UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, April 18, 2019
Arsenal WWLWW 1
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Napoli WLDLW 0
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2nd Leg - Arsenal win 3-0 on aggregate · Diego Armando Maradona · 39,438 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal beat Napoli to book second straight Europa League semifinal

Arsenal beat Napoli to book their second straight Europa League semifinals appearance, and will now take on Valencia for spot in the final.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
6
5
Corner Kicks
9
3
Saves
3
30.3
Possession
69.7
7
SHOTS
20
4
ON GOAL
2
0.6
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
188
Accurate Passes
559
287
Passes
646
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
9
7
Crosses
33
0.3
Cross %
0.3
70
Long Balls
63
24
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
5
11
Effective Tackles
16
19
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
14
Interceptions
7
33
Effective Clearances
14
33
Clearances
14

Head to Head

ARS leads series 2-1

Lineups

NAP · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 21Vlad ChirichesCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 19Nikola MaksimovicRB
  6. 20Piotr ZielinskiCM-L
  7. 5AllanCM-R
  8. 8Fabián RuizLM
  9. 7José CallejónRM
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneCF-L
  11. 99Arkadiusz MilikCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Dries MertensSUB
  2. 2Kévin MalcuitSUB
  3. 25David OspinaSUB
  4. 23Elseid HysajSUB
  5. 9Simone VerdiSUB
  6. 6Mário RuiSUB
  7. 34Amin YounesSUB

ARS · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Petr CechG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD
  3. 18Nacho MonrealCD-L
  4. 5Sokratis PapastathopoulosCD-R
  5. 34Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 11Lucas TorreiraCM-R
  7. 8Aaron RamseyAM
  8. 31Sead KolasinacLM
  9. 15Ainsley Maitland-NilesRM
  10. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangCF-L
  11. 9Alexandre LacazetteCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Mesut ÖzilSUB
  2. 20Shkodran MustafiSUB
  3. 17Alex IwobiSUB
  4. 7Henrikh MkhitaryanSUB
  5. 19Bernd LenoSUB
  6. 29Matteo GuendouziSUB
  7. 4Mohamed ElnenySUB

Timeline

  1. 34' Substitution, Arsenal. Henrikh Mkhitaryan replaces Aaron Ramsey because of an injury.
  2. 36' Goal! Napoli 0, Arsenal 1. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 43' Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Nikola Maksimovic.
  5. 61' Substitution, Napoli. Amin Younes replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  6. 61' Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Granit Xhaka.
  7. 68' Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Iwobi replaces Alexandre Lacazette.
  8. 71' Substitution, Napoli. Mário Rui replaces Faouzi Ghoulam.
  9. 74' Petr Cech (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 90' José Callejón (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.