{"id":1147,"date":"2026-04-16T10:44:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2026-04-16T10:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:44:51","slug":"arteta-sculpts-his-face-on-arsenals-mount-rushmore-next-to-wengers-its-a-transcendental-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=1147","title":{"rendered":"Arteta sculpts his face on Arsenal’s Mount Rushmore next to Wenger’s: \u201cIt’s a transcendental moment\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 22 years in which Arsene Wenger<\/strong> was in front of the Arsenal<\/strong> They radically changed the culture of a club that twice put them in the semi-finals of the Champions <\/strong>(2006 and 2009. A milestone that Mikel Arteta<\/strong> It has only taken him six seasons to replicate to sculpt his face in the Monte Rushmore<\/strong> of the ‘gunner’ entity.<\/p>\n
“Tomorrow we have the opportunity to get into another semifinals. We have overcome obstacles that have been here for 140 years. The team is doing something incredible because it has never been achieved before,” he said. Mikel Arteta<\/strong> in the run-up to the second leg against Sporting CP<\/strong> which led to qualification for the semi-finals to face the Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid.<\/strong> “We are going to the next step with confidence. We have more ambition than anyone,” he stressed.<\/p>\n
Wenger <\/strong>can continue to boast that, to date, he is the only coach who has put the Arsenal <\/strong>in a final of Champions<\/strong>. In favor of Arteta<\/strong>However, there is the fact of having achieved these two semifinals consecutively in the 140 years that the club has had. A fact that clearly shows where it has settled an entity that, not long ago, had lost its way. Now, with Mikel<\/strong>some bases and a club culture once again exist.<\/p>\n
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It is the first time in our history, in 140 years, that we are part of those four teams consecutively and that is something very special<\/p>\n
Mikel Arteta, Arsenal coach<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
“It is a transcendental moment. It is the first time in our history, in 140 years, that we are part of those four teams consecutively and that is something very special,” he claimed. Mikel Arteta<\/strong> “You have to earn it. You have to work hard to get it.” It is no wonder, since its balance in Champions <\/strong>It is 24 wins, six draws and six losses in 36 games. Records only surpassed by Flick, Kompany y Heynckes.<\/strong><\/p>\n
It is now practically taken for granted that the Arsenal <\/strong>must reach the month of April with the possibility of being able to win a double… when it has been more than 20 years without conquering the Premier <\/strong>and has never won Champions<\/strong>. Now, although the level of demand has increased considerably, the fans do not forget that Arteta <\/strong>picked up a Arsenal <\/strong>who was 11th in the League and did not compete in Champions League<\/strong> from 16-17. Edition in which the Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid <\/strong>He played his last semi-finals.<\/p>\n\n
Arsenal 0-0 Sporting de Portugal Summary Champions League<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cI am especially happy for our fans because they stood behind the team today and we are going to offer them two more magical nights,\u201d he acknowledged. Arteta <\/strong>after having eliminated a Sporting CP<\/strong> who sold his skin dearly and, above all, increased the feeling that this Arsenal <\/strong>It is not the unbeatable team that swept those from the Cholo <\/strong>in October and went on to go eight games without conceding a goal in all competitions.<\/p>\n
Ward of Wenger <\/strong>and disciple of Guardiola<\/strong>, Arteta<\/strong> has been applying the maxim that \u201cdefense wins championships\u201d for some time and, until now, they have emerged as the team with the fewest goals conceded (5), the least xG conceded (8.57), the most clean sheets (8), the fewest clear chances allowed (14) and the fewest shots on goal conceded (33) of this Champions<\/strong>. Now, weighed down by the declines in Odegaard or Saka<\/strong>it is Arsenal <\/strong>suffers from a worrying lack of creativity, fluidity and punch. Above all, projecting adverse scenarios.<\/p>\n
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In many ways, Cholo and I are closer than it seems<\/p>\n
Mikel Arteta<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cIn many respects, the Cholo <\/strong>and I are closer than it seems,” he admitted to MARK <\/strong>before the duel in the league phase against Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid<\/strong> and Mikel Arteta<\/strong> who, depending on himself to win the Premier <\/strong>and having returned to the semis of Champions<\/strong>was responsible for reducing the climate of catastrophism that had been surrounding a team that has lost the same games in the last five as in the previous 49.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wish we were making the documentary of the Arsenal <\/strong>this season and you could film the last 48 hours. If we watched the series, we would wonder where the Arsenal<\/strong>. We would all say that at the bottom of the table. What are we talking about, please?\u201d, ironically said a Mikel Arteta<\/strong> who, yes, recognized that \u201cwe are not perfect and we need to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n
There are not a few teams that would like to be ‘as bad’ as this one Arsenal<\/strong>which on Sunday has a final ahead of it Premier <\/strong>before him City<\/strong>\u2026with the duel against him Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid<\/strong> in ‘sowing’ of Champions <\/strong>on the horizon. The position is unbeatable. But they must reverse as soon as possible the worrying feelings transmitted since the defeat in the final of the Carabao <\/strong>if they don’t want to ruin all the work done. It is time to transcend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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