Arsenal failed in their quest to lift the NextGen Series title as they were defeated 4-3 after extra time in a thrilling tie against Chelsea. It was a superb performance for the Arsenal young guns as they battled their way from 3-1 down then 2 goals in the last 5 minutes pulled it back to 3-3 with a fantastic goal from German sensation Gnabry to level the score.
However in extra time Arsenal players began to tire and in the 116 minute Lewis Baker’s strike sealed their passage to the finals and they now play Aston Villa while the Arsenal have to play Sporting Lisbon to settle third place.
The pitch was horrendous to play on out there in Italy which didn't suit both teams nevertheless the game was still very entertaining. It was really tough to watch the match live at the end of the game after seeing the all the effort they put in they showed great determination and most of all they should be proud of what they have achieved getting here in the first place defeating the likes of Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and CSKA Moscow.
Despite the loss it was a tremendous effort from the talented youngsters, we did see some stars of the future that could become 1st team regulars in the future hopefully. The one with the best chance of doing so in my opinioin is Serge Gnabry. Who do you think could make it feel free to leave your comments below.
Arsenal Starting 11 : Iliev, Bellerin, Hayden, Hajrovic, Angha (Ormonde-Ottewill, 67), Olsson, Ebecilio (Maitland-Niles 105), Yennaris, Eisfeld (Ansah 67), Gnabry, Akpom
Subs not used: Vickers, Iwobi, Mugabo, Jebb
Goals: Akpom (2), Gnabry
Booked: Hayden, Gnabry
Chelsea Starting 11 : Beeney; Christensen, Davey, Pappoe, Wright; Loftus-Cheek (T Musonda 70), Boga (Swift 75), Baker; Kiwomya, Feruz, Nditi (Hunte 40)
Despite the loss it was a tremendous effort from the talented youngsters, we did see some stars of the future that could become 1st team regulars in the future hopefully. The one with the best chance of doing so in my opinioin is Serge Gnabry. Who do you think could make it feel free to leave your comments below.
Subs not used: Vickers, Iwobi, Mugabo, Jebb
Goals: Akpom (2), Gnabry
Booked: Hayden, Gnabry
Chelsea Starting 11 : Beeney; Christensen, Davey, Pappoe, Wright; Loftus-Cheek (T Musonda 70), Boga (Swift 75), Baker; Kiwomya, Feruz, Nditi (Hunte 40)
Subs not used: Killip, Dabo, Conroy, Colkett
Goals: Feruz, Baker (2), Boga
Booked: Christensen, Pappoe
Twitter Reaction from the Players
Disappointing result for us. Gave everything we had. I just wanna say thank you for all the support. You all are great.
— Hector Bellerin (@HectorBellerin) March 29, 2013
Disappointing result. Don't feel we deserved to lose but we will bounce back. Thanks for the support from everyone 👍
— Nico Yennaris (@Nico_Yennaris) March 29, 2013
Can't explain how gutted I am, lost 4-3 in extra time , we gave it 110%, got 2 goals, we will come back stronger #AFC
— Chuba Akpom 9 (@cakpom9) March 29, 2013
Nothing to say really...just sooo disappointed with myself. We did our best though and thanks for all your support!Terry Burton the coach spoke of his disappointment losing in the semi finals
— kristoffer olsson (@krisolsson) March 29, 2013
"A semi-final is a horrible place to lose a game and you struggle to take positives out of the game right now. But I'm sure when we look back on it, we'll see there were some excellent individual performances."
Quote Source www.arsenal.com
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