The coach of Arsenal Mikel Arteta shared his emotions after the first match of the 1/4 finals of the Champions League, in which his team defeated Real with a score of 3:0.
Mikel Arteta. Photo: reuters.com"We had a completely full-fledged and truly collective game. From the standpoint of organization and what needs to be done, it is required to create problems for the Madrid team. Furthermore, this evening is also about two other factors: the atmosphere we created even before the match started, which I had never seen before, and also the individual magical moments that decide the outcome of football matches. The first two goals by Declan are the result of the evening."
“Rice was very determined. After all, for the last few months, we have been telling him that we hadn’t scored direct free kicks since September 2021. The pause was very long, and now a player who had never scored from free kicks before made two such masterful goals."
"I had no doubt that we could deliver a brilliant game, as it was in the air during our preparation for the match. We believed in it. We believed that we could give Real a lot of problems. This became the main showcase of the game — let’s make it a reality,” Arteta is quoted by the official UEFA website.
