Posted in Champions League, Match Preview on Feb 20th, 2024
And so into the Dragons’ den. The time: Wednesday evening. The occasion: the Champions League Round of 16 first leg against FC Porto. The location: a sold-out Estádio do Dragão. The 50-000 seater stadium, the third largest in Portugal, was built for the 2004 Euros. Porto moved in the year before, travelling a few hundred […]
Posted in Champions League, Match Report on Nov 9th, 2023
Embed from Getty Images My Spanish is very poor (like my Italian, German, French, and Dutch) but I could swear that drifting over from the Sevilla supporters was the refrain “Six times champions of Europe, you’ll never say that”. Frankly if that was what they were singing it sounded as ridiculous in context as the […]
Posted in Champions League, Match Preview on Nov 7th, 2023
Lest you get the idea that the title refers to the tactics of the Spanish Inquisition, I must nip that notion in the bud immediately [nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! — eds.]. That is to say, early-harvest extra virgin olive oil is made this time of year from Andalusian olives that are harvested as they […]
Posted in Champions League, Match Report on Sep 21st, 2023
Embed from Getty Images A lot can change in 2338 days. That is how long it has been since that humiliating 5-1 defeat to Bayern Munich which saw us lose 10-2 on aggregate on one of the worst nights in Arsenal’s recent history. Since then, we’ve had to endure five tediously dull Europa League campaigns […]
Posted in Champions League, Match Preview on Sep 19th, 2023
And so to the Stadium of Stone for our first Champions League game since March 7, 2017. The weight of history hangs heavily. That evening, Bayern Munich beat us 5-1 at the Emirates in the Round of 16, having been a goal behind and outplayed until Laurent Koscielny was inexplicably sent off early in the […]
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