By Wilson Florez
Emirates Stadium in London will dress up to define the first UEFA Champions League finalist in its 2026 edition. Arsenal and Atlético de Madrid They are tied in the series 1-1. Review the most notable details of a series in which away goals have no additional validity.
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In the first leg, held at the Riyadh Air Metropolitan Stadium, Both teams did not take advantage of each other. At minute 44 of the game, Viktor Gyökeres He put the visitors ahead with a goal from the penalty spot. At minute 56 of the second half, Julian Alvarez He matched the actions, also from the 11 steps.
Atlético de Madrid will visit the Emirates Stadium for the second time this season. Both clubs faced each other in the first phase of the tournament (October 2025). On that occasion The “Gunners” beat the “Colchonero” team 4-0 with a double from Viktor Gyökeres and scores from Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Magalhaes.
It is evident that Mikel Arteta’s team will try to maintain possession of the ball in the match. At home, the “Gunner” team usually averages more than 50% of the ball possession in their stadium. But this is not a problem for Atlético de Madrid.
Diego Pablo Simeone’s team He has scored 7 goals in this UEFA Champions League with plays that start from a counterattack. In this sense, the Spanish would have no problem waiting patiently in their half of the field and, in quick transitions, looking for the goal that would advance them in the series.
Arsenal will seek to be in a Champions League final again from their participation in the decisive duel against FC Barcelona in Paris (they lost 2-1). Atlético de Madrid is looking for its first final in ten years, after the defeat on penalties against Valid Madrid in the 2016 edition.
Schedule and where to watch the duel between Los Angeles FC and Flamengo in the United States
Start time in the United States: 3:00 p.m. ET and 12:00 p.m. PT.
Broadcast in the United States: CBSParamount+, fuboTV, TUDN USA, Univision, TUDN.com, Univision NOW, TUDN App, ViX, Sirius XM FC
Probable Arsenal lineup
Stripe; Mosquera, Gabriel, Saliba, Hincapié; Zubimendi, Rice, Eze; Saka, Gyokeres and Martinelli
Probable lineup of Atlético de Madrid
Oblak; Pubill, Le Normand, Hancko, Ruggeri; Llorente, Koke, Cardoso, Lookman; Griezmann and Julián
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