Arsenal ran in the second half of her quarter-final in the Champions League quarter-finals against Real Madrid and scored three times a goal to leave her shortly before the semi-finals.
After a hotly contested first half, which did not score, two Declan Rice Frekicks pushed an electric emirate in a state of euphoria after restarting, and Mikel Merinos strike only contributed to the atmosphere. This was a special arsenal night on a great opportunity, but they are only halfway there.
Your leadership is considerable and Madrid’s heroic effort will require to work back into the tie, but Mikel Areta will believe that a semi-finals are still a long way in the distance.
How the game unfolds
The Emirates were interested in organizing a show before the kick -off, and many supporters of Arsenal described this competition as the most important ones on this reason since the Gunners moved in. Areta described the occasion as a “greatest” career as a management career, while Carlo Ancelotti only pulled an eyebrow.
Arsenal tried to react to an impressive atmosphere, but the amount approved when a Unterhit Bukayo Saka Pass Vinicius junior solved with green grass. Fortunately for the hosts, the Brazilian Trivela Cross was cut out by William Saliba.
In the first possible moment, the visitors focused on finding their speedster in the attack and at the same time offering times of serenity in the construction phase to tame the lively hosts. Arsenal was measured in a similar way after Saka’s nervous pass, and Thomas Partey came closest to break the dead end when he fired a shot directly on Thibaut Courtois from the edge of the box.
Madrid then grew again and should have taken the lead by Kylian Mbappe after he was brilliantly defended by Jude Bellingham in Arsenal’s defense. The Frenchman tried to close his shoulders and complete a trademark near Post-finish, but did not explain the way he would like it to save it, and allowed David Raya to save.
There was an observable ebb and river to be processed, with the cannoners enjoying their best period of the competition at the end of a finely balanced first half. Saka crossed the Madrid box dangerously over the Madrid box, so as not to get red-protected beneficiaries, while Courtois completed excellent double savings to prevent Rice, then Gabriel Martinelli at the goal.
It may be feared that Arsenal would calm her openings in the first half, but Rice’s free brilliance made sure that it did not regret it. The first efforts by the midfielder hit Courtois’ wall and beyond the outstretched Belgian two minutes before the hour. His second, who arrived after another flood of Arsenal, who somehow scored another goal was perhaps even better.
Rice supported himself to beat Courtois on his side and made an unstoppable effort into the back corner. Bedlam.
The mouths were still open and the hands were still on heads of the Dead Ball Master class of the midfielder when the suddenly cultivated Merino von Mero added a third for the hosts with a comprehensive finish of 15 minutes before the time. Areteta’s team then did a good job to ensure that visitors don’t get sniffing in the final act of the game.
As a result, you have a 3-0 lead to take you to the Spanish capital, and Madrid will be without Eduardo Camavavinga after submitting.
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The visit press was concerned about the potential superiority of Arsenal on Tuesday evening, since Madrid had granted ball situations in back-to-back games.
Some might have expected the hosts of Ecken in North London, but nobody expected a Declan Rice Free kick bracket. Despite his elite ball strike, Rice was rare, if at all, about the dead ball with the aim of the opposition in sight.
In truth, his chances of finding the back of the network with both efforts were incredibly low. Not against this goalkeeper, who had frustrated Arsenal with several impressive stops in the opening lesson. However, there was nothing Courtois could do to refuse Rice’s bracket.
His first arc around Courtois’ wall with power and precision. The second was all muscles. A ruthless hit that entered the Belgian network with great satisfaction.
Arsenal supporters have been waiting for a gate for years directly from a free kick. It is fair to say that it was worth the wait.
The stage was set to a seismic encounter. Arsenal may have proven to be one of the best of the Premier League in the past three years, but her quarter -finals against Bayern Munich last season lensed the fans after a significant victory on a major European occasion.
Real Madrid is the final boss of the Champions League. Synonym for fame in this competition and for the European crown number 16 this season. They were the favorites that entered the semi -finals, but Mikel Artetas Gunners produced a display for the centuries.
The collective championship won the individual brilliance on Tuesday evening. Sure, the tie was broken up by two freedom that Rice may never be coming back near hits, but Arsenal had done more than enough to achieve a lead with two goals. They used Madrid’s indecisiveness, and the teenager Myles Lewis-Skelly produced a boasting with the ball that helped the Gunners tirelessly to get on the field.
The tactical defects of the visitors met against a conditioned machine, with the absence of Gabriel and a recognized striker did not deter the hosts. They were excellent all over the line, and their containment of Madrid’s stars in attack fits are in good condition in the back of the next week.
Quentin Tarantino looked at Inglorious B*Sterds When his “masterpiece” over Lt. Aldo pure at the end of the Hollywood Classic. Well, Arteta can consider this 3-0 victory over 15 times the European Champions about the medium of Rice’s destructive legal boots.
This was a miserable night for the multi -year winners who lost their 11th game in the Emirates in all competitions this season. We knew that they were beaten to enter the competition, but many expected that Ancelotti’s team found another equipment on the big stage.
You would have been quite satisfied with the opening time, but the second half was close to a collapse. It recalled the defeat that they had succumbed to Etihad two seasons ago.
Mbappe was perhaps the best Madrid, but he couldn’t produce with his big moment in the first half. The Brazilian wingers hardly changed from their respective full -backs, while Jew Bellingham put a mighty frustrated figure when his international teammate stole the show.
3: 0 deficits are very rarely lifted in this phase of the competition, but their task in the next week is not impossible. Arsenal’s strong backline makes the challenge difficult, but we all know what an early goal can do. Madrid has a talent. You can only rule it out next Wednesday when the final pipe blows in the Spanish capital.