{"id":1153,"date":"2026-04-16T17:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2026-04-16T17:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:38:15","slug":"it-was-a-boring-game-with-many-interruptions-without-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=1153","title":{"rendered":"“It was a boring game, with many interruptions, without goals…”"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Play against him Arsenal<\/strong>rival of Atl\u00e9tico<\/strong> in semis, it has become a ‘toothache’<\/strong>. And it is that Mikel Arteta<\/strong> has raised a ‘wall’<\/strong> (almost) impassable. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gunners have barely conceded 29 goals<\/strong> in the 44 parties<\/strong> who have played this season between Premier y Champions<\/strong>. David Raya<\/strong> accumulates, on the contrary, 23 clean sheets! <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Arsenal 0-0 Sporting de Portugal Summary Champions League<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He Sporting CP,<\/strong> after falling 0-1 in the first leg of quarters<\/strong>saw how little by little the ‘lions’ hopes of a comeback faded, who only managed to worry Arsenal with a shot to the post<\/strong> of Geny Catamo<\/strong> in it 43′<\/strong> and a shot of Maxi Ara\u00fajo<\/strong> that came out skimming the afterwards<\/strong> in it 48′.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

The second leg – it ended 0-0 – was a “boring” game. <\/strong>As is. This is how one of those involved described it, without going any further: Morten Hjulmand.<\/strong> “We knew it would be difficult. “It was a low intensity match, without rhythm, without goals… I would say it was boring,” <\/strong>assured ‘CBS’.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We knew it would be difficult. It was a low intensity match, without rhythm, without goals… I would say it was boring<\/p>\n

Morten Hjulmand<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The captain of the ‘lions’ did not bite his tongue and was critical of Arsenal’s ‘other football’: “The game had many interruptions, and that’s why we couldn’t impose the pace we wanted. Their set pieces always dragged on for a long time. <\/strong>If I were an amateur looking at it from the outside, I would find it boring. “That’s not how Sporting likes to play.” <\/p>\n

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The game had many interruptions, and that’s why we couldn’t set the pace we wanted. His set pieces always lasted a long time.<\/p>\n

Morten Hjulmand<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“We want to score goals, create opportunities, and we couldn’t do it here. To be honest, we didn’t believe enough to win the game.”<\/strong>lamented Hjulmand, making self-criticism. “The Peugeot performed at the same level as the Mercedes”<\/strong>he assured Rui Borges,<\/strong> Sporting CP coach using irony. <\/p>\n

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The Peugeot performed at the same level as the Mercedes<\/p>\n

Rui Borges<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The truth is that the cold data seem to prove Hjulmand right. The return of quarterfinals between Arsenal and Sporting CP (0-0) <\/strong>gave the figure of Joint Expected Goals (xG)<\/strong> lowest in the entire Champions League this season: 0,93<\/strong>. The ‘gunners’ added 0.64 and the ‘lions’, just 0.29 according to ‘Eight’. <\/strong><\/p>\n

It was, to tell the truth, the tone of the tie. Between the first leg and the second leg, only one goal and three expected goals were recorded.<\/strong>. Very far from those seen in the Bayern-Real Madrid (10 goals and 9.5 xG)<\/strong>in it Atl\u00e9tico-Barcelona (5 goals and 5.5 xG)<\/strong> and in the Liverpool-PSG (4 goals and 5.6 xG)<\/strong>. Simeone already knows what awaits him. It’s time, paraphrasing Joaqu\u00edn Caparr\u00f3s, “to visit the dentist.” <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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