Results Champions League:Arsenal too strong for Braga
Terrible premiere for the Sc Braga in the Champions League after beeing thrashed by Arsenal 6-0, matching their worst result in Europe.
Until reaching the Emirates, it was just flowers in season's debut from Sporting Braga in the UEFA Champions League. The Portuguese runner-up had two shows of force by eliminating successively Celtic Glasgow and Seville, surpassing another step on its path of affirmation as top team.
The first game had symbolic significance to face a team with the same equipment and from which earned the nickname thanks to the devotion of a formeers club's coach Josef Szabo, to the English club.
Arsenal hosted its Portuguese photocopy - who had to play with its back-up equipment - and came to see that the team of Domingos Paciencia still doesn't have everything they need to slam the European elite, leaving London with a defeat 6-0, and with the lesson learned.
It doesn't means that the SC Braga haven't arguments to get further in the Champions League, but will certainly not be at the expense of Arsenal, a top team in the Premier League, used to fight for titles in England and Europe.
On paper, this was the hardest game in a group that still arise Shakhtar Donetsk and Partizan Belgrade.
Arsenal, who used to be happy home against the Portuguese formations, is a team with a particular philosophy in England, the array of offensive and betting in young players, without deep pockets like Chelsea or Manchester City, while maintaining the same coach, Arsène Wenger.
One of the summer's great novels was the "going / not going" of Cesc FÃ bregas to Barcelona, but Wenger resisted and kept his captain, despite the Catalan's offers of several tens millions.
After the game yesterday, it's realized why the Frenchman did'nt abdicate the middlefielder, who hired to "Barça" when he was only 16 years-old.
It was him who has not even place in the "eleven" of the Spanish national team, who fed the gunners in the gale and broke up Domingo's plan. Began to suffer a penalty not marked at the 3rd minut, but scored, the 8' maximum punishment after missing goalkeeper Felipe on Chamakh.
After the Londoners' first goal, the SC Braga seemed not to discard and even stayed a few minutes in Arsenal's midfield.
Alan, playing on the right, was the Braga's little danger bearer that led to the goal of Almunia. It was a crossing at 22 " to which Mateus barely arrived in the small area. Shortly before, Paulo César had tried a shot from outside the area to which the Spanish keeper opposed smoothly.
After this little interlude, Arsenal returned to own the stage. By the 1st half half-hour, FÃ bregas received the ball to the edge of the area, made a perfect pass to Arshavin who beat Felipe the second time.
This time, the SC Braga have not responded, and four minutes later was already noticed that the game had become a matter to Braga to contain damages. Chamakh, slightly ahead of the defensive line of SC Braga, received the ball from Wilshire and made the 3-0.
Without any of their sectors to work, the SC Braga handed the game. A defense normally safe and settled, couldn't stop the fast and the many passes football of Arsenal, and was in constant panic.
The history of the game was the efforts management of Arsenal.
FÃ bregas, the best in the field, scored again, heading in after a cross from Arshavin. And Vela, who entered at 63', also scored two, at 69 "and 84".
Was achieved the worst defeat in the European history of SC Braga - equaling the 6-0 also suffered in London in 1984, facing the Spurs, starting for the UEFA Cup - and the worst defeat of the team during the era Domingos Paciencia.
Arsenal was an opponent too far, and, after the defeat a few days ago in Dragon, the future will tell what will be the consequences of that night in London. If it was only three points lost, or more than that.
Video of the goals
Until reaching the Emirates, it was just flowers in season's debut from Sporting Braga in the UEFA Champions League. The Portuguese runner-up had two shows of force by eliminating successively Celtic Glasgow and Seville, surpassing another step on its path of affirmation as top team.
The first game had symbolic significance to face a team with the same equipment and from which earned the nickname thanks to the devotion of a formeers club's coach Josef Szabo, to the English club.
Arsenal hosted its Portuguese photocopy - who had to play with its back-up equipment - and came to see that the team of Domingos Paciencia still doesn't have everything they need to slam the European elite, leaving London with a defeat 6-0, and with the lesson learned.
It doesn't means that the SC Braga haven't arguments to get further in the Champions League, but will certainly not be at the expense of Arsenal, a top team in the Premier League, used to fight for titles in England and Europe.
On paper, this was the hardest game in a group that still arise Shakhtar Donetsk and Partizan Belgrade.
Arsenal, who used to be happy home against the Portuguese formations, is a team with a particular philosophy in England, the array of offensive and betting in young players, without deep pockets like Chelsea or Manchester City, while maintaining the same coach, Arsène Wenger.
One of the summer's great novels was the "going / not going" of Cesc FÃ bregas to Barcelona, but Wenger resisted and kept his captain, despite the Catalan's offers of several tens millions.
After the game yesterday, it's realized why the Frenchman did'nt abdicate the middlefielder, who hired to "Barça" when he was only 16 years-old.
It was him who has not even place in the "eleven" of the Spanish national team, who fed the gunners in the gale and broke up Domingo's plan. Began to suffer a penalty not marked at the 3rd minut, but scored, the 8' maximum punishment after missing goalkeeper Felipe on Chamakh.
After the Londoners' first goal, the SC Braga seemed not to discard and even stayed a few minutes in Arsenal's midfield.
Alan, playing on the right, was the Braga's little danger bearer that led to the goal of Almunia. It was a crossing at 22 " to which Mateus barely arrived in the small area. Shortly before, Paulo César had tried a shot from outside the area to which the Spanish keeper opposed smoothly.
After this little interlude, Arsenal returned to own the stage. By the 1st half half-hour, FÃ bregas received the ball to the edge of the area, made a perfect pass to Arshavin who beat Felipe the second time.
This time, the SC Braga have not responded, and four minutes later was already noticed that the game had become a matter to Braga to contain damages. Chamakh, slightly ahead of the defensive line of SC Braga, received the ball from Wilshire and made the 3-0.
Without any of their sectors to work, the SC Braga handed the game. A defense normally safe and settled, couldn't stop the fast and the many passes football of Arsenal, and was in constant panic.
The history of the game was the efforts management of Arsenal.
FÃ bregas, the best in the field, scored again, heading in after a cross from Arshavin. And Vela, who entered at 63', also scored two, at 69 "and 84".
Was achieved the worst defeat in the European history of SC Braga - equaling the 6-0 also suffered in London in 1984, facing the Spurs, starting for the UEFA Cup - and the worst defeat of the team during the era Domingos Paciencia.
Arsenal was an opponent too far, and, after the defeat a few days ago in Dragon, the future will tell what will be the consequences of that night in London. If it was only three points lost, or more than that.
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