{"id":4392,"date":"2026-05-05T19:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4392"},"modified":"2026-05-05T19:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:02:12","slug":"team-news-unchanged-xi-for-semi-final-second-leg-team-news-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4392","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, Myles Lewis-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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Having rotated his entire starting line-up for Saturday\u2019s 2-0 win against Valencia, Diego Simeone has pretty much reverted back to the side that started against us six days ago.<\/p>\n

He has one made change from that starting XI, with Robin Le Normand replacing Johnny Cardoso, which could see Marcos Llorente potentially move into midfield to allow Le Normand to slot into centre-back alongside David Hancko.<\/p>\n

Veteran Uruguayan international defender Jose Maria Gimenez is back on the bench after recovering from injury.<\/p>\n

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LINE-UPS<\/h2>\n

Arsenal: <\/strong>Raya, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly, Rice, Eze, Saka, Trossard, Gyokeres.
Subs: <\/strong>Arrizabalaga, Setford, Hincapie, Mosquera, Zubimendi, Norgaard, Odegaard, Madueke, Martinelli, Dowman, Havertz, Jesus.<\/p>\n

Atletico Madrid: <\/strong>Oblak, Pubill, Hancko, Le Normand, Ruggeri, Simeone, Llorente, Koke, Lookman, Griezmann, Alvarez.
Subs: <\/strong>Musso, Esquivel, Molina, Bonar, Gimenez, Lenglet, Diaz, Vargas, Cardoso, Baena, Mendoza, Almada, Sorloth.<\/p>\n

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

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