{"id":1468,"date":"2026-05-26T10:52:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:52:28","slug":"do-us-a-favor-and-dont-let-yourself-be-expelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=1468","title":{"rendered":"“Do us a favor… and don’t let yourself be expelled”"},"content":{"rendered":"


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David Raya<\/strong> just completed a season to frame. He Arsenal goalkeeper<\/strong> has been ‘sheathed’<\/strong> are third consecutive ‘Golden Glove’<\/strong> after leaving the clean sheet<\/strong>in 19 <\/strong>of the 37 parties<\/strong> who has disputed in Liga.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Spanish international has been clave<\/strong> so that he Arsenal conquered the Premier 22 years! after<\/strong>…and now he wants to put the finishing touch by giving the Gunners their first Champions <\/strong>of its history.<\/p>\n

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Barcelona – Arsenal, final Champions League 05-06<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hence, in the middle of the Premier League celebration party, after defeating Crystal Palace (1-2), Raya received advice from Jens Lehmann<\/strong>Arsenal goalkeeper in the 2006 final, the only Champions League final they have played to date.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDo us a favor and play 90 or 95 minutes\u2026 Don’t get sent off!\u201d<\/strong>the German international snapped, evoking what happened before the Barcelona<\/strong> 20 years ago. And the Norwegian Terje Hauge<\/strong> showed direct red to Lehmann<\/strong> for knocking down Samuel Eto’o<\/strong> -he was the last man- when he was ready to mark empty door<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It was him minute 18, still at 0-0, <\/strong>and Arsenal, with Manuel Almunia under the sticks<\/strong>completed a Numantine resistance exercise. He advanced in the 37′<\/strong> with a goal Sol Campbell… <\/strong>to end up succumbing (1-2)<\/strong> to the many of Eto’o (76′) y Belletti (80′).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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David Raya speaks to MARCA before the Champions League final<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe lost it 20 years ago and, if you win it now, You will be giving back to the fans something that we could not do. Maybe I didn’t do my job because they expelled me.<\/strong>. So it would mean something to us too,” he continued. Lehmann<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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If you win the Champions League you will be giving back to the fans something that we couldn’t do. Maybe I didn’t fulfill my mission because they expelled me.<\/p>\n

Jens Lehmann<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

An ‘assignment’ that David Raya, <\/strong>obviously, he picked it up with open hands: \u201cOf course, for legends like him, for all the legends who played here. I hope we can achieve it for you, and of course, for this fantastic fan base, which is incredible.<\/strong> The way they have supported us throughout the season, until the end. Thanks to them, we are champions.” From Premier. The Champions League will be another story. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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