Declan Rice has shown penalty miracles.
Fears time
Despite the maximum status of both teams, in previous years it was difficult to imagine that Arsenal and Real were approaching a complete meeting in the advanced phase of the Champions League without a clear favorite. They would probably be Madrid who in any form in any form in Champions League Protect the masterpieces. But this time, if not shy attempts to exhibit the “canonists” by the favorites, at least the discussion on uncertainty, which always adds drama and intrigues, played.
As if at the beginning the rivals had not really understood who was who in this battle. The first half was in Arsenal attempts to strengthen the state of a favorite, the owner of the situation, as well as the desire to earn trust. The most cunning and sophisticated “real”, who understood that it was not in the best form, preferred not to climb from the first minutes, taking a waiting position and not seeing.
But either the factor of domestic stands, or in general, a safer awareness has allowed itself to be “arsenal” to get at ease and start to crush, promoting this flywheel. The Londoners seemed mentally healthier, stronger and ready to confront each other. And while the Madrids were overcome by doubts, Arsenal built their attacks on them. However, the first half remained without goals. But already with a persistent feeling of the pause that will be if Tibo Courtois does not keep his courage shown at the end of the first half, when he helped Real Madrid twice in a row. Whoever knows what he will have in the second half. And the first team had also ended with embarrassing statistics: 55 percent of the ball that owns the Arsenal, but 5: 6 for shots. True, the Madrid only two attempts were accurate and they had four Londoners.
Raisdili Real Madrid
In the second half of the transformation of Real Madrid, it did not happen. The team still played “on the lowered wheels”, continuing to attack at the expense of the high class of individual artists. He was not impressive against the background of a common match, but the masters remain masters. Arsenal has also added excitement to its ability, mood, organization and calm, which is very important. The concentration of the Madrits sometimes lacked a lot. Furthermore, this was reflected not only in the passive attempts of an event of combinations, but also to the actions in defense. Sometimes on Real Madrid they seemed to attack an insensitive. And in the second half, this effect has progressed. You can remember the first half episode when they allowed to beat and finish. There was more.
And he began the whole goal of DEMLLO RICLA from the penalty area. By the way, it also had to be earned – in sufficient proximity to the gate. Without pressure and lack of concentration and sharpness from the defenders, this cannot be achieved. It seemed that Courtois put the wall in front of the standard correctly. But he did not take into account the capacity of the rice to twist the ball. He performed the incredible Zagolina, looking for Valverde Fede (who helped a little, turning to the side at the time of the blow) and flew under the pole.
In the last two seasons, Rice has taught us to regular goals, even too frequent for the support midfielder. And in the background of this it seemed that he often performed the penalty and probably everyone has a memory that he had already marked by them. However, Opta believed that this was his first goal with a direct blow to the penalty area. The peculiar “Mandela effect” turns out to be – almost all “remembered” that Declan already had similar objectives.
What happened later? Arsenal continued to beat Madrid, who seemed to agree at 0: 1 at that time with reliable to save the house. At some point, the “gunners” literally fired in a row from the penalty with several shots of the opponent’s doors. Courtois and its protection simply fell on the path of the ball – so so defensive standard by one of the strongest clubs in the world. Once again, all the same bells speak of a lack of concentration during the finish.
Well, then – again a dangerous penalty. And a man who had not scored before the game from the penalty accused the second most beautiful goal of the first – to the plus nine. If Courtois had a jet or spider-man’s skills, it was unlikely that he adapted to a ball between the bar and the crossbar. At that moment everyone was affected. The meme will probably be the Zhorzhinho race, which grabbed his head and rushed as in a repetition slowed in the district with this gaze, as if he had noticed a comet that fell to the ground, but lost his speech.
Everyone took their heads. And Carlo Sevenelotti, who saw everything in his life, portrayed a surprised expression on his face, apparently realizing that the game went down in history at that moment. After all, Rice was the first to design a double in the Champions League playoffs, and he is the first to score twice from the Real Madrid penalty since the 1950s.
While the English press in online mode wrote all these results, Arsenal has created the third goal. They shot the carousel following the penalty center and Mikel Merino, with a clear blow, placed the ball in the target from its line. Here Mikel Arthet could already praise himself, who made a useless rate on Havbek as a central center. The measure is forced. But the “cannonieri” are even used to such and probably feel some pleasure. Like, for example, by a successful experiment with a transfer to Kai Haverts Attack Center simultaneously. But now he is injured, Gabriel Coemeus is cured. So Arthet decided to put Merino on the tip. Michel, of course, has always been attracted to the depth. But in an important point, it was right where he needed.
In the end, as if even even the entire inevitability and effort of the game of Real Madrid, Eduardo Kaminga had had a stupid removal, receiving a second yellow card for a compensated time for the ball eliminated in his hearts after the judge’s whistle. The most eloquent end of this match for Real Madrid cannot be invented.
