Evening all. It's the most wonderful time of the year.. ...yes, I know people like Christmas and all that, but come on: absolutely banging football, night after night is better than anything else the seven kingdoms have to offer, and here we are not, right in the middle of it. Ooh yeah!
Europa League / Quarter-final
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona / 18.04.2019
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Updated 18/04/2019 at 21:56 GMT+1
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21:56
Thanks all for your company - have a good night.
21:55
So Arsenal are through, and pretty easily too. They meet Valencia next, and will fancy themselves too.
21:55
Full-time: Napoli 0-1 Arsenal (agg 0-2)
90+3'
Rui's had a decent half and he weaves inside then outside Mkhitaryan, lifts over a cross, and Ruiz smashes it over the bar.
90+2'
It'd be pretty funny if Arsenal won the Europa League, then Spurs won the Champions League.
90+1'
Chelsea have beaten Slavia 4-3 on the night, 5-3 on aggregate.
90'
There'll be three added minutes.
90'
...which Mkhitaryan whips over the top.
90'
Ruiz trips Kolasinac and is booked. Free-kick Arsenal, left edge of the box...
90'
Valencia are through, winning 2-0 on the night and 5-1 on aggregate.
88'
The Europa League takes a long old time to get going - the group stages are excruciating - but hopefully the semis will be good. Valencia have been good this season, and will be a test for Arsenal, while Frankfurt, if they can hold on, will test Chelsea - Jovic is a serious player.
86'
The corner goes short and back into the Arsenal half as they keep possession, running down the clock.
85'
Aubameyang puts himself into a race with Chiriches, who has to fight for the privilege of coneding a corner.
85'
TGhere are always players you know are good because who see them more often than you tell you they are, but who when you see them, are always ok or worse. For me, Milik and Koulibaly are that.
83'
John Hartson notes that Iwobi is a useful sub because he has the ability to carry the ball and get Arsenal up the pitch. I wonder if he'll ever be good enough to be a first choice - he doesn't score or create enough - but he's certainly worth having.
81'
The home crowd try and rouse their boys with some loud shouting and singing, but it's too little, too late. It's very hard to explain the poverty of these performances - although decent finishing, even half-decent finshing, and this would be a close tie.
79'
If Arsenal see this out with conceding, that'll be no goals conceded over 90 minutes ... but Rui goes down the left and crosses to no one, Sokratis misses the ball and Monreal has swing, firing his shot straight at Cech. These are that kind of clean sheet.
78'
Eintracht now lead Benfica 2-0 and on away goals. That Joao Felix hat-trick looks like being for nothing.
77'
Callejon takes a nice pass off Ruiz zipped across the face of the box, and he finds Zielinski who pulls a shot wide.
76'
This is true, but the biggest problem here isNapoli's finishing, which has been absolutely rank.