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Porto coach accuses Arteta of insulting his family
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Tuesday, 12 March 2024 19:31
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsPorto coach Sergio Conceicao accused Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta of insulting his family during Arsenal's shootout win over the Portuguese side that booked their place in the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time since 2010.Asked to elaborate on what had happened, Conceicao said through a UEFA interpreter: "During the game and towards the bench he, in Spanish,…
Arsenal end round-of-16 Champions League curse, and transformation under Arteta is clear
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Tuesday, 12 March 2024 19:12
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsLONDON -- Arsenal's round-of-16 curse in the Champions League is finally broken. It required a penalty shootout at the end of a gruelling 120 minutes -- in which FC Porto tested the Gunners' patience in almost every conceivable way -- but they've reached the quarterfinals for the first time since 2010.As manager, Mikel Arteta inherited a glass ceiling…
No 'joke': Barça defy doubters to reach UCL QF
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Tuesday, 12 March 2024 18:10
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsXavi Hernández hit out at critics who he says called Barcelona the joke of the Champions League after leading the Catalan side into the quarterfinals of the competition for the first time since 2020.Fermín López, João Cancelo and Robert Lewandowski were all on target at the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday as Barça beat Napoli 3-1, sealing a 4-2…
Arsenal into UCL quarters for 1st time since 2010
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Tuesday, 12 March 2024 18:10
Arsenal survived a penalty shootout to scrape past Porto and reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the first time in 14 years after a tense round-of-16 duel had ended 1-1 on aggregate on Tuesday.Porto, who won the opening leg 1-0, proved stubborn opposition for the Premier League leaders, and Arsenal fans must have feared another night of European…
The future is now: La Masia grads fire Barca into UCL quarters
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Tuesday, 12 March 2024 17:15
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsBARCELONA -- The last time Barcelona reached a Champions League quarterfinal, Lionel Messi still played for the club and the world was in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.During the four years since, there has been just one appearance in the round-of-16, two group stage eliminations and a lot of dwelling on the past. Now, though, as Barça…
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