Arsenal tuvo un regreso de ensueño a casa, goleada 5-2 a Benfica en partido de la Emirates Cup este sabado.
Despues de dos semanas de gira por Australia y China, era una gran oportunidad de mostrar como está trabajando el equipo de Arsene Wenger, de cara a la nueva temporada y especialmente ante su publico y a casa llena..
La ultima vez que Benfica estuvo en esta competencia, Yaya Sanogo anoto cuatro veces para el 5-1 y el gigante portugués, por poco se lleva un resultado similar…
Pese a que los de Rui Vitoria pegaron primero a los 12 minutos en jugada de Jonas para que Franco Cervi venciera al Colombiano David Ospina para el 0-1 de Benfica.
Pero Arsenal reaaciono de inmediato con goles de Theo Walcott a los 25 y 33 minutos, gracias a jugadas y asistencias de Sead Kolasinac, para dar vuelta a un marcador que al final del primer tiempo se iría 2-2 con el empate de Salvio para Benfica a los 40 minutos e irse al descanso igualados.
El segundo tiempo en intenciones y control fue todo para Arsenal, a los 7 una jugada desde la derecha terminaría en autogol de Lopez para el 3-2 de Arsenal. El frances Olivier Giroud que jugo u gran segundo tiempo, amplio la cuenta 4-2 a los 64 minutos. a los 71 de nuevo Giroud asistiendo a Iwoi y el quinto de los dirigipos por Arsene Wenger, para un 5-2 que seria final.
El proximo rival de Arsenal en la Emirates Cup, sera Sevilla.
Back on home soil and back among the goals, we made a fine start to the 2017 edition of the Emirates Cup by beating Benfica 5-2 on Saturday.
The last time Benfica visited the Emirates in this competition, Yaya Sanogo scored four times as we ran out 5-1 winners – and the Portuguese giants were keen to avoid any repeat this time around.
Rui Vitoria’s side were slick passers and confident in possession, and they grabbed an early lead when Jonas found Franco Cervi in the box and he slotted past David Ospina.
But with the exciting Reiss Nelson picking from where he left off on tour, we mounted a strong response – and equalised midway through the first half.
Walcott was the scorer, but in truth he owed much to the excellent Sead Kolasinac, who muscled his way into the area and chipped the ball to the forward to volley home from close range.
Just after the half-hour mark we stepped through the gears again to take the lead – with Kolasinac once again at the heart of it.
The Bosnia international had enjoyed a fine first showing at his new home, and played a slick one-two with Francis Coquelin, who rolled the ball across the box for Walcott to convert.
But Benfica were lively opponents, and back they came – with Ospina making a smart save to deny Pizzi before the Portuguese side equalised moments later through Salvio.
The second half was an equally-enjoyable affair, as we continued to press forward in search of more goals – and we were rewarded almost straight away when Lopez poked the ball into his own goal.
With Alex Iwobi continuing his impressive pre-season form, a further goal looked on the cards and it duly arrived when Nelson escaped his marker with a deft flick of the leg before crossing to the waiting Giroud to convert.
The France international went close again with a first-time volley that was palmed away by Cesar, before turning provider as Iwobi found the roof of the net with a fabulous finish.
It was a fine way to round off an excellent performance – Sevilla are up next, but in this sort of form we can look forward to that game with a real confidence.
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