Key events
A great interview here with Mariona Caldentey:
Arsenal’s Leah Williamson has said: “It’s the biggest month we’ve had in terms of knockout competitions. This game is no different. I think the work that we’ve done, you can see the direction that we’re going in. We need to make results matter and count for us always, as a football club, so the focus never shifts. But we can’t think about those sorts of things. We just focus on the task at hand in the next game. And we’re always trying to win, obviously.”
Here’s a recap of last week’s action if you need a reminder:
The team news is here! Arsenal make no changes to their line-up who beat Liverpool 4-0 in the women’s Super League at the weekend.
Arsenal: Van Domselaar, Fox, Williamson, Catley, Mariona, Little (C), McCabe, Maanum, Foord, Kelly, Russo
Subs: Zinsberger, Williams, Codina, Ilestedt, Nighswonger, Reid, Walti, Cooney-Cross, Pelova, Mead, Kafaji, Blackstenius
Real Madrid, meanwhile, are without Melanie Leupolz after she was taken off injured in the first leg.
Real Madrid: Misa, Garcia, Mendez, Lakrar, Carmona, Toletti, Angeldahl, Caicedo, Bruun, Del Castillo
Subs: Laia, Sofia, Antonia, REdondo, Yasmim, Moller, Camacho, Navarro, Feller, Noemi, Dorado, Elsa.
Preamble
Hello and welcome to the second leg of the Women’s Champions League quarter-final between Arsenal and Real Madrid. It is the Gunners with all the work to do this evening but they are at home so the Emirates atmosphere may see them through to the semis.
In the first leg, Real Madrid were spectacular on a horrid pitch to beat Arsenal 2-0. And although she didn’t get on the scoresheet, Caroline Weir was on form. The question will be if they can replicate the performance away from home.
Arsenal have a lot to overturn but if they score early it will rip the game wide open. We will be taking a look at what each club have said before this game and what the team news is.
The line-ups for this evening’s match will be revealed shortly so stay tuned before kick-off at 8pm GMT.
