Arsenal Atletico Madrid Champions League : la rencontre qui retient son souffle

Clinical penalties from Viktor Gyökeres and Julián Alvarez ensured the first leg of Atlético de Madrid and Arsenal's UEFA Champions League semi-final finished level. Arsenal Atletico Madrid Champions League s'impose comme l'un des sujets qui mobilisent l'attention en Ghana ce vendredi.

Les faits

• Clinical penalties from Viktor Gyökeres and Julián Alvarez ensured the first leg of Atlético de Madrid and Arsenal's UEFA Champions League semi-final finished level.
• Viktor Gyökeres' first-half penalty gave Arsenal the lead but Atleti and Julián Alvarez had the answers in an absorbing encounter in Madrid.
• Viktor Gyökeres is the first Swedish player to score in a Champions League semi-final.
• Every word: Arteta's post-Atletico Madrid presser.
• Arsenal: Raya; White (Mosquera 86), Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapié; Ødegaard (Eze 57), Zubimendi, Rice; Madueke (Saka 68), Gyökeres (Jesus 68), Martinelli (Trossard 68).

L'essentiel

Dans le détail, Viktor Gyökeres' first-half penalty gave Arsenal the lead but Atleti and Julián Alvarez had the answers in an absorbing encounter in Madrid.

Sur le fond, Viktor Gyökeres is the first Swedish player to score in a Champions League semi-final.

Concrètement, every word: Arteta's post-Atletico Madrid presser.

Au-delà de ce constat, Arsenal: Raya; White (Mosquera 86), Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapié; Ødegaard (Eze 57), Zubimendi, Rice; Madueke (Saka 68), Gyökeres (Jesus 68), Martinelli (Trossard 68).

Reste à préciser que Viktor Gyökeres, Arsenal goalscorer, speaking to TNT Sports: "In the first half we controlled the game quite well.

Les chiffres

À noter par ailleurs: 14' Alvarez forces sharp Raya save44' Gyökeres powers in penalty49' Alvarez close with curling free-kick53' Lookman denied, Griezmann shot blocked56' Alvarez equalises with perfect penalty63' Griezmann hits woodwork74' Lookman denied by Raya90+4' Molina fizzes over.

Plus précisément, Piero Hincapié, Martin Ødegaard and Noni Madueke had come close for the Gunners while Atleti's Julián Alvarez stung the palms of David Raya after some artful footwork in the 14th minute and later headed over from Matteo Ruggeri's delivery.

Dans la foulée, a first-half breakthrough seemed unlikely as those chances came and went but Gyökeres had other ideas, the Swedish forward dispatching powerfully from the spot on 44 minutes having been brought down by Dávid Hancko.

À ce stade, Atleti: Oblak; Llorente, Pubill, Hancko, Ruggeri; Simeone (Le Normand 46), Koke, Cardoso (Molina 88), Lookman; Griezmann, Alvarez (Álex Baena 77).

Le contexte

Reste à préciser que Viktor Gyökeres: 8 pointsJulián Alvarez: 6 pointsAntoine Griezmann: 5 points.

À noter par ailleurs: the aggregate winners will face Paris or Bayern in the final at the Puskás Aréna, Budapest, on Saturday 30 May.

Plus précisément, a string of half-chances marked out a tight first-half contest before Viktor Gyökeres' clinical penalty sparked this semi-final first leg into life.

À retenir

• Every word: Arteta's post-Atletico Madrid presser.
• A first-half breakthrough seemed unlikely as those chances came and went but Gyökeres had other ideas, the Swedish forward dispatching powerfully from the spot on 44 minutes having been brought down by Dávid Hancko.
• The aggregate winners will face Paris or Bayern in the final at the Puskás Aréna, Budapest, on Saturday 30 May.
• Recherches qui explosent: Atleti vs Arsenal, Atlético de Madrid-Arsenal: à quelle heure et sur quelle chaîne TV voir la demi-finale aller de la Ligue des champions, Atlético Madrid – Arsenal: tout reste à faire au match retour pour les deux équipes, Atletico Madrid - Arsenal: Sur quelle chaîne et à quelle heure voir le match de Ligue des Champions en direct?.