The 2024/25 season of Arsenal is determined by their UEFA Champions League showdowns with Real Madrid next month.
The Gunners insured their place in the last eight of the competition after a dominant 9-3 last 16 aggregated victory over PSV Eindhoven.
Los Blancos was forced to fight a little harder when they broadcast a controversial fine shooting victories in Atletico Madrid.
The prize for Carlo Ancelotti and Mikel Arteta is a struggle to reach the semi -final that Arsenal has not reached since 2009.
Arsenal's only earlier Champions League meeting with Los Blancos came in the last 15-phase of 2005/06 when Thierry Henry silent the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in a 1-0 win.
The Underdogs of Arsene Wenger squeezed a 0-0 draw in the second stage and went all the way to a very first final to lose to Barcelona.
The photo has a number of similarities prior to the incoming competitions, with Arsenal Rank Outsiders to eliminate the title defender of Ancelotti, with their Premier League title Hoop.
Arteta and former Real Madrid -midfielder Martin Odegaard have looked at the troops before he meets Ancelotti and Talisman Bukayo Saka, wins his fitness race to return for the first stage.
“He is getting closer and makes very good progress. Let's see how he reacts when we throw him with team training next week and how he can get fit, “according to quotes from BBC Sport.
“Hopefully we see him more with ball at his feet than he has been able to do so far. He has already done a lot of training on the field that works alone. “
Saka has missed three months of action after surgery on a dijing injury and Arteta will want to give him playing time before their Champions League returns.
Arsenal -Gastheer Real Madrid in the first stage on April 8 before he travels to the Spanish capital eight days later.
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