Meanwhile, for the Arsenal vs Porto match, even though the match only ended in a penalty shootout. And Arsenal succeeded in winning. But I think that Porto is really strong. Their defense was completely unshakable. But I know all that thanks to the senior defender and can also be said to be the legendary defender from Portugal, namely Pepe. He helps coordinate the defense well. And I am amazed that he is no longer young but he is still able to become an irreplaceable defender.
I didn't think Porto could play this well. Even they can make it difficult for Arsenal. The possession of the ball is also not much different, which means that Porto also plays open. It even seems that Porto play more effectively, he can make 3 shots on target while Arsenal can only 4 shots on target. Of course, this victory destroyed the bad tradition of failing to enter the quarterfinals. They had to wait 14 years to enter the quarterfinals.
Literally, porto was as strong as arsenal. Just because it came from an unpopular league but you were also underestimating it. Porto is able playing equally against arsenal but the main problem if porto's players are so badl in executing the penalty. I have watched the whole game and porto was always getting golden chances to score. The only main problem if porto was not even doing it. It was also making the situation even more difficult at the second half. Arsenal got some chances but this club missed it all. The same thing is also happening with porto which has got many chances but club missed it all.
Arsenal was almost losing if it fails in the penalty . Porto's player completelly failed in executing the penalty and it was also making the situation even more difficult for the mentality of porto players. The failed execution happened from porto has been also helping arsenal to win the penalty.
It's starting with porto's players have very big burden after their teammates failed to execute the penalty. Porto's goal keeper was also very weak in doing this too. He was always unable predicting the direction from the ball.
Even there was a moment when the goal keeper of porto being so lazy in blocking the ball. I