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Arteta promises battle at the Emirates: Real, the match of a lifetime! I am confident of victory
2025-04-08 13:54:51 / SPORT
Arsenal-Real Madrid is another Champions League quarter-final that promises spectacle on paper and on the pitch.
The Gunners have only reached this stage of the competition twice in the last 15 years and will now face record holders and reigning champions Real Madrid, who have won the trophy 15 times in their history. Arsenal, like many other teams, have suffered injuries to key players this season and Mikel Arteta must select a team without centre-back Gabriel Magalhaes, who is out, along with defender Ricardo Calafiori, who has a knee injury, and Kai Havertz, whose season is over with a muscle injury. "There are things we can't control," Arteta told a news conference ahead of the clash with Carlo Ancelotti's side.
"Like, for example, how Real will prepare, what they can do. We have to focus and our energy, on our strengths, weaknesses and the direction we want to play in the game. Of course, the team's goal is very clear, we want to achieve something against them at home and we will go for it," added the Spaniard.
The Arsenal manager made five changes to the 1-1 draw with Everton at the weekend and rested several key players such as Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, Thomas Partey, Jurgen Klopp and Bukayo Saka.
"At 9pm on Tuesday night, there will be 11 players and 60,000 people. I am very confident that we are ready to win and beat them," he said.
"This is the mentality I want. We have to be the team we were in the last three months of the season, with all the ups and downs and the things we had to deal with. We have to keep doing that, because that is our greatest strength. Real Madrid is definitely one of the biggest games of my career. It's a pleasure to prepare for this game, to see the reaction of the people and how we feel coming into a game of this caliber."
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