{"id":238646,"date":"2026-04-15T20:53:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/arsenal-hold-off-sporting-to-book-ucl-semifinal-date-with-atletico\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T20:53:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:53:57","slug":"arsenal-hold-off-sporting-to-book-ucl-semifinal-date-with-atletico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/arsenal-hold-off-sporting-to-book-ucl-semifinal-date-with-atletico\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal hold off Sporting to book UCL semifinal date with Atletico"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Arsenal advanced to the Champions League semifinals after holding Sporting CP off the board in a 0-0 draw at the Emirates.<\/p>\n

The Gunners took a one-goal lead into Wednesday’s second leg courtesy of a last-gasp strike from Kai Havertz in last week’s first leg. That late goal ultimately proved to be the decisive moment in the quarterfinal.<\/p>\n

Mikel Arteta’s side lacked intensity at times throughout the tie, but two solid defensive performances were enough to guide Arsenal into the final four with a 1-0 aggregate win.<\/p>\n

Arsenal will lock horns with Atletico Madrid in the semifinals.<\/p>\n

More to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Arsenal advanced to the Champions League semifinals after holding Sporting CP off the board in a 0-0 draw at the Emirates. The Gunners took a one-goal lead into Wednesday’s second leg courtesy of a last-gasp strike from Kai Havertz in last week’s first leg. That late goal ultimately proved to be the decisive moment in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":238647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6807],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-238646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leagues-cups"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}