Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal have matches on Saturday forward of the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinal on Wednesday night time at Parc des Princes.
The Gunners will welcome Bournemouth to the Emirates Stadium. In the meantime, the Parisians will journey to Stade de la Meinau and face an upstart RC Strasbourg aspect battling for a Champions League spot.
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Each groups have difficult opponents and can doubtless rotate squads, focusing totally on the midweek sport. There are 90 minutes left for one group to push their ticket to the ultimate.
Mikel Arteta provides damage replace to key gamers
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Forward of the match towards Bournemouth, Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta supplied damage updates to key gamers like Jorginho, Riccardo Calafiori, and Kai Havertz.
“Calafiori is out, Jorginho continues to be out,” Arteta stated (h/t ). “Jorginho’s acquired a bit extra difficult than anticipated. Fortunately, he’s high-quality, he’s feeling good, he’s recovering nicely, however yeah, it was a bit greater than what we needed. I feel I’ll depart it to the physician if he desires to make clear or decide that.
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He additionally famous whether or not Jorginho and Havertz can play earlier than the 2024-25 season ends.
“I feel so, yeah. Hopefully, if the whole lot goes nicely within the subsequent week or so, I feel [Jorginho] will steadily combine within the group, yeah,” Arteta added. “I feel if the whole lot goes the way in which it’s going for the time being and the way in which it’s deliberate, I feel [Havertz] can have an opportunity to play just a few video games right here within the season.”
With all three gamers not seeing motion towards Bournemouth this weekend, it’s unlikely both of them will play within the second leg, however with the Gunners up towards the wall, they may roll them out off the bench if they should.
