Arsenal vs Paris St Germain - 29.04.2025 - KO 20:00 GMT

In the absence of Jorginho and Partey I’m not quite sure what lineup we will go with, my preference would be to go with two attacking midfielders in central midfield and have Rice mop up any danger.

Whether Arteta will choose to be that bold or whether he will elect to play Merino in central midfield remains to be seen.


Anything other than a win and I think we will be in trouble for the second leg (not to say we will be out but I think we will find it hard to get through). A 2-0 win like in October would be my preference


Doue who played at the Emirates in November and Kvaratskhelia who was still at Napoli then will be the main danger men. But as good as Donnarumma has been in goal, they’ve shown they can be got at.

No Partey is very frustrating but one thing we’ve remained is difficult to beat despite various absences this season. I think Merino in midfield and Trossard up front is the likely fix. Special moments decide these kind of games and we’ll need our big guns to step up again.

Feel like it will end in tears for us but that’s just me and my pessimism after so many years of falling short. It’s a 50-50 tie.

There have been rumours that MLS might be played in Midfield (maybe with Tierney at left back but probably Zinchenko <_< if the case ) with Rice playing the 6 role.

I think people said pretty much all of the above before the Real tie.

It's up for grabs, plain and simple, we've shown we can mix it with the best so just need to do it again.

Got no idea how it will turn out but having the first leg at home suited us well last time, building a good lead and then them having to come out and play at their own ground so we could pick them off, let's hope it will also be the case this time

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Originally Posted by dazthegooner

Zinchenko

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if that happens forget everything I just said, we're losing and losing well

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Originally Posted by dazthegooner

There have been rumours that MLS might be played in Midfield (maybe with Tierney at left back but probably Zinchenko <_< if the case ) with Rice playing the 6 role.

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I don’t know if Calafiori is fit but actually having him and MLS start in such a circumstance might work. Having them dovetail could be good. MLS did well moving into central midfield against Real Madrid in the first leg

Cala can't defend but happy to see him further up if it keeps Zin off the pitch, so my preference would be him in MF and MLS at LB

Not sure that now is the time to experiment with MLS in MF. For me Trossard (who has been on form recently) in for Merino up front, with Merino dropping into attacking MF and Rice at 6. Least disruption.

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Originally Posted by Mac76

Cala can't defend but happy to see him further up if it keeps Zin off the pitch, so my preference would be him in MF and MLS at LB

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Disagree that he can’t defend. I don’t think he’s great at left back (although better at it than Zinchenko or Kiwior), but working in tandem with MLS I think would work well

I hope we win, tbh.