By Isyaku Ibrahim
A proverbial statement says history never lies this was what teeming football followers around the world witnessed tonight at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in the centre of Madrid City in the Quarter finals stage of Champions League
The Londoners who did not ever lift the trophy since the commencement of the event as recently as 1955 confirmed their supremacy over the acclaimed best team in the world by whacking them before their teeming fans by two good goals to one to scale through to the last four of the tournament on five one goals aggregate where they would face PSG of France who eliminated Aston Villa Five goals to four
Arsenal who failed to convert a penalty in the first half raised the curtain in the sixty five minutes of the game through English international of Nigerian parents Bukayoko Sako
Two minutes later Los Blancos as Madrid were called by their supporters levelled scores courtesy of Vinicius Junior as result of defensive blunder hence the game stood at one apiece to almost the end of the ninety minutes regulation time
Three minutes after the five minutes added time by the referee, Arsenal’s inspiring player Martinelli increased the tally to make the game stood at two goals to one in favour of the Gunners
The victory could be described as a repeat of what happened during the last time they met in early two thousand when the host were thrashed at the same venue and in similar competition courtesy of a goal by Thierry Henry although this time around is two goals to one
With the development, Arsenal have now become what one could described as the Bogeys of Real Madrid in view of their spectacular record on the fifteen time European Giants
Thus despite the mouth watering monetary promise Florentine Perez the president of Madrid made to the players if they defeated the visitors and the boasting some of the players made and the effective lights installed at the venue to dampen the morale of the visitors, Los Blancos failed to carry the day
hence they have to wash their kits and watch others until next year
Certainly, football is a mixture of sweet and bitterness as nothing in the round leather game lasts forever
