We ask Arsenal fans how they felt about last week, and how they are feeling ahead of the second leg in Madrid.
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00:00Hello, I am here outside the Emirates Stadium in North London, where last Tuesday a historic result was achieved by Arsenal Football Club, beating Real Madrid 3-0 at home in the first leg thanks to two sublime free kicks from Declan Rice.
00:17The Englishman put on a world-class performance to help take the team to Spain with a three-goal lead.
00:24Now though, the biggest test of Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta's career takes place tonight, with Arsenal playing at the Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, hoping to secure a spot in the semi-finals for what would be just the third time in the club's history.
00:42So the stakes are high and so are the tensions. Here is how Arsenal fans are feeling about how the game last week went and about the game later on tonight.
00:54I just thought that I needed to be here on a day like this and come and have a little explore, because I haven't really explored the ground for a while, so yeah.
01:03First half, it was a bit nothing really, wasn't it? There was not too much going on, but I was in a pub with some of my mates watching it and it was just, the atmosphere was just incredible, just even in a pub.
01:14So like here, I can't even imagine and it was, it was incredible. But when the first like two goals went in and then the third, I don't know, it was amazing.
01:22Pure magic, I don't know. I didn't imagine the score. I mean, I always knew it was going to be a really complicated game.
01:31Real Madrid is, they know how to play these type of games. So I was really nervous and seeing Rice score those two free kicks, I mean, after the first one, when he was going to kick the second one,
01:42I said like, there's no way he scores again. When he scored, I went absolutely crazy. So yeah, really nice match. And I'm really excited for today.
01:51A little bit scared because it's Real Madrid, but I'm really confident that we are going to pass to the semis.
01:57A bit nervous, but I think that it's bad to say, but even if we do lose, we have to lose by a lot for it to matter.
02:07So there's that aspect of it, but excited more to see them play away and see if they can do the same away as well as home.
02:15I'm not nervous. I'm just waiting. I just want to see how they're going to play. Because I know that, comparing with the last game,
02:26I know that the guys have got the confidence and they're going to go there and get it.
02:30It's either we're just going to defend and just hold the 3-0 victory, or we're going to put one more in.
02:36Well, I come from Chile. I've been an Arsenal fan since I was like eight years. So it's been a dream to me to come here, meet the stadium.
02:47I think it was the perfect day to come, you know, because of the big game tonight. So I wanted to come here, get to know the stadium,
02:54and also try to watch the match in a pub in here, you know, to like really feel.