Arsenal are semi-finalists from the Champions League for the first time since 2009, as they knocked out the owner Real Madrid after a 2-1 win in the Spanish capital on Wednesday.
After the special night in the Emirates, the Gunners took the lead 3-0 last week and rarely looked nervous when they tried to keep their advantage. Madrid’s first shot on the finish arrived only in the 56th minute, and although Vinicius Junior quickly canceled Bukayo Saka’s tender opener, Madrid tried to build any swing.
The post-mortem in Spain will doubt Carlo Ancelotti’s future and the inability of Madrid’s stars to appear this time when the lights were bright. With regard to arsenal, Mikel Areteta must now prepare for a scintillating Paris Saint-Germain page in the last four.
How the game unfolds
Madrid was the expectation that the “Remontada” Would be fulfilled on Wednesday evening in the back of the last Tuesday in North London. The club’s superstars threw the catchphrase as if it were going out of fashion, and even Carlo Ancelotti couldn’t help but deal with the comeback discourse before playing.
However, Arsenal did not look overwhelmed by this occasion. Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe broke in a few bright early moments with the ball at feet into space, one of which led to an offside music goal.
Var condemned Raul Ascios Zug to Mikel Merino from an Arsenal corner to earn a stain kick, but Bukayo Sakas Panenka attempt went wrong and allowed Thibaut Courtois to save.
This may have made an overwhelming increase in Madrid, but Ancelotti’s men, after having rightly excluded a punishment from their own, after Francois Letexier had consulted the monitor, only swaned and swung and swiveled against a strong arsenal defense. The Gunners had equipped a intersection in the opening time, but stated and ensured that David Raya was not forced to a single rescue.
The measured representation of arsenal continued until the second half, with Madrid’s frustration over Jude Bellingham’s shipping of wood, while the ball was out of the game, and Federico Valverde made the lawn after the lawn after Rice picked up a potentially dangerous pass in the transition.
A triple change from Ancelotti showed Madrid’s despair, whereby the hosts fought to come back and to turn anything but to turn into the box of the Gunners.
After the hour, Saka’s redemption came into a certainly unassailable 4-0 lead with a delicate chip thrust arsenal, but William Saliba then decided to keep the Ajar door for Madrid by inexplicably transforming into Vinicius Junior, who got into an empty network into the second legs into an empty network.
That could have triggered the spirit of Juanito in Los Blancos, but arsenal was then cool. A mistake would not spoil the masterpiece of Arteta, and the response to the equalization ensured that the hosts could not build a dynamic when the tie headed towards its final act.
There was no second goal for Madrid, but for the brilliant visitors who have completed another unforgettable occasion with style. Gabriel Martinelli ended a chic counterattack in added time to seal the victory for the men of Areta at night.
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Avoiding an early concession was the key to arsenal in the Spanish capital, with Areteta, although he intended to win his game beforehand, certainly his early lead as a mere bonus.
However, his team was given the golden opportunity to dampen Madrid’s spirit early when Ascios Merino’s shirt – one who hardly drew a complaint by the Arsenal man – was considered a punishment. It would have been the perfect crowd-silencer, but Saka’s execution of a stain kick that was rarely saved for such seismic occasions. Instead of making his efforts in the middle, Saka’s punishment penetrated the left and let Courtois keep it away.
The Belgian was euphoric, and it seemed as if the beginning of the foreplay of Madristas started when the French referee inexplicably pointed out the place for Rice’s alleged foul on Mbappe. It took five long minutes, but the intervention of Var was wise and the decision on the field was overridden.
The sequences showed the stop start-nature of a river in the first half, which corresponded to the arsenal to the ground.
Some predicted the common and deepest defense blocks from Arsenal to get to Bernabeu on Wednesday, but Areta suggested that his team had no intention to close the shop from minute one.
And that turned out to be the case. The Gunners were of course forced for periods in their strict 4-4-2 mid-block, but they wanted to regain the ball for a large part of the competition on the field. They mixed their work without a ball and often made Madrid’s possession at the maximum.
Her only flaw was Saliba’s mistake, close to the defensive with arsenal. Her compact block forced Madrid into crosses and only crosses. Jurrien Timber defended excellently one-to-one, Saliba produced a few outstanding sequences, while the efforts from this Upfield were unclear. Rice was nothing less than a colossus in the middle of the park, and Thomas Partey ensured that Madrid never gave a central route.
Oh, and how about Jakub Kiwior?! What have you been worried about? He tried to go wrong since he got into the team.
The most impressive aspect of Arsenal’s performance was her reaction to Saliba’s mistake. They did not allow Madrid to work any kind of voodoo magic to which so many teams have succumbed to in the past. This was the most attractive exhibitions of a team that continues to cross borders.
Madrid will certainly look back on your PR before the game. So much was done on Wednesday about a potential comeback. Actually too much.
We know that this is a faulty Madrid team, and Ancelotti could not maximize the potential of the group despite the arrival of a bonafide superstar in the attack. Mbappe was bright early, but his influence was minimal before taking a knock that forced him to do so.
The hosts struggled to penetrate gaps and gaps in front of Arsenal’s defense, and the strict block forced the visitor to forced this team loaded by superstar without ideas. The intersection was the right way, but their presence was missing and the deliveries in the box were often aimless. There was a predictability of her game, also when Vini Jr. was on the ball.
Ancelotti has often relieved majestic sequences between Madrid’s four rider who tackles this term in this term, which offer the quartet a lot of freedom to roam and turn, but a positive approach that was pursued in this tie seemed to inhibit the stars against immobile strength.
This is a half-final defeat against Manchester City against Manchester City two seasons ago. A two seasons reminds a two seasons. A Copa del Rey-Triumph will not save Ancelotti on this occasion. An alternative voice is required, but the new manager has cut out his work if he is supposed to work Madrid without possession.