Arsenal’s Declan Rice and Mikel Merino, correctly, celebrate Real Madrid 2-1 in the Champions League quarterfinals (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) New Delhi: Arsenal secured a historic victory of 2-1 against Real Madrid in Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday and for the first time since 2009 he advanced to the Champions League semifinals with a total score of 5-1.
The match was a major VAR intervention in two decisions on punishment, while Arsenal maintained his impressive advantage of the first foot of 3-0 from London.
Arsenal will now face Paris Saint-Germain in the semifinals, while Inter Milan, who defeated Bayern Munich, meets Barcelona in the second semifinal match.
Real Madrid, defending a champion and a fifteen -time European winner, has failed to produce one of his trademarks in Bernabeo and has not achieved the last four for the first time since 2020.
“Return (Real Madrid) came here a lot of talk because they have done it many times, but we had so much faith and trust from the first game to come here and win the game,” said Arsenal’s Declan Rice, who scored twice in the first stage through free kicks. “We knew we were going to suffer, but we knew we would win. We had it in the minds and now we did it in real life.”
The Momentum of the match moved soon when Var turned the sentence for Real Madrid after holding Kylian Mbappé after a five-minute review with a score to 0-0.
Arsenal had previously missed his own sentence awarded Va, when Bukayo jacket could not convert from a place.
The jacket later took the score in the 65th minute after receiving the passage from Mikel Merin, although Madrid quickly equalized the Vinícius of Júnior after the defensive mistake of William Salib.
Gabriel Martinelli closed Arsenal’s victory with the aim of stopping, assisting Merino.
“It’s certainly one of the best nights in my football career,” said Arsenal coach Mikel Artta. “It’s really strange against the team that was inspired in this competition for many of us. To get this tie in the way we have, we can be very proud.”
Mbappé’s substitution in the 75th minute attracted from some Bernabe’s supporters because of the obvious injury, which meant another disappointed campaign of the Champions League for the French star.
“It’s a hard time,” said Madrid’s Lucas Vazquez. “We tried, but in the end we couldn’t achieve our goal. We’ll return stronger. Madrid always yes.”
Real Madrid’s task was challenging from the beginning and faced the Arsenal team, which in nearly three years did not lose the three-bridged range. Only four teams in the history of the Champions League exceeded the three-bridged first legs at home.
The match began with an early drama because Madrid had a goal after two minutes when Mbappé was caught offside.
Arsenal kept his undefeated record against Real Madrid and expanded it to four matches, including the previous Champions League victory in 2005-06.
The game was a significant involvement of VAR, while Arsenal’s punishment was imposed after a review showed that Raúl Ancencio was holding Mikel Merino during a corner kick.
Other reviews of VARI led to the conversion of Madrid’s claim after being originally granted for holding Mbappé Rice.
Victory means that Arsenal’s return to the Champions League semifinals after a 15-year absence, with their latest performance ending in eliminating Manchester United in 2008-09.
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