Carlo Ancelotti sent a stylish message to Mikel Arteta after his Real Madrid side was surpassed over the two legs of their Champions League Quarte Final by Arsenal
Arsenal has received the blessing of Carlo Ancelotti after he has reached Real Madrid and entered the semi -final of the Champions League. The Gunners achieved a 2-1 victory on the Bernabeu on Wednesday evening to continue for the first time since 2009 to the last four of the competition with a striking 5-1 score on aggregate.
Bukayo Saka saw his desired penalty saved by Thibaut Courtois before Real had destroyed a fine by VAR after Declan Rice was assessed to have polluted Kylian Mbappe in the box. Saka made up for his Miss with a cool demolished finish over Courtois and although Vinicius Junior gained a goal after robbing William Saliba, it did not agree to prove a comfort for the home team.
Gabriel Martinelli clearly raced during the break to seal the victory for Arsenal in extra time, causing wild parties to arouse in the end. The Gunners will come across Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-final before a potential final against Barcelona or Inter Milan.
There were some sour grapes from the real captain Lucas Vazquez, who claimed that Arsenal “did almost nothing” in the first half and only “came to defend”, but Mikel Arteta revealed a stylish reaction from Ancelotti. He said, “Ancelotti told me that he hopes that Arsenal will win the Champions League.”
Ancelotti is the most successful manager in the history of Champions League, who won it five times, and he was big in the defeat. “We have been so often happy, but not today,” he said. “We have to manage this feeling as well as when the trophies arrived and we were enthusiastic.
“The truth is that Arsenal has been better than we do. I told the players to keep their heads high. We did better this season than some teams and in football you have to suffer. It is impossible to be invincible.”
Arteta understandably buzzed with the performance and progression on his part. Asked what the result would do for his side, he replied: “The feeling that we have is our reality, actually. And in the feeling that I had before the game, when the players transferred and how prepared I could feel the team, that we are ready to compete against someone. Now we have to keep doing that because I think we have some momentum now.”
Asked if Arsenal could go completely, he added: “It is certainly a huge step again. Where we completed last year and the way we do it this year, the teams with their eyes on us and the competition are incredible. [Madrid]It was my first time as a coach in that Dugout and today I realized after three minutes in this stadium, everything is possible.
“They are specialists of creating such chaos and faith, and it is very difficult to really understand what is happening in the game and to have a certain certainty about how we have checked it. I think they showed a lot of maturity.”