that allowed him to win the first round and even had the first clear chance, of Evanilson, to which the Barcelona goalkeeper responded with an excellent save David Raya.
Until the 41st minute Martin Odegaard He took the ball after the rebound and made a great filter pass. Leandro Trossard He took advantage of the assist to take control and finish the game with a shot with his right foot. It was a real liberation for him. Arsenal went into half-time with a score of 1-0, with the tie tied.
The truth is that Porto He went all out after the break, very intense, aggressive in his game, reached the goal of David Raya. with good Nico Gonzalezformer Barcelona player, usually, at the speed of Francisco Conceicaoincluding the fight of Evanilsonthose from the north of Portugal had a chance.
while, Odegaard He scored a goal, but it was disallowed due to a grab Kai Havertz to Pepe. Porto managed to neutralize the leader of the Premier League. Gabriel Jesus came close to scoring when he came on in the 83rd minute (for Jorginho), but reacted Diogo Costa. In the 85th minute, a double chance for Arsenalshot of Then who removed it as best he could Diogo Costa and shot that came out defective Odegaard, the most dangerous Gunner, showing his immense quality in his actions. Near the end of regulation time, he was injured Alan Varela.
The extension arrived. Eddie Nketiah had a good chance, but Diogo Costa He caught the ball well. Like David Raya He caught the ball with a shot from Galenscorer of the first leg goal.
The penalty shootout
1-0, Odegaard
1-1, Pepê Aquino
2-1, Havertz
2-1 Wendell
3-1, Saka
3-2, Grujic
4-2, Rice
4-2, Galen
Football thing, the last time he reached the Arsenal the quarterfinals of the Champions League will also be eliminated Porto, who won 2-1 on Portuguese soil but lost 5-0 on English soil. The Gunners’ third goal Arsene Wenger it is a phenomenon Samir Nasri one of the best goals in Champions League history.
Source: La Verdad
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