Steven Gerrard, the coach of the Rangers footballers, is gesturing passionately.
| photo: Reuters
–
<!—->
According to his words, the coach of the Scottish champions, who were eliminated in the previous phase of the competition with Slavia, was proud of Arsenal.
A week ago, the favored Arsenal in Slavia lost a number of chances with Slavia and drew 1: 1, but in Thursday’s retaliation he was much more productive and clearly won in Eden, mainly thanks to three goals between the 18th and 24th minutes. “I liked the match with everything,” Gerrard told a news conference.
The Rangers lost Slavia 0: 2 at home in the March eighth finals and dropped out of the competition after an initial 1: 1 result. However, the duel in Glasgow, in addition to a number of brutal home fouls, also affected the incident between guest defender Ondřej Kúdela and Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara from the 87th minute.
The UEFA disciplinary commission punished Kúdel by banning him from starting in 10 UEFA competitions for racist insult to the Finnish dark-skinned national team. The home player received a three-match penalty for attacking a Czech stopper in the bowels of the stadium. Kúdela admitted that he cursed Kamar with his mouth covered, but he still strongly denied the allegations of racism, as did the Prague club.
Gerrard seemed to feel great satisfaction after Slavia’s elimination. “I was really proud of the Arsenal show. How they prepared for the match, how the coach (Mikel Arteta) spoke, how the players behaved before, during and after the match. And they crowned it with such a performance. I really liked them, I thought they were sensational. I think Glen (Kamara) appreciated it too, “said the former captain of Liverpool.
The Rangers announced today that they will welcome Arsenal to a July head-off match to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Glasgow Club.
<!—->
–
– .
