The first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals has just concluded, and things are looking up for Arsenal!
They may struggle when it comes to playing domestic football games, but Arsene Wenger at least made sure they won’t buckle when it comes to European football. After their superb win against CSKA Moscow, we can be sure that betting odds will be overwhelmingly in their favour when they square off for the second leg.
Meanwhile, RB Leipzig, Atletico Madrid, and Lazio experienced varying degrees of success in their home legs.
RB Leipzig 1-0 Olympique Marseille
The Red Bulls of Germany made the most out of their Bundesliga momentum to keep Marseille from gaining an away goal at the Red Bull Arena. Ralph Hassenhuttl made sure that their solid 4-4-2 would not buckle to Marseille’s attack-heavy formation. Timo Werner scored the only goal of the game while Dimitri Payet was successfully stopped.
Arsenal 4-1 CSKA Moskva
Aaron Ramsey gave the Emirates a reason to smile after suffering through a season of inconsistencies with his two goals in the Arsenal stomp. While Aleksandr Golovin skimmed down the Gunners’ goal advantage to only two, Ramsey and Alexandre Lacazette made sure that the entire thing was settled within the first 35 minutes. Moreover, they did all of this without Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Atletico Madrid 2-0 Sporting CP
Atletico Madrid rolled out the gates strong after Diego Costa took the attention of both Sporting centre-backs to let Koke have the easiest goal of the game. Jorge Jesus’ men tried fighting back with attacks that tested Jan Oblak, but Antoine Griezmann’s strike secured the three points for the Rojiblancos.
SS Lazio 4-2 Red Bull Salzburg
Six goals were scored in this game, but the aggregate score is currently tied between Lazio and Salzburg.
Senad Lulic scored early, but Valon Berisha gave the visitors the advantage with a spot kick on the 30th minute. Marco Parolo evened the aggregate with his goal, and Salzburg substitute Takumi Minamoto immediately made his impact with a goal upon his entry. Down once more, it took Felipe Anderson and Ciro Immobile for Lazio to end the series on a deadlock.
It will be interesting how Simone Inzaghi will address the second leg as the Red Bulls will make it difficult for them to score.
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