Arsenal’s 2024/25 season can be determined by their UEFA Champions League showdowns with Actual Madrid subsequent month.
The Gunners secured their spot within the final eight of the competitors after a dominant 9-3 final 16 mixture win over PSV Eindhoven.
Los Blancos have been compelled to battle a bit of tougher
The prize for Carlo Ancelotti and Mikel Arteta is a battle to succeed in the semi finals which Arsenal haven’t achieved since 2009.
Arsenal’s solely earlier Champions League assembly with Los Blancos got here within the 2005/06 final 15 stage
Arsene Wenger’s underdogs gritted out a 0-0 draw within the second leg and went all the way in which to a primary ever last solely to lose out to Barcelona.
The image has some similarities forward of the incoming video games, with Arsenal rank outsiders to knock out Ancelotti’s defending champions, with their Premier League title hopes already over.
Arteta and former Actual Madrid midfielder Martin Odegaard have regarded to rally the troops forward of going through Ancelotti and talisman Bukayo Saka is profitable his health race to return for the primary leg.
“He’s getting nearer and making excellent progress. Let’s see how he reacts once we throw him in with group coaching subsequent week and the way match he can get,” as per quotes from .
“Hopefully we’ll see him extra with ball at his ft than he has been in a position to up to now. He’s already performed numerous work out on the pitch engaged on his personal.”
Saka has missed three months of motion following surgical procedure on a thigh damage and Arteta will wish to give him sport time earlier than their Champions League return.
Arsenal host Actual Madrid within the first leg on April 8 earlier than travelling to the Spanish capital eight days later.
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