Anybody know who was handed the man of the match in the Arsenal match? Am hoping it was given to Antonio Adan.. the the Sporting goalkeeper who kept Arsenal from proceeding to the next round..what a game
I agree with this because indeed, seeing from his performance in this match, Adan really deserves to be used as MOTM in this match. Not only was he about to save Gabriel Martineli's shot he also made some excellent saves throughout normal and extra team time although Pote's strike for the equalizer was absolutely spectacular.
Arsenal against Porto is definitely worth watching
I believe you mean Sporting, Port was knocked out by Inter Milan.
Arsenal against Porto is definitely worth watching although admittedly they must now accept the fact that they have to be knocked out in the last 16 now.
You mean Sporting and not Porto
Thanks mate for correcting my mistake
yep I mean Sporting because Porto plays in a different competition.
Penalties are clearly a matter of mentality and in this match Gabriel Martineli failed to carry out his role which knocked Arsenal out.
I don't blame a team losing with penalties since there is a huge hazardous part but I blame Arsenal not being apt to kick Sporting since the 1st leg, or even before playing penalties in the second leg..
No one can really be blamed in this matter because of course we know that conditions like that are obviously very difficult.
Martineli also, apart from his mistakes, he failed to kick a penalty, in fact his performance during the match was quite good and he also couldn't have wanted to miss it, it was just that bad luck befell him when he was trusted as the kicker.