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He Arsenal faces the first semifinal of the Champions (tomorrow in London) With the same casualties in attack (Havertz, Gabriel Jesus …), but with security, which gives him the Second team less thrashed in the tournament (Seven goals in 12 games), only behind the five goals embedded by Inter.
Despite this general difference of two targets, in terms of less winters, the difference is one: Six goals embedd by David Raya (The other fit the substitute, net) for the five of Yann Sommer (who also played 11 games, such as the goal of Arsenal). Both continue in contest, so the semifinals (and a possible end) They will define the golden glove of the tournament.
He Arsenal has granted 27 stops in this Champions, with an average of 2.25 per game. Inter, on the other hand, suffered 41 stops, with an average of 3.42 stops per game.
The goalkeeper says that the press looks “little” in the previous parties like this.
Raya (DR) is a registered trademark in the Arsenal (and in La Roja), despite fulfilling only his second campaign in London. A goalkeeper who forged in the second English division (Championship), with many years of service at the Blackburn Rovers and Brentford and Brentford and Until a brief step through the Southport of the Premier Conference (the Fifth English Division). That was 10 years ago.
But one day, DR fell into the eye of Arsenal (2023). Mikel Arteta had a conclave with her trusted team, with Iñaki Caña, her goalkeeper coach in front. Arsenal had to take a step forward, and one of the details to perfect the game proposed by Mikel was to have a more ductile goalkeeper with his feet. The head of the goal 'Gunner' was then, Aaron Ramsdale, an English international (now in the Southampton) that It was reliable under sticks, but not so much with the feet. It was time to go for a specialist with your feet.
Iñaki Caña is a Catalan who formed as an archer in the Barça quarry and then played as a minor team in the Catalan zone. His passion for gloves led him to go to the adventure of Denmark (Nordsjaelland), before signing for the Brentford (where he met Raya) and before signing for Arsenal, where he arrived in 2019. “We have to sign this boy,” Iñaki told his 'boss' Mikel.
TheIt was. “The English press wanted to 'hang' because we were bringing to bay instead of an English goalkeeper, and That was a sacrilege, “they tell us in the club when we asked about that key signing.
And two years later, Raya is key in the defense of the Portería and key at the beginning of the attack, playing libero on many occasions. “With the feet, he is one of the best in the world,” all experts agree. No one doubts it. And the English press did not want it …
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