Alexandre Lacazette, double scorer and captain of Arsenal Thursday night on the lawn of Slavia Prague. – Gabriel Kuchta / BPI / Sipa
Mikel Arteta can breathe, at least for a while. Arsenal will play in the semi-finals of the Europa League, and the much-discussed Spanish coach has gained a break. Thursday evening, after the poor draw in the first leg (1-1) at home, the Gunners went to pulverize Slavia Prague (0-4) in the Czech Republic, with above all a very high level first half, and two goals by Alexandre Lacazette.
Lacazette soon on the roof of Europe?
After scoring a brace against Slavia Prague, the Arsenal striker is now 18 goals in the Europa League🎯
Only Radamel Falcao (20) and Kevin Gameiro (19) beat him in the history of the competition🔥 pic.twitter.com/mjvdHhfGu7
– Goal France 🇫🇷 (@GoalFrance) April 16, 2021
The French international first scored from the penalty spot (21st) during a somewhat crazy six-minute period during which his team struck three times with contributions from Nicolas Pépé (18th) and Bukayo Sako (24th) . The former Lyonnais, who will celebrate his 30th birthday on May 28, offered himself a double after a magnificent collective action: he scored in force after eliminating two defenders of a clever roulette (77th).
A nice Manchester United – Roma in perspective
Arsenal, largely behind in the league for European places, has gone one step further in its quest for a trophy in the Europa League, synonymous with direct qualification for the next C1. It will first be necessary to dominate in the semi-finals the Spaniards of Villarreal, the Croatians of Dinamo Zagreb. The other half will be between Manchester United and AS Roma, who respectively eliminated Andalusians Granada and Ajax Amsterdam.