Arsenal look helpless against Sporting CP's strong defense in the Europa League match on Friday, ending the match at the Emirates Stadium with a score of 0-0. The match for 90 minutes is really boring. Arsenal appeared dominant over their Portuguese guest but were unable to penetrate the Sporting team who were disciplined in defense.
In fact there is nothing worth reporting from tonight's match, if it wasn't for a sad injury for Danny Welbeck, who had to be taken on a stretcher off the field while in pain after suffering a serious injury. Allegedly broke his ankle.
The only shot on target in the first half came from Danny Welbeck, and now the England player must be stretched out.
The second round begins with a pattern that is more or less similar. Arsenal are dominant, close to 70%, and the Portuguese team held tight in one third of their own field.
Unai Emery's squad does not have enough creativity to dismantle the opponent's back row. One of the Gunners' best chances came in the 58th minute when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who came on for Danny Welbeck, struck the ball from a tight angle, and only hit the side of the net.
About three minutes before normal time ended, former Barcelona player Jeremy Mathieu was sent off with a straight red card after dropping Aubameyang in the penalty box, in a counterattack by the home team. The score remained 0-0 until the long whistle was blown by the referee.
With Vorskla losing 1-0 to Qarabag, the 1-1 draw was enough for Arsenal to ensure they qualified for the Europa League round of 32 with 10 points, above Sporting CP who collected 7 points. The rest of the last two matches are only to determine the problem of group winners.
The composition of Arsenal vs Sporting CP:
Arsenal: Cech; Lichtsteiner, Sokratis, Holding, Jenkinson; Guendouzi, Ramsey; Mkhitaryan, Iwobi, Smith-Rowe; Welbeck. Cadangan: Martinez, Mustafi, Kolisinac, Maitland-Niles, Torreira, Nketiah, Aubameyang.
Sporting: Ribeiro; Bruno Gaspar, Coates, Mathieu, Acuna; Nani, Gudelj, Miguel Luis, Bruno Fernandes; Diaby, Montero. Cadangan: Salin, Pinto, Jefferson. Dost, Mané, Cabral, Petrovic.
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