Saturday 05/April/2025 – 12:54 AM
Spanish coach Mikel spoke Artita Arsenal coach, about his team’s readiness to face his Real Madrid counterpart in the framework of the quarter -finals of the Champions League.
The Real Madrid and Arsenal match will be held in the first leg of the Champions League quarter -finals, next Tuesday at 9:00 Cairo time, and at 10:00 pm Saudi Arabia, on the ground of the Emirates Stadium, the Gunners stronghold.
McCill Artita’s comments about the expected Madrid confrontation
“The victory over Real Madrid will be a big and decisive boost for us, in the end, we have to know where we are and what is our history.” This club did not reach the quarter -finals of the Champions League twice in 15 years.
He continued: I feel enthusiastic to face Real Madrid, I think we fell in the face of the opponent that we all look forward to with passion, because historically is the most prominent team in the tournament, and we have a opponent who will ask us for the utmost effort in the best European championship.
He added: We have to be better than them, believe in our capabilities from the first minute, and be active in the decisive moments, we know that the matches in the Champions League are decided within the penalty area.
Artita continued: If you are worse than Real Madrid, the possibility of winning is much lower, if we are the worst, we will not have a chance.
The Spanish continued: Gabi offers a great value on the field, with his presence, personality, and leadership to our team, but we lost it, and we have to improve matters, we have to play based on the skills of each player, we will try and try a different approach.
He concluded: There are things that we will try to do and talk about, it is very easy to stop the video today and talk about the context of what happened in the Santiago Bernabeu against Manchester City, but the key is the ability to predict it on the field and stop them at the moment of its occurrence, we have to realize this and recognize it because it is an important part of their style, just like us when we can create those moments, we are a very dangerous team.
