FLEETWOOD (The Thursday Times) — League Two mein 18wein number par maujood Fleetwood Town ne Mangal ki raat Premier League ki champion Arsenal ko Carabao Cup se bahar kar diya, aur last-16 ka muqabla 1-1 baraabar rehne ke baad penalty shootout mein jeet liya. Yeh English cup football ke sab se bare upsets mein se aik hai.
Highbury Stadium mein Aaron Loupalo-Bi ne 21wein minute mein mezbaan team ko aage kar diya, aur waqfe ke baad Viktor Gyokeres ne Arsenal ke liye barabari kar di. BBC ke mutabiq Mikel Arteta ki team ne 26 shots lagaye aur gend par 78% qabza rakha, lekin jeet ka gol na kar saki. Phir goalkeeper Jay Lynch ne Ben White, Martin Odegaard aur Bruno Guimaraes ke penalties roke, aur us ke baad Conor Haughey ne faisla kun kick score ki, jis ke saath Fleetwood pehli baar quarter-finals mein pahunch gaya aur shaiqeen maidan mein umad aaye.
Dowman ko red card aur drone se takheer
Arsenal ki raat us waqt bigar gayi jab 16 saala winger Max Dowman ko Harrison Neal ke sakht challenge par radd-e-amal dene par maidan se bahar bhej diya gaya. Yeh un ke senior career ka pehla red card tha. Arteta ko maidan se jate hue is kam umar khilari se ghusse mein baat karte dekha gaya, aur baad mein unhon ne kaha ke yeh "aisi cheez thi jis par hum match se pehle hi baat kar chuke thay". Arsenal ke sabiq midfielder Paul Merson ne Sky Sports par kaha ke woh is ke bajaye naujawan khilari ke gird bazu daal dete.
Muqabla pehle hi doosre minute mein, jab stadium ke upar drone udaya gaya, 8 minute se zyada ke liye rok diya gaya tha. Referee Michael Salisbury ne drone ke jane tak khel roke rakha, aur Sky ke commentator ne kaha ke police ne operator ka pata laga liya hai. Pehle half mein 7 minute ka izafa kiya gaya.
"Club ki tareekh ki sab se bari raat"
"Mukhalif team ke shehr aane ke lihaz se club ki tareekh ki sab se bari raat, aur hum champions ko maarne mein kamyab rahe hain," Fleetwood ke manager Matt Lawlor ne Sky Sports se baat karte hue kaha. Lynch ne is ka mawazna pichhle season isi muqabile mein Grimsby ki Manchester United par jeet se kiya. Arteta ne, jinhon ne tajarbati team utaari, Fleetwood ko mubarakbad di aur apne club ke liye ise "bohat udaas din" qarar diya. Fleetwood, jo apne pichhle do league matches haar chuka tha, Hafta ko League Two mein Bristol Rovers ki mezbani karega.
