2024-02-21 22:07:30
Will the curse of the round of 16 continue this season? The Champions League continued this evening (Wednesday) when Arsenal conceded a huge goal in the 94th minute and surrendered 1:0 to Porto, with the Gunners not kicking a single shot on target.
The Gunners are in great form, they have shown us that they know how to play football and even do it in a convincing and beautiful way, when they scored 21 goals in the last five games, but this time it was nowhere near that.
Mikel Arteta’s team did dominate the pitch and possessed more of the ball, but were not dangerous at all and, as mentioned, did not kick into the frame even once, while the Portuguese, on the other hand, were not very good either, but one magical moment by Wenderson Galano in the 94th minute who scored a great goal gave 0: 1 big in the first game in the round of 16.
Arsenal has not been in the factory since 2017, when from 2011 to 2017, as mentioned, the Gunners did not make it past the round of 16, when the last time the team from London passed the round of 16 – it was on 10/2009, when they eliminated Porto.
That season, the Gunners lost 2:1 at Porto’s home, but at home they won 5:0 and advanced to the quarterfinals. On 12.03 the two teams will meet for the rematch, Mikel Arteta and his players will hope to recreate that rematch, until then Arsenal are expecting difficult games against Newcastle, Sheffield United and Brentford.
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