It is an arsenal once again lessened which will appear against PSG on Wednesday, for the second round of their semi-final of the Champions League, eight days after the victory won by the capital's club at the Emirates Stadium (0-1). Consequence of several absences of choice.
As for the first leg, Gabriel Magalhaes, Gabriel Jesus, Takehiro Tomiyasu will certainly miss the call and he could be the same with Kai Havertz, Jorginho and Riccardo Calafiori, only in the recovery phase. Their coach, Mikel Arteta did not exclude the possibility that they can return to the lawn of the Parc des Princes: “I do not dismiss it. We will see in the coming days how they react. »»
And another player should also be absent from the start: Jurrien Timber, who occupied the right flank of the London defense on the outward journey. Package for the match against Bournemouth on Saturday, the international seems too fair to start the meeting and should therefore give way to Ben White, yet pain this weekend.
Arsenal will nevertheless record a return of importance against PSG, that of Thomas Parte, suspended during the first leg. The presence of the Ghanaian environment should stabilize the midfield and allow Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard to evolve higher on the ground compared to the first round at the Emirates.
Arsenal's probable composition against PSG
Raya -White, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis -Skelly, -Odegaard, Partey, Rice -Saka, Merino, Martinelli
