{"id":4368,"date":"2026-05-05T18:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4368"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:03:09","slug":"team-news-unchanged-xi-for-semi-final-second-leg-team-news-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4368","title":{"rendered":"Team news: Unchanged XI for semi-final second leg | Team news | News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Mikel Arteta has named an unchanged side for tonight\u2019s Champions League semi-final second leg against Atletico Madrid.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The boss has kept faith in the side that beat Fulham 3-0 on Saturday to extend our lead at the top of the Premier League table, with Riccardo Calafiori, Lewis Myles-Skelly, Bukayo Saka, Leandro Trossard and Ebere Eze retaining their places, and are fresh faces from the team that started at the Metropolitano Stadium last week.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mikel has been boosted by the availability of both Martin Odegaard and Kai Havertz, who are fit enough for the bench after missing recent matches.<\/p>\n

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Arsenal: <\/strong>Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly, Rice, Eze, Saka, Trossard, Gyokeres.<\/p>\n

Subs: <\/strong>Arrizabalaga, Setford, Hincapie, Mosquera, Zubimendi, Norgaard, Odegaard, Madueke, Martinelli, Dowman, Havertz, Jesus.<\/p>\n

Ahead of kick-off, get the need-to-know stats, tactics, a guide to Atletico’s season, history and much more in our must-read match preview.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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