Hero Raya, sent Arsenal to “8” after 14 years!

Great David Rayatook her hand Arsenal on penalties and led her to his quarterfinals Champions League!

The “gunners” qualified, winning 4-2 in the penalty shootout over Porto after 1-0 in 120 minutes of the match, in a real thriller until the end. The Spanish goalkeeper caught two penalties Wendell and Galenowho went from being nice with his goal in the first match to being… fatal for the “dragons” in the last blow.

His team is overall superior Mikel Artetafound the goal that brought the balance with him Trossard from his terrific vertical pass Edgard, with the Portuguese unable to appear threatening. In extra-time it was the home side who looked more for the goal, but fatigue was evident and Sergio Conceicao’s men bided their time, aiming to send the game to penalties. There, Mr Rail took action and Arsenal booked a place in the “8” of the top European competition after 14 years.

The match:

Although one would expect a furious start from her Arsenalwho with the support of the crowd would be looking for a quick goal, something like that in the end it didn’t happen. Porto entered quite readabsorbed any pressure from the home team, constantly gained yards on the pitch and his header White in the 4th minute from Trossard’s cross he did not threaten Diogo Costa’s goal.

In the 13th century Satchel in his first good effort he attempted the shot, with Costa not clearing safely and after a corner won by the “gunners” his attempt Edgard passed out. In the 16th minute, Porto had their first final with him Evanilsonwho did not threaten Raya, while in the 21st minute he lost important opportunityagain, with Evanilsson finding space and taking a fine shot, Raya making a difficult save.

In the 27th minute, his header Rice it was not dangerous, while in the 30th minute White took the cross from the right with conditions, with Pepe cutting with great difficulty in front of Havertz, entering the… nets from the over-effort and from the time it took. With time running out and Porto essentially not threatening, everything looked like the half would go by without a goal, however, in the 41st minute, Edgard he had a different opinion! The Norwegian avoided two players nicely and scored improbable vertical pass to Trossard, who with cool and ideal placement sent the ball into the net for 1-0.

From there and until the end of the first half, the strong duels had their… honor, with the home team going to the dressing room having equalized the score of the first match (1-0) thanks to the awesome inspiration of Edgard.

Without any big moment the start of the second part, after any offensive attempts on both sides were effectively intercepted. In the 58th minute, his effort Rice from Havertz’s turn countered, with Arsenal upping the ante at this point, looking for the second goal.

Nevertheless, Porto managed to keep away from its area the “gunners”, who managed to quickly take the lead in the 67th minute, the Edgard scored, but the goal was disallowed after Havertz pulled Pepe’s shirt in the phase. The pace was fast at that point and in the 70th minute the “dragons” managed to get away quickly on the counterattack, the Conceição went yards with the ball in a three-on-three situation, with Raya saying no to his attempted shot.

In 74′ his header Saliba from Trossard’s cross was misplaced, fatigue set in, with Turpin abandoning his strong play and duels. In the 83′, the first change was made on the Arsenal side, with Arteta taking off Jorginho, bringing on the playing field Jesuswho on his first touch almost scored, but Diogo Costa cleared for a corner.

The English pushed for the goal that would give them qualification and in the 85th minute Costa took his powerful shot Satchel, the phase was not over with Edgard sending the ball out. In the end, 1-0 remained until the end and the game it was taken to overtime.

In the extra half hour, as was perfectly reasonable, the fatigue it was incredibly difficult the feet and the mind of the players on both sides, resulting in few attacking attempts at either home. At 101′ the rested one Taremi he made a nice effort, but his shot went wide and the first quarter of extra time ended without any extra time.

In the second half of extra time and with the arrival of Zinchenko and Enketia the Arsenal tried to find the goal, but in the 110th minute Otavio made a block and saved Saka’s shot from close range. In the 115th Galeno tried his feet, the ball was countered but Raya cleared, with both teams looking for the goal that would punch their ticket to the quarter-finals. In the end, 1-0 did not change and the qualification went to the penalty shootout.

There, Mr Edgard he struck for 1-0, with Pepe leveling at 1-1. THE Havertz he was accurate in the second penalty, but not Wendell, with Raya to stop him. Saka with a strong strike made it 3-1, Grujic found the net and Rice with a cool execution made it 4-2. Galeno went to the white bull, o Rail he also saved a second penalty, sending Arsenal into the quarter-finals of the Champions League after 14 years!

The lineups of the two teams:

Arsenal (Mikel Arteta, 4-3-3): Raya, White, Saliba, Magaliaes, Kivior (106′ Zinchenko), Edgard, Rice, Jorginho (83′ Jesus), Saka, Havertz, Trosar (106′ Enketia).

Porto (Sergio Conceição, 4-2-3-1): Costa, Mario (86′ Sanchez), Pepe, Ottavio, Wendell, Varela (90+7′ Grujic), Nico (101′ Eustaquio), Conceição (101′ Borges), Pepe Aquino, Galeno, Evanilsson (86′ Taremi).

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