Atletico Madrid vs Arsenal 2018 (Atleti-Arsenal 2018)
Final score and result:- Atletico Madrid vs Arsenal 1-0 (Diego Costa)- Agg Atleti 2 Arsenal 1
Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid- 3 May, 2018- EL Semifinal Second Leg
Arsene Wenger will not end his Arsenal tenure with a trophy after Atletico Madrid knocked the Gunners out in their EL semifinal. The game also saw Laurent Koscielny suffer an Achilles injury that is expected to keep him on the sidelines for around six months
RB Salzburg vs Marseille 2018 (Salzburg-OM 2018)
Final score and result:- Salzburg vs Marseille 2-1 (Haidara, Sarr OG/Rolando)- Agg RB Salzburg 2 OM 3
Red Bull Arena- 3 May, 2018- Europa League Semifinal Second Leg- Thursday- 20.05 UK KO
A controversial extra time goal from Rolando sees Marseille reach the Europa League final at the expense of Salzburg
This controversial Rolando goal vs Salzburg put Marseille into the Europa League final at the expense of their Austrian opponents. Salzburg, trailing 2-0 from the first leg, took the game to extra time with two second half goals. Deep into second half injury time, Marseille were awarded a corner that should not have been a corner, with the ball taking a deflection off OM player Ocampos. However a corner was awarded to Marseille and Rolando nodded in from Payet’s set piece.
One of several examples of poor refereeing in the 2017/18 season- another being Marcelo’s handball not penalised v Bayern.