[Champ League] Arsenal vs Roma
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Originally posted by Trump_Card:
Yes... arse through by the skin of their teeth...
penalties 8-7... the match itself is horrible... but the fact that we're progressing is all that matters... hopefully will have the injured players back for quarter finals
yes damn lucky 2 get thru... rubbish performance... e goal shouldnt hv conceded... e def felt too comforty... no 1 bother 2 clear e ball... entire match no creative... jz run str8 into e roma def... reali nid players like henry who can change e game... tink by nx match fabregas bk liao.. -
Originally posted by pierre^^:
Its really rare for Arsenal to win a penalty shootout
most of the time, we always lost
ya actuali they dun hv the luck 2 take penalties... -
Arsenal Sibei Tyco due to Tonetto Missed the Penatly Lolx
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Originally posted by Trump_Card:
Yes... arse through by the skin of their teeth...
penalties 8-7... the match itself is horrible... but the fact that
we're progressing is all that matters... hopefully will have the
injured players back for quarter finalsit's 7-6 on penalties.
All English Clubs are through.
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Tonetto sorry for missed pen
Roma's Max Tonetto has apologised after his missed penalty sent Arsenal into the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League.
The Italian side forced a shoot-out in the second leg of their tie after Juan's early goal earned them a 1-0 victory on the night and a 1-1 draw on aggregate.
Eduardo and Mirko Vucinic both had penalties saved before Arsenal won in sudden death as Tonetto blazed his effort over the crossbar.
Tonetto feels Roma were unlucky to be eliminated from the competition and has said sorry to the fans for his crucial mistake.
"I'm really gutted that I missed the penalty but penalties are always a lottery and that's how it goes," he said.
"I want to apologise to everyone because we really wanted to progress. In the opening leg, Arsenal deserved the win but tonight, we deserved to go through.
"It's very painful, this defeat, especially when it comes to penalties.
"Now we just have to focus on the domestic competition and hope to return to the Champions League next season."
Roma face a battle to qualify for next season's Champions League as they are currently one point behind fourth-placed Fiorentina in Serie A.
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Gunners fan 'stabbed' in Rome
An Arsenal supporter is believed to have been stabbed after his minibus was attacked by Roma fans before Wednesday's UEFA Champions League tie.
The minibus in which the fan was travelling is understood to have lost its way en route to the Stadio Olimpico for the second leg encounter.
Roma fans started to attack the vehicle before one is alleged to have got on to the bus when the situation escalated.
The victim was able to watch the game, which Arsenal won in a dramatic penalty shoot-out, after receiving medical care.
Fight
A British Embassy spokesman said: "One managed to get on to the bus and there was a fight.
"The driver managed to get away when the Roma fan was pushed out of the bus."
He added: "We don't know if it was a stabbing or glass from a smashed window."
An Arsenal spokeswoman said: "A male Arsenal fan was believed to be stabbed outside the stadium.
"Roma fans threw stones at a bus, smashing windows, and an individual allegedly entered the bus and stabbed a fan."
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are aware of the incident that happened in Italy and we are providing consular assistance."
The incident could again raise questions over Rome's ability to stage this season's Champions League final in May at the Stadio Olimpico.
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did anyone saw how walcott took his penalty? it was kinda unique as he face opposition from ball, flick n took the ball quickly. the goal might not stand becos it was taken in a rush.
nonetheless we won the penalties.
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Originally posted by 798:
did anyone saw how walcott took his penalty? it was kinda unique as he face opposition from ball, flick n took the ball quickly. the goal might not stand becos it was taken in a rush.
nonetheless we won the penalties.
Arsenal's Theo Walcott Reveals Penalty Education
Two legs and extra-time was not enough to separate the fifth-placed Premier League side from the sixth-placed Serie A team, but Arsenal eventually edged Roma after eight rounds of penalties.
One of Arsenal's converters, Theo Walcott, has today revealed that he took inspiration from a former team-mate at Southampton, as mind-games can play a key part in the outcome of a spot-kick, so Walcott refused to eye-ball opposition glovesman, Doni.
"I had a dry throat going towards the goal but I didn't look at the goalkeeper once," Walcott is quoted by the club's official website as saying. "I learned that from James Beattie.
"He's probably one of the best penalty takers I have seen. I have watched him over the years and mine wasn't as good a penalty as his but they all count.
"I didn't want the goalkeeper to make eye contact with me because sometimes they might put you off a little bit. Plus he was a big lad. It's all about positive thinking and it counted in the end.
"To be fair, it was a really good experience for me. It was the first penalty shoot-out I have ever done."
The England international - who scored a famous hat-trick against Croatia towards the end of last year - also added that the Arsenal camp had not been practicing penalties prior to the knock-out clash.
"To do it on penalties for such a young team who haven't experienced that, it just shows the character we have got in the whole side.
"I didn't expect to take the third penalty but the boss has faith in all of us. That definitely showed in the penalty takers tonight. He told me I was third and I am not going to say no. I just wanted to get up there and see what would happen.
"We didn't practice them at all - we thought we could get the result. But it doesn't matter how they go in and it was like we had just won the World Cup Final in the dressing room after the game.
"The atmosphere was brilliant," he added. "Even though there are all sorts of nationalities in there, we all get along and we are like a family in there.
"It's just a brilliant bunch of lads to play with," he concluded.source: goal.com