[新聞] Arsenal 1-0 Villarreal

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Arsenal ensured a memorable European send-off for Highbury as they edged

towards the Champions League final with 1-0 win over Villarreal.

Kolo Toure's first goal of the season just before half-time proved enough to

give the Gunners a slender lead to take to Spain for the second leg next week,

 when they will seek to secure a place in the final of Europe's elite club

competition for the first time in their history.

Having already seen off the challenge of Real Madrid and Serie A leaders

Juventus, it was another solid display from Arsene Wenger's men, watched by a

crowd of 35,438 as the Gunners come towards the end of their 93-year stay on

Avenell Road.

However, with the amount of possession they enjoyed tonight as the Spaniards

seemed content to sit back and look for the counter-attack, the Highbury

faithful will know `1-0 to the Arsenal' should have been more.

With Jose Antonio Reyes suspended, Wenger had opted for a five-man midfield,

Gilberto tucking in front of the defence.

And it was a positive start from the home side.

Villarreal's Cesar Arzo was cautioned for hacking down Mathieu Flamini as the

stand-in Arsenal left-back attempted to skip clear on the flank.

The resulting free-kick was whipped into the six-yard box, and when the ball

broke loose, Toure stabbed a low shot just wide.

On 10 minutes, a deep corner from the right found its way through to Philippe

Senderos at the back post - but the unmarked young Swiss centre-half powered

his header well over.

Captain Thierry Henry had the ball in the net after latching onto Robert

Pires' slide-rule pass - only to see his effort ruled out for offside, which

on replay looked to be the wrong call from the Austrian assistant referee.

The game was then brought to a halt when a rogue squirrel had to be ushered

off the pitch, Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann shepherding it to the

perimeter and off out of the ground.

With 20 minutes gone, Freddie Ljungberg got into the left of the area, but

the angle was too great and his strike hit the side-netting.

Villarreal then created their first meaningful effort when Riquelme's 25-yard

free-kick tested Lehmann but was too central and the German keeper got his

body behind the ball.

The match then became somewhat scrappy as neither side really got a foothold

in midfield.

With 12 minutes to go to half-time, Cesar Arzo made a saving tackle to deny

Pires as the veteran Frenchman almost got on the end of Fabregas' flick

before Flamini's shot from a ricochet in the six-yard box was blocked.

There was a moment of panic at the back for Arsenal as Lehmann and then Toure

both lost their footing, which allowed Diego Forlan in on the left.

His cut-back was palmed away by the German keeper, and Emmanuel Eboue cleared.

Arsenal then upped the tempo as the interval approached.

Following a corner from the left which was only half cleared, Henry slipped

in Aleksander Hleb.

The Belorussian carried the ball to the goalline before cutting it back

across the six-yard box, where Toure was on hand to stab the home side ahead

on 40 minutes.

Lehmann was called into action again when Riquelme's long-range free-kick

powered towards goal, the German well behind the ball to punch clear.

Riquelme went into the referee's notebook for dissent after Gilberto's heavy

tackle from behind on striker Jose Mari went unpunished when it probably

should have been a penalty for the visitors.

At the start of the second half, a flowing move down the left ended with

Gilberto being teed up on the edge of the penalty area, but the Brazilian's

strike flew over the crossbar.

Ljungberg went down under a challenge from Javi Venta in the area, but

referee Konrad Plautz was unmoved and waved play on.

At the other end, Toure was on hand to scramble the ball away after a corner

had been flicked on by Juan Pablo Sorin.

On the hour, Eboue was put clear down the right, and his centre was met by a

header from Henry, which lacked pace and Cesar Arzo cleared off the line.

Alessio Tacchinardi was then cautioned for a needless tackle from behind on

Helb - and will miss the second leg as a result.

Another poor offside decision then halted Pires' run down the right from

Eboue's well-timed pass.

In a rare moment of action at the other end, Marcos Senna made space for

himself around 25 yards out, but his low strike was well held by Lehmann down

to the left.

The Gunners made a double substitution with 10 minutes to go when Dennis

Bergkamp replaced Hleb and Robin van Persie came on for Ljungberg.

Villarreal skipper Quique Alvarez was lucky to escape with only a yellow card

after hauling down Henry just on the edge of the area after Arsenal had

soaked up some late pressure.

The home side, though, were good value for a victory which could have been by

a greater margin.


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作者: whyy (melody) 看板: Arsenal
標題: Re: [新聞] Arsenal 1-0 Villarreal
時間: Fri Apr 21 00:18:05 2006

看這場比賽
有個很大疑惑是:
對潛艇第一場比賽不是打客場?
(所以雷耶斯因為上一場黃牌不能回鄉展威風很可惜等等...)
怎麼變成第一場是主場

雖然覺得槍手歐戰主客場表現其實差異不大
先客先主都無所謂
客場有時表現還比主場好

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推 JUNstudio:之前八強抽籤就排好這輪先主後客了
推 whyy:之前因為看轉播及後續評論都說雷耶斯不能回鄉，所以一直以為
→ whyy:先打客場
推 whyy:八強賽米蘭和巴薩都是先客後主，四強時主客需重新抽籤？
推 clenny:請看7179篇 八強和四強的主客順序是一起決定的
推 whyy:跑去看 C大推文有說槍手四強主客 但是米蘭和巴薩還是無解
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作者: Nvboy (冰鬱金香的芬芳) 看板: Arsenal
標題: Re: [歐冠] Arsenal  VS  Villarreal
時間: Fri Apr 21 07:02:35 2006


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