Barcelona won against Arsenal in the first match of quarter finals of Champion League. The game took place in London and ended with a score 2 – 0. Two goals in the match hired Lionel Messi, including a goal from the penalty spot.
Statistics really make upset fans in London. In this game Barcelona brought a record that is 30 more games unbeaten and have created 104 goals in all competitions this season as they travel to the headquarters of Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal was doomed before the game. No one would have succumbed to the Barcelona and megatrio, which all already tired of talking. Messi, Suarez, and Neymar are too good for the earth of football, they chemistry is perfect.
The first golden opportunity came from the foot obtained Arsenal Oxlade – Chamberlain. Through rapid cooperation between Sanchez and Mesut Oezil then reversed the ball back into the heart of the opponent’s defense. Unfortunately kicking of Oxlade-Chamberlain was still easily secured by Barcelona goalkeeper Ter Stegen.
Suarez almost scored in the 45th minute through a header after receiving a pass from Alves, but the ball deviated slightly from the target. The game in the first half ended with no goals from both teams.
Immediately after the break Neymar attacks the problem of lack of thought but Cech just jumped out of the gate and the hosts saved. As time went on, the score did not change, and the Arsenal continued to boldly go forward, for in the end were punished by getting 71 minutes in a lightning counter-attack. Neymar went up on the left, struck the center where Messi paused, putting it on the fifth point of Cech and scored into an empty net. Incidentally, the Argentine for the first time in his career was able to score the goalkeeper, although he played against him for the seventh time. But on 83 minutes, all this opposition, in fact, ended. Flamini brought down Messi in the penalty box, and the Argentinian calmly from the penalty spot and scored 2: 0. Before the final whistle, the account no longer changed. A trip to Barcelona is now converted to the Arsenal. A dream of the quarter-finals could be postponed for another year.
Messi celebrates after he scored 2-0 over Arsenal. (Source:www.sidomi.com)
At the ended of the game, Arsenal manager admitted that this game very difficult. “To be honest, go to the quarter-finals will be very, very difficult, if not impossible. We will go to “Camp Nou” and we will fight it. We had our chances, and today, we did not score.”
This defeat makes Arsenal difficult towards the quarter-finals. The second leg matches will be held in Barcelona’s Camp Nou on March 16 local time.
