Arsenal can edge Champions League semi-final

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Arsenal can edge Champions League semi-final, first leg against Paris Saint-Germain but will it be enough to reach the final?

Now the Premier League title race is done and duste and Arsenal are poise to finish second for the third season on the trot it is time for them to concentrate on winning the Champions League for the first time in their history.

To do that the Gunners, beaten by Barcelona in the 2006 final, เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย will have to sweep aside a young, energetic and determine Paris Saint-German who are also seeking to finally lift club football’s holy grail – having lost the 2020 showpiece to Bayern Munich in front of an empty stadium in Lisbon because of lockdown.

Both sides reache this season’s semi-finals with impressive victories over classy opponents, Mikel Arteta’s men defeate defending champion Real Madrid 5-1 on aggregate while PSG repelle Aston Villa’s ferocious attempt at a second-leg fightback to go through 5-4.

The perennial Ligue 1 champions had previously beaten new Premier League kings Liverpool over two legs and although they are considere less of a threat away from their Parc des Princes home it is worth noting that they score in their last 18 games on the road.

Arsenal will point out that they kept a clean sheet when the two sides met at the Emirates Stadium in the group stage and would love to repeat that 2-0 win – a handy advantage to take into next week’s second leg across the Channel.

But the loss of key central defender Gabriel, who is out for the rest of the season with a hamstring injury, and a lengthy list of other injuries plus the absence of suspende midfielder Thomas Partey are big blows.

PSG have a clean bill of health and the Gunners will have to find an alternative way of minimising the danger pose by the dangerous Ousmane Dembele, who has scored 31 goals and provide a boatload of assists in 43 matches this term.

True, he hasn’t score for six games in all competitions but Dembele is worth siding with at 5/2 with to end that drought by scoring at any time.

Meanwhile, Leandro Trossard has found his shooting boots with four goals in his last six Arsenal appearances and is 14/5 with and Unibet to reply for the hosts.