Chelsea and Arsenal won, Benfica Wonderkid Scored A Hat-trick

DBasia.news –  The Europa League quarter-final first leg match took place on Friday (12/4) early morning Western Indonesian Time. The two big matches in that phase involved two big English teams: Chelsea and Arsenal.

Arsenal won over Serie A runners-up Napoli 2-0 with goals from Aaron Ramsey and an own Kalidou Koulibaly goal at the Emirates Stadium. Despite winning, the Gunners were supposed to throw a lot of opportunities.

How not, Arsenal did 16 attempted kicks and seven of them were on target. But, Unai Emery’s landing team can only convert those two chances into goals. Even so, a 2-0 advantage could be a positive result to be taken to the San Paolo, Napoli’s headquarters.

Meanwhile at the Sinobo Stadium, Slavia Prague headquarters, Chelsea struggled to win 1-0 and score away against perseverance and the play of the home team. This can be seen from the relatively balanced possession of the ball.

The Blues are still dominant with 58 percent possession compared to 42 percent for Slavia, but in terms of creating opportunities, both teams are equally strong. Slavia released nine attempted kicks and three of them were on target. While Chelsea eight attempted kicks and two on target.

Chelsea directed by Maurizio Sarri could only score before the match broke up or more precisely in the 86th minute when Marcos Alonso headed in a cross from Willian. The goal became a valuable capital to take to Stamford Bridge.

Switch to other matches. The fight between Benfica against Eintracht Frankfurt was very attention because it produced a drama of six goals. The host, Benfica won with a score of 4-2 in a match which was marked by a red card for Frankfurt, Evan N’Dicka.

Three goals from Benfica scored by 19-year-old Portuguese wonderkid, Joao Felix, and the other by Ruben Dias. While Luka Jovic and Goncalo Paciencia scored Frankfurt’s two away goals.

Joao Felix’s hat-trick made him one of the trending topics on social media because he became a hot commodity targeted by many European clubs and had a release clause of 120 million euros. He became the youngest player to score in the Europa League at the age of 19 years 152 days.