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Arsenal has secured the top spot of his group in the Europa League while a very diverse team has imposed 3-0 against Vorskla Poltava in the Europa League in Kiev.
Group E was moved 185 miles east [editor’s note: it’s actually west] Poltava at the Olympic Stadium in the capital, while parts of Ukraine were subject to martial law while political tensions with Russia continued to rise.
The call to move the match was launched Tuesday night. Vorskla was particularly unhappy with UEFA's decision and official confirmation that the match would take place at least six hours before the kickoff.
No inconvenience for Unai Emery and his players did not manifest, as the young Emile Smith Rowe and Joe Willock scored one of two penalties for Aaron Ramsey to confirm their win at temperatures that could go down to minus 10 degrees.
The last English team to have played in the Olympic Stadium was Liverpool, who lost the Champions League final last season against Real Madrid, but this competition, watched by a minimal crowd, was never going to be at home. height of this occasion.
Arsenal gave teen striker Eddie Nketiah his first start as Emery made 10 changes, with only Rob Holding remaining after his Premier League win Sunday in Bournemouth.
Willock, a graduate of the Academy, also had the chance to impress Ainsley Maitland-Niles at the start for the first time since the first day of the season, as Petr Cech returned to goals under the command Gunners.
It was Vorskla who created the first half-occasion of the evening. Iurli Kolomoets took a free kick after a free kick by Cech before Cech managed to get into the match.
The early works were canceled when Smith Rowe gave Arsenal an eleventh-minute lead, finding the way home after Ramsey and Nketiah's clever work.
Ramsey doubled the advantage shortly before the half hour mark after winning and converted a penalty – the Welsh international dropped after minimal contact with Vorskla defender Igor Perduta before converting the shot on goal.
The points and first place in the group were sealed when Willock scored his first goal in the seniors after blocking the pbad of Mohamed Elneny.
Nketiah made a stop on Bohdan Shust at the start of the second half. Smith Rowe saw a second of the evening finally ruled out for offside after returning home, the deviated center of Stephan Lichtsteiner.
Emery took advantage of this opportunity to attract more academic talent, with Zech Medley, Bukayo Sako and Charlie Gilmour being on the bench at a party where Arsenal was doing the job despite all the uncertainties surrounding the game.
At the top of the group, it is guaranteed that the Gunners will be clbadified in the draw for the round of 32 and will face a finalist from another group of the Europa League or one of the four teams. with the worst records in the Champions League.
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