2 weeks Ago By Declan Wiseman, Last Word On Sports
Arsenal travel to face Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final second-leg, taking a three-goal advantage to the Santiago Bernabeu. Here is our Arsenal predicted lineup vs Real Madrid. Arsenal Predicted Lineup vs Real Madrid for April 16 How Arsenal Have Lined-up Recently Arsenal’s starting eleven in the 1-1 draw against Brentford saw lots of changes in order to rotate players ahead of tonight’s match.
Still starting in goal was David Raya with a team of Thomas Partey, William Saliba, Jakub Kiwior and Kieran Tierney. Oleksandr Zinchenko, Jorgino and Declan Rice started in midfield. Up top, Leandro Trossard led the line with Ethan Nwaneri and Gabriel Martinelli on either side of him.
Arsenal Recent Form and Tactics In their last five games, Arsenal’s form is three wins and two draws. Beating Real Madrid 3-0 at the Emirates, the Gunners now have a fantastic chance at getting through to the semi-finals. How Arteta chooses to set his team up to withstand a Real Madrid comeback will be interesting to see.
In his pre-match presser, Arteta said Arsenal should: “Play the same way that we played in the first game.” Madrid were caught cold and were comfortably beaten by an Arsenal side that not only created key chances and scored them, but also had more possession too. That said, the Spanish side will have the home advantage in the second leg, especially after their request to close the roof of the stadium was granted by UEFA.
Arteta commented on facing the Real Madrid crowd: “Like I said that is something we cannot control. The fans, the stadium. We cannot think about that.
We have to think about ourselves.” The last time Arsenal played at the Bernabeu, Thierry Henry scored in a historic 1-0 win against Real Madrid. This is a result that surely any Arsenal fan would take again tonight.
Arsenal Injuries and Absentees to Consider Arteta gave three key injury updates on who travelled with the squad to Madrid. He said: “The positive one, Ben White managed to train with us.” When asked about Thomas Partey, he said: “Yeah [Partey] is available.
He felt good after the last few days and he’s fine.” Arteta’s third update was on Jorginho: “He’s not here”. Previously Ben White was not included in the Brentford matchday squad, while Thomas Partey was subbed off due to injury.
Jorginho was another player that picked up an injury in this game. Other Arsenal players unavailable for this fixture include Takehiro Tomiyasu, Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz who are all still recovering from injury. Arsenal Predicted Lineup Vs Real Madrid GK: David Raya RB: Ben White CB: William Saliba CB: Jakub Kiwior LB: Myles Lewis-Skelly CM: Martin Odegaard CM: Declan Rice CM: Thomas Partey RW: Bukayo Saka CF: Mikel Merino LW: Gabriel Martinelli This article first appeared on Last Word On Sports and was syndicated with permission.
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