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A few minutes ago the last two Champions League quarter-final matches ended. We remind you that in yesterday's matches 4-1 defeated La Coruña, while Edgaras Jankauskas's team won 2-0. Below are the reviews of today's matches.
London 1-1 London 53' (1-0) 59' (1-1) The London derby ended in a draw - both teams settled for a tie, but this result favors the Arsenal players, as they scored the away goal (the match took place on the other side of London, not at the Emirates Stadium, but at Stamford Bridge). The opening goal in the match was scored by Eidur Gudjohnsen deceiving Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann in the second half. Just six minutes later, Robert Pires leveled the score with a header, and in the 83rd minute Arsenal gained a numerical advantage on the pitch as Frenchman Marcel Desailly received his second yellow card, but the visitors failed to capitalize.
Monaco 4-2 43' (0-1) 51' (1-1) 70' (2-1) 77' (3-1) 81' (4-1) 83' (4-2) Second-place Monaco failed to surprise Real Madrid in the match played at home. The visitors scored the opening goal - just before the break, Monaco's Ludovic Giuly dribbled past Helguera, Zidane and Pavon and beat the Real goalkeeper with a shot outside the box, resulting in a corner kick. Rothen delivered the corner and Real goalkeeper Iker Casillas deflected the ball to Monaco defender Squillaci, who only had to push it into the net. However, in the second half, Real Madrid proved their superiority - in the 51st minute, after a corner kick from David Beckham, Helguera equalized for the Royal club. In the 70th minute, a shot by Luis Figo was well saved by Monaco goalkeeper Roma, but Zinedine Zidane sent the rebound into the net. Just seven minutes later, a penalty was awarded to Monaco after Ronaldo was fouled in the box. Figo took the penalty and Roma saved the initial shot, but Figo was quicker to score on the rebound, increasing Real's lead to 3-1. The goal frenzy did not end there, as in the 81st minute, Brazilian Ronaldo, back from injury, scored the fourth goal for Real Madrid in this match after a precise pass from Zidane. Two minutes later, Real Madrid's player, currently loaned to Monaco, Fernandos Morientes, received applause from the crowd as he headed the ball past Casillas, softening the result. This was his 5th goal in this season's Champions League. This defeat did not crush Monaco's hopes of progressing to the next stage - they would only need to win 2-0 in the return leg in France in two weeks.
It is worth mentioning that in this year's quarter-finals, the teams are demonstrating attacking football - 15 goals were scored in 4 matches, with 14 different players contributing. Only Brazil's Kaka, representing Milan, managed to score twice in the quarter-finals.
