UEFA Europa League: Arsenal take off against Slavia

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Arsenal defeated Prague’s Slavia with a score of 4: 0 (3: 0) and won 5: 1 in two matches.

The first three goals were scored by the Londoners from the 18th to the 24th minute. At first, after the pass of Emils Smith Rouv, he defeated his opponents at the speed of Nikolā Pepē, a little later the advantage was doubled by Aleksandrs Lakazets, but at the end of the stormy attack, Bukajo Saka fouled unmistakably from the penalty area.

In the second half, in the 77th minute, Lakazets, surrounded by three opponents, was accurate from a close distance, reaching 4: 0.

This week, UEFA has imposed a ten-game disqualification for Slavia defender Ondrzie Kudel, who in the previous round against Glasgow.RangersBefore the game, Arsenal footballers leaned on one knee in protest of racism, and the closest to the center line and the Slavia team was the two-goal Lakazet.

In the first round of the Prague “Slavia” elimination tournament, another English Premier League club Leester “City” was suspended, but in the eighth final, the Czech club set foot in front of the Scottish team Glasgow “Celtic“.

Significantly, Arsenal have won the quarterfinals in the UEFA Champions League / Champions Cup only two times out of seven, and in eight other European club tournaments – eight out of nine times.

“AS Roma”, on the other hand, fought a draw 1: 1 (0: 0) with Amsterdam in the quarter-finals.Ajax“, winning 3 – 2 in the sum of two matches.

After 49 minutes, the visitors put themselves ahead 19 – 0 as Perss Shūrs finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Brobijs had only spent a few minutes on the pitch, as he was on the reserve bench in the first half.

With 18 minutes left in the regular time, Edin Jacko scored 1: 1 after a quick counterattack, the AS Roma team regaining the lead in the sum of two games.

Meanwhile, the Manchester team beat the “Granada” team at home with 2: 0 (1: 0), gaining the lead with 4: 0.

The first goal to make it 0 – 1 was scored by Pols Pogbā after Edinsonam Kavani put the ball into the back of the net without any difficulty. In the last minute of the regular time, Hesus Valjeho threw the ball into his goal and helped the United team to reach 2: 0.

For the last time, the Manchester Club reached at least two semi-finals of the Old Continent tournaments from 2006 to 2009, when it entered the top four of the UEFA Champions League three times in a row.

Finally, Villarreal defeated Zagreb’s Dynamo at home 2: 1 (2: 0), winning 3: 1 in two games.

In the 36th minute the home team played to the empty goal and Pako Alkasers scored 1: 0, but seven minutes later Herards Moreno caught the bouncing ball and doubled the lead of “Villarreal”. Bruno Petkovičs made a successful breakthrough on the left after 74 minutes and should have leveled the score, but instead he clipped it over the bar.

“Villarreal” team reached the semi-finals in UEFA club tournaments for the fifth time in history, but in the previous four times it blocked the way to the finals “Valencia“,” Arsenal “,” Porto “a”Liverpool” units.

The United and AS Roma teams and the Arsenal and Villarreal teams will meet in the semi-finals.

The first games of the semi-finals will take place on April 29, and the second – on May 6.

The final will be held on May 26 this year in Gdansk, where the title match was supposed to take place last season, but due to the spread of Covid-19, it was moved to Cologne. A year later, the finals are scheduled in Seville, and in 2023 – in Budapest.

Last year in the final “Sevilla” from Spain won 3: 2 with Milan “Inter“.

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