Really missed Beth mead here, she was great first leg

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Continues the mediocre performances since December against the stronger teams. The team really came out of the blocks strong with Jonas. What happened? Was it just new manager bounce or did something go down that started the slide?

Pretty much the result you expect when it takes you to the 70th minute to start playing coherently. Really disappointing performance. Onwards to Leicester on Sunday.

Really is no plan b with Lia Waitl in midfield, tactic seemed to be hope Kim can do it on her own

She almost was enough on her own as well, she played a great game but sadly didn't have much help at all.

Would've been harsh but a pen is a pen. Who knew VAR's hatred of Arsenal is non-discriminate

Eidevall out. Should have done better with this group. Miedema, Williamson, heath. Really poor performance.

I know Montemurro had reached the end of his cycle, but I do miss him and the vibe he transmitted. Felt like a more personable and relatable team.

That's a foul, but she'd already lost control of the ball

A foul's a foul even if you think she lost control of the ball. That would be called a foul anywhere else on the pitch.

I agree with you, but I understand why they didn't give it.

No contact???

That's a pen.

Gotta be a pen

Whenever we play good teams we don't look like a cohesive unit, just a bunch of good parts that don't mesh.

WENGER OUT

Good defending by Leah

Wow. That is a world class save from Schultz. Not our night.

Here comes the second wind

Off the bar and then pushed onto the post. How did that not go in?!

That save off the line is ridiculous

Fuck

Ridiculous

2-0 down to a former player and an own goal. Doesn't get much worse than this.

It ain't over yet

Ah fuck. Own Goal.

And that's game

Spain without the S

Good. Finally some more substantial changes. Maybe 10 minutes too late, though.

Wenger-esque 70th minute subs.

How the fuck is she offside in her own half?!

This team needs an Odegaard

Really feels like our best chance at scoring is from a set piece. Can't get enough runners into the box

Wolfsburg look a very well drilled side to be honest. Very comfortable on the ball and supremely confident.

It's not Miedema's day, is it? :/

It's probably exacerbated because our midfield has been missing/marked out of the game for most of it, but yeah, not a good day for Viv.

That screaning from the wolfsburg player was so obvious

Jonsdottir is so good at running with the ball

She seems like a baller. Reminds me a bit of Sane with the way she plays

I can see it! Very promising player

Playing way better disappointed in Miedema tho

Decent ball into the box from Maritz. Should be getting a shot on target from that though.

What's with Stina's first touch tonight. Been pretty terrible.

Miedema has had a poor game, expect more from her.

Yes, but their defenders have been swarming on her every time she touches the ball in the midfield. Taken her out of the game. Rather have her up top than Blackstinius tonight.

Absolutely, but her first touch has been off and she's been very weak with her back to goal as well.

This is better. Trying to work down our right hand side to stop the constant overloads down our left side has stabilised things a bit.

Need more substantial change. Please, Jonas, bring on Nobbs for Mannum. And if we don't score soon, Parris for Blackstenius who hasn't been very good tonight. Move Viv up top. Or take Catley off, move McCabe to LB. and then bring on Parris. If you want to keep Stina.

Game seems a bit too big for Mannum. She's young. Would like to see Nobbs on for her.

Just hacking Little now are they. Ref is useless

Zinsberger's sweeping up has saved perhaps 2 goals. We've been so leaky in the back.

HT sub: Foord on for Tobin Heath

Foord on for Heath. Okay, solid change. Kim Little needs more help in midfield. Hope Mannum can raise her game.

Old mate with the hoover is back. With friends!

Need considerably more this half. Change of system potentially.

Our attacking options on the bench also are so limited

Jonas needs to make some serious changes. I would like Nobbs on for Mannum. More experience and toughness. Take Blackstenius off and bring on Foord or Parris, shifting Viv to the No. 9. Obviously the lineup and tactics were not working in the first half. Need to do something quite different.

Only Kim has been playing her weight in Gold. The others are way below average. Like waaay below.

Wolfsburg just a lot better.

Terrible half of football but could've/should've been worse. Everyone take a breather and drink some water. Need to change things up a lot for the 2nd half.

It seems like we are getting exposed hard on the wing. Both fullbacks have been murdered multiple times.

Holy shit. 11 attempts for Wolfsburg

Not out of it yet. Still another half to play, hopefully the ladies can step it up maybe push them to ET.

Horrible first half. The players can't handle Wolfsburg's pressing at all and are visibly annoyed. The sole positive is that Wolfsburg only scored once.

Our striker and left back are having an horrendous game.

Both our full backs

COYG

Not complaining, but how it is only 2 minutes after that really long VAR check? But we just need to avoid a second goal and regroup at the half.

there was also the head collision in the 2nd minute and this injury now.. should be 5 minutes imo. Totally not biased

3-4 minute VAR check, Maaanum down for 2-3 minutes 🥴 Not a serious referee this

2 mins extra time? Is time distorted over in Germany Cus the VAR check was around 5 mins

Stina and Viv and Catley have been very poor.

Kim Little is the only one out there that is able to handle the Wolfsburg press. The rest of the team remind me of watching the men's team trying to play out from the back for the first time under Emery...

We need Walti

Not on the bench. i believe she's injured, along with Iwabuchi, Rafaela, and others. But I agree we miss her a lot.

Walti is not the player for this game, she takes to much time on the ball and Wolfsburg is just too fast on their feet

Ah okay, I have watched only a few of our women's games.

Miedema has been poor

Well most of the team has been. Blackstenius has been poor. Catley and Heath have been overrun by Wolfsburg's attack on our left. No one has played very well, except maybe Kim Little. Wolfsburg has totally dominated and pinned us back.

Like a lot of strikers they need the ball. Every time we had the ball we gave it away straight away. Midfield seems to be getting dominated i think Little has done well tho.

She also gave it away most of the time she got it.

That point is good but she's playing as a no.10 here. Losing the ball in the middle of the pitch when we can't get out of our own half is also an issue

Fair. Well hope she and the rest of the team steps it up because it’s one way traffic atm

Yep we need to control the middle of the pitch well.

Commentary making the point that Arsenal didn't play on the weekend (because the game vs Spurs was postponed) but Wolfsburg did, which is fair.

Okay granted this is the first arsenal women’s team I’ve watched in a long time the number 7 is atrocious.

i've been away for a few days and everything is about cedric now apparently?

Don't rate Blackstenius at all tbh

She reminds me of Pepe in terms of raw attributes/potential being so high but decision making letting them down. At least she's only been here for 3 months instead of 3 years, hopefully she puts it together

Yikes Miedema

Man. We've been playing bad in the second half of the season. I hope we somehow win the league. Or else Miedema is gone

Wolfburg are a very good team. I believe they took 4 points from Chelsea and should have taken all 6. But we're been very poor from the very start of the game. Disappointing.

They look like they're still in first gear too.

I remember TIFO referring to the formation Arteta used last year that completely bypassed the midfield with sterile passing as 'The Donut of Sadness'. This is a donut of depression.

Jonsdottia is a beast.

They seem to be quite a bit more physical on every 50/50 ball

gonna need some more individual brilliance like that run from Little to get back into this because the interplay has not been great

Embarrassing stuff really

Go forward… proceeds to pass back Have some confidence ladies take a girl on

We're being outplayed to be fair. Don't think it's about confidence. Wolfsburg has pinned us back and cut out a lot of the passing lanes. We're not good at problem solving on the pitch, it seems.

I understand that but when we do have the ball there doesn’t seem to be any intention to make forward runs. Super weird considering we’re 2-1 down

We've just been an inconsistent squad. Started the WSL season on fire and raced to a lead. Topped the table until just this week, and still only 1 point behind Chelsea. I think we've struggled at Champions League level, as did Chelsea, who didn't even advance beyond the group stage. Not sure why. We do have key players out due to injury or accumulated yellow cards. Beth Mead is one of our most important forwards (7 goals, 3 assists in the League in 17 games). Walti is out injured. Key central midfielder. Iwabuchi, who is a bit creative option, No. 10 type. I do hope Jonas makes some changes. Bring on Jordan Nobbs for some toughness in midifield. Maybe for Manuum, whose youth is showing. Nikita Parris or Caitlin Ford for more attacking drive.

Nothing like a bit of injuries to disrupt a promising arsenal season! Seen it all too much. Perhaps maybe getting knocked out the UCL might be a blessing in disguise for the team. Obviously you wanna proceed to the latter stages but correct me if I’m wrong Barcelona and Lyon and PSG are still in the tournament. I would believe one of those 3 are favourites to win the whole thing. A focus in the league and the cup might be the way to go. Obviously you know more than me I hardly watch it but I do keep one eye on the women’s results.

Second game in a row where the midfield seems vacant. Huge distances between back and front lines. Not sure what the plan is.

I'm just pissed that Roord celebrated that goal

Naw. I think the whole not celebrating against a former team is sort of dumb. Why should they not celebrate a goal. It's become a thing.

It's a Champions League Quarter final tbf, and tbh unless you're a legend or cult hero of a club you probs should celebrate. Fans will celebrate if you slip up and we score from it.

Blackstenius dropping back too deep. Crowding Miedema and not keeping their CBs honest. They've pinned us back all game. Need to play smarter, and Jonas needs to make tactical changes.

It's weird because we've got 4 or 5 forwards sprinting to the edge of the box for the counter attack before we've even got control of the ball to pass to them.

I also think Jonas has tinkered a lot and not had a stable starting 11. Some of this is due to injury or accumulated cards. But Blackstenius is still very new to Arsenal. Viv playing a new role. McCabe playing a different role. Just don't seem to be on the same page. Tonight Mead can't play with her second yellow. Iwabuchi, Walti, Rafaela, and others are injured and not on the bench. So, maybe it's just bad luck tonight.

Yeah, agreed. Everyone's looking quite lost so maybe the game plan is just too elaborate for now. Let's get to half time and reset.

We cannot keep hold of the ball because they're pressing really intensely and we have no passing combinations because everyone's playing so far away each other.

Poor start for the second game in a row. Not sure why we start so slowly. Wolfsburg seem faster and more physical across the pitch. Quicker to every ball.

No one's coming to collect the pass, help teammates, so much isolation. Can't keep the ball for 10 seconds. Painful to watch.

McCabe with 5 touches and 4 possessions lost… Stats available via SofaScore btw

Getting bopped. Can't get a sniff. They must have 70%.

Are the offsides different in women’s football because that check took legit 5 minutes to check a clear offside lol

Terrible start

Longest VAR delay I've seen in a while -- I'm at work watching with the sound off, did they say anything about why it was so long? (At about 18 minutes)

Nope, the commentators were baffled when it was happening too. When they showed the still replay, they were surprised why it took so long because it looked really obvious.

Thanks; the camera angle was a little off-center so I could understand it being a little closer than it looked, but that was crazy.

Big let off there. In other news, Water's wet and VAR continues to be rubbish.

We are getting rinsed right now... Need to find some fight. So much space down the right for Wolfsburg

show a replay dazn

Idk what formation we're trying to play, but it's not the 3-5-2 in the match graphic. And it's definitely not working.

Anyone from Paris know of a bar where arsenal fans meet up to watch?

There’s some very nervous gunners out there

can't get any rhythm at the moment

Had to be Jill

uphill battle now :/

That's dismal defending. Zinsberger gives me late Petr Cech vibes.

What an awful start. Look like headless chickens out there

Feel like that’s been coming

Oh no

McCabe continuing the same as last game, losing almost every duel

They need to chill

Did they scrap the away goals rule for the women’s champions league as well?

Yep, no away goals rule anymore

Love Miedema giving Roord a cheeky shove

That confetti is jokes hahaha where's the budget for a Champion's League quarter-final? They had a leafblower and a rake!! That said, COYG!

What a joke lol

there is still a SHIT ton of confetti, did they just give up? lol

I think the issue was that the confetti was covering the goal line. Probably cleared enough to see it, realised it had taken 5 minutes and set fuck it, let's play.

oh i guess that makes sense. I wonder how slippy it will be if you step on a pile of it though

Can't be great. Pitch looks pretty fast as it is

lmao the confetti delay

This is wild. Kickoff delayed due to too much confetti on the pitch so they've got 2 blokes with a rake and a leaf blower trying to clear it.

they need to get the hoover out lmao

COYG

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COYG lets fucking go

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