Al -Malab newspaper – Arsenal put a feet in the Champions League semi-finals after his 3-0 victory over Real Madrid in the first leg-so will he complete the task today in the second leg at the “Santiago Bernabeu” stadium?
Throughout its history, the tournament witnessed 47 cases in which a team managed to achieve three goals or more in the first leg of the knockout roles, and only four teams came out of the championship.
This gives Arsenal positive indicators while preparing to travel to Madrid, hoping to reach the semi -finals for the first time since 2009.
Real Madrid, known for its historical return in the European championships, has achieved great achievements in recent years, most notably the return against Bayern Munich on the way to its fifteenth title on the old continent last season, as well as its exciting victories over Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Manchester City in the 2021-2022 edition.
But after Dikman Rice scored two amazing goals of two fixed balls to contribute to Arsenal’s three clean winning at the Emirates Stadium last week, Carlo Ancelotti men find themselves needing one of the greatest returns in the club’s history.
Of the 53s of Real Madrid against English teams in the European Cup or the Champions League, he was unable to win by a difference of more than three goals only twice.
In the season 1975-1976, Real Madrid beat Derby County 5-1 in the round of sixteen, then defeated Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 in the 2010-2011 quarter-finals. The victory over the Derby County is the only time that Real Madrid managed to compensate for three goals after the first leg in the European Championships.
After losing 4-1 at the “Pespol Garand” stadium, Real Madrid returned strongly and achieved an exciting victory at its homeland to the quarter-finals. After Derby reduced the difference with a goal of Charlie George, Perry scored a penalty kick to send the match to extra time, as Santana scored the goal of qualification.
However, Real Madrid failed on three other occasions, to compensate for its loss by three goals in the first leg of the confrontation of the championship rounds.
Since changing the championship system with its current name in 1992, only four teams have succeeded in the heart of its delay with three or more goals in going to a second leg: Deportivo La Coruna against Milan (2003-04), Barcelona against Paris Saint-Germain (2016-17), Roma against Barcelona (2017-18), and Liverpool against Barcelona (2018-19).
According to Spanish media reports, the future of coach Carlo Ancelotti with Real Madrid is at stake, and it may be the only historical return to save his position and give him the opportunity to stay next season.
But Joud Bellingham stated after the end of the first leg: “If there is a place where crazy things happen, then it is our stadium.”
This will be the sixteenth time that Real Madrid has played a second leg at home in the exclusionary rounds of the Champions League since the 2015-2016 season, and it qualified in 14 out of 15 times previous, and the only loss against Ajax was in the round of 16 in the 2018-2019 season.
On the other hand, Arsenal’s 3-0 victory in the first leg represents the twelfth time that an English team achieved this difference in one of the elimination roles confrontations in the Champions League, and all the previous 11 teams managed to qualify.
Arsenal has a distinguished defensive record this season in the Champions League, as the team received only 0.55 goals per game, which is the second best rate after the 2005-2006 season when he reached the final and received only 0.31 goals.
But the attack appears to be the best defense way, as Arsenal scores a rate of 2.55 goals per game, which is the second best rate in one version of the tournament after an average of 2.63 in the 2005-2006 season.
In the first leg, Arsenal was more dynamic than his opponent, as Bocao Saka starred in his start against David Alaba, while Diklan Rice completely dominated the middle area.
Although Madrid has a higher acquisition rate of 53.4 %, Arsenal carried out 115 high -intensity pressure attempts in the last third of the stadium, which is more than three times what Real Madrid did, which scored only 36 attempts, and is considered the lowest number for any team in the quarter -finals. One of its most prominent players in physical strength will be absent from Real Madrid, after Eduardo Kamavinga received a second red card as a result of kicking the ball after the final whistle. His absence will be influential, especially since he possesses the highest success rate in defensive interventions this season between players who have played at least 20 interventions, with a success rate of 80.8 % (21 of 25 attempts).
