The English Arsenal is one of the biggest and most successful clubs in British football. It was founded December 1, 1886in the English capital, London. They are the third most successful club in England with 13 league titles behind Liverpool and of Manchester United and has a total of 32 national cups won (including 14 FA Cup).
He had a very good decade around 1930 and also had a glorious period in the late 1980s and late 1990s/early 2000s, the latter under the guidance of the French coach Arsene Wenger.
Arséne was made to lead the Arsenal. He garnered 17 championships there, probably the most outstanding being the Premier League of 2004, where he was undefeated champion. Those Gunners They were a real team with figures like the French Thierry Henry, Robert Pires y Patrick Vieira. were also Sol Campbell, Dennis Bergkamp, Freddie Ljungberg and Gilberto Silva.
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But beyond being a giant at the national level and having won the cup of 1994 Europe and the Fairs Cup of 1970, his great duty is an important title at European level.
They played two finals UEFA Cup (today Europa League). The first in 2000 where they fell in the decisive match against Galatasaray of Turkey from penalties by 4 to 1. The shots were missed by the Croatian Davor Suker y Vieira. In addition, they lost the 2019 final by a resounding 4-1 against Chelsea. They came from being semifinalists in 2018, where they lost to Atletico Madrid of the Argentine Diego Simeone.
But they were very close to winning the Champions League in 2006. They easily got through their group against Ajax from the Netherlandsthe Thun from Switzerland and the Sparta Prague from Czech Republic. In the round of 16 they left Real Madrid of the galácticos behind, Juventus in the quarterfinals and the surprising Villarreal in the semifinals. In the final, played at the Paris Stade de Francewere measured against Barcelona commanded by Ronaldinho.
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The duel began with the left foot for the English because at 18 minutes their goalkeeper, the German Jens Lehman, at 18 minutes. But Campbell He unlocked the score at 37 minutes. But the man down was noticed and in four minutes the Spanish team turned the game around with goals from Samuel Eto’o y Juliano Belletti in the absence of 10 for the end of the match.
In this way, the Arsenal keep up the must win one Champions League.
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