{"id":118780,"date":"2026-04-29T15:23:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/atletico-madrid-v-arsenal-champions-league-semi-final-first-leg-live-champions-league\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:23:53","slug":"atletico-madrid-v-arsenal-champions-league-semi-final-first-leg-live-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/atletico-madrid-v-arsenal-champions-league-semi-final-first-leg-live-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Atl\u00e9tico Madrid v Arsenal: Champions League semi-final, first leg \u2013 live | Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"liveblog-body\"><span class=\"dcr-90inr0\"><gu-island name=\"KeyEventsCarousel\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;keyEvents&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;69f2417d8f087c2bf494768e&quot;,&quot;elements&quot;:[{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;Mikel Arteta makes two changes, both in attack, from the nervy Premier League victory over Newcastle on Saturday. &lt;strong&gt;Gabriel Martinelli&lt;\/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Viktor Gyokeres&lt;\/strong&gt;, who scored three of the four goals when Arsenal trounced Atletico earlier this season, replace Eberechi Eze and the injured Kai Havertz. It\u2019s the MGM attack \u2013 Madueke, Gyokeres, Martinelli \u2013 so &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nrLyllumxts&quot;&gt;we\u2019re contractually obliged to link to a lion roaring&lt;\/a&gt;.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;373ea66c-25d5-43d1-ace0-9fd21d90432f&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;Bukayo Saka isn\u2019t yet to fit to play a full 90 minutes; Riccardo Calafiori joins him on a strong &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/arsenal&quot; data-component=&quot;auto-linked-tag&quot;&gt;Arsenal&lt;\/a&gt; bench.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;a0c0a409-a748-4173-b9ed-ec262e4ece31&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;Atletico make four changes from their 3-2 win over Athletic Bilbao at the weekend. &lt;strong&gt;Julian Alvarez&lt;\/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;David Hancko&lt;\/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Johnny Cardoso&lt;\/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Ademola Lookman&lt;\/strong&gt; come in for Clement Lenglet, Pablo Barrios, Alex Baena and Alexander Sorloth.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;4f22f0d8-3cd8-4cdf-9e46-9a501cd12cf2&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Atletico Madrid (4-4-2)&lt;\/strong&gt; Oblak; Llorente, Pubill, Hancko, Ruggeri; Simeone, Cardoso, Koke, Lookman; Griezmann, Alvarez.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;62bc6bc8-d52c-4944-9fdd-17457dc3d46f&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;Subs: Musso, Esquivel, Sorloth, Mendoza, Baena, Almada, Lenglet, Molina, Vargas, Le Normand, Bonar, Julio Diaz.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;a2a466a8-1d6e-453a-acef-7b8df6d84d77&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Arsenal (4-3-3)&lt;\/strong&gt; Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie; Odegaard, Zubimendi, Rice; Madueke, Gyokeres, Martinelli.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;43b7175f-47dd-42d8-b866-694930e65a07&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;Subs: Arrizabalaga, Setford, Mosquera, Saka, Jesus, Eze, Norgaard, Trossard, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman, Salmon.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;fe4f50cf-25c4-4a91-8dca-6aa018a3230c&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Referee&lt;\/strong&gt; Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;58e7390f-7a69-4c80-9d61-c356b97cea03&quot;}],&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;pinned&quot;:false,&quot;keyEvent&quot;:true,&quot;summary&quot;:false},&quot;blockCreatedOn&quot;:1777484157000,&quot;blockCreatedOnDisplay&quot;:&quot;18.35\u00a0BST&quot;,&quot;blockLastUpdated&quot;:1777485424000,&quot;blockLastUpdatedDisplay&quot;:&quot;18.57\u00a0BST&quot;,&quot;blockFirstPublished&quot;:1777485424000,&quot;blockFirstPublishedDisplay&quot;:&quot;18.57\u00a0BST&quot;,&quot;blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone&quot;:&quot;18.57&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Team news&quot;,&quot;contributors&quot;:[],&quot;primaryDateLine&quot;:&quot;Wed 29 Apr 2026 19.07 BST&quot;,&quot;secondaryDateLine&quot;:&quot;First published on Wed 29 Apr 2026 18.30 BST&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;69ef3b838f0885ab23504d9c&quot;,&quot;elements&quot;:[{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;History is made!&lt;\/strong&gt; Or rather, it will be at 8pm BST tonight, when Mikel Arteta\u2019s oft-maligned Arsenal play back-to-back Champions League semi-finals for the first time in the club\u2019s history. It\u2019ll count for little if they don\u2019t win either the Premier League or Champions League this season, but it\u2019s an undeniable marker of their progression from &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.11v11.com\/league-tables\/premier-league\/19-december-2020\/&quot;&gt;the 15th-best team in England&lt;\/a&gt; to one Europe\u2019s finest.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;68a3d0e7-5ac0-42ca-8a4c-064a9003ce80&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;For the second year in a row, Arsenal\u2019s semi-final involves arguably the two best teams never to win the European Cup or &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/championsleague&quot; data-component=&quot;auto-linked-tag&quot;&gt;Champions League&lt;\/a&gt;. Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s glorious triumph last season left a vacancy for Atletico, though they would argue they were already in the top two. After all, no side has played in more Champions League finals without winning the thing. On all three occasions, in 1974, 2014 and 2016, Atleti came agonisingly close.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;c1c5d1bd-9461-4989-a91c-6ecc0fd3d0b7&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;Either they or Arsenal, who lost their only final to Barcelona 20 years ago, will get another crack in Budapest on 30 May. It should be a fascinating struggle between two teams best known for their defensive excellence. We\u2019ll have none of that &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/football\/teams\/c\/chelsea\/4010191.stm&quot;&gt;nine-goal nonsense&lt;\/a&gt; tonight.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;6a22dd28-e3f2-43db-9f67-684d7e281739&quot;},{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement&quot;,&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kick off &lt;\/strong&gt;8pm BST.&lt;\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;d92262e1-d90e-4849-966d-aac3040b89ec&quot;}],&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;pinned&quot;:false,&quot;keyEvent&quot;:true,&quot;summary&quot;:false},&quot;blockCreatedOn&quot;:1777483800000,&quot;blockCreatedOnDisplay&quot;:&quot;18.30\u00a0BST&quot;,&quot;blockLastUpdated&quot;:1777480476000,&quot;blockLastUpdatedDisplay&quot;:&quot;17.34\u00a0BST&quot;,&quot;blockFirstPublished&quot;:1777483800000,&quot;blockFirstPublishedDisplay&quot;:&quot;18.30\u00a0BST&quot;,&quot;blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone&quot;:&quot;18.30&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Preamble&quot;,&quot;contributors&quot;:[],&quot;primaryDateLine&quot;:&quot;Wed 29 Apr 2026 19.07 BST&quot;,&quot;secondaryDateLine&quot;:&quot;First published on Wed 29 Apr 2026 18.30 BST&quot;}],&quot;filterKeyEvents&quot;:false,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;key-events-carousel-mobile&quot;,&quot;renderingTarget&quot;:&quot;Web&quot;,&quot;serverTime&quot;:1777487030712}\"><span id=\"key-events-carousel-mobile\"\/><span class=\"dcr-90inr0\"><\/p>\n<p>Key events<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/gu-island><gu-island name=\"FilterKeyEventsToggle\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;filterKeyEvents&quot;:false,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;filter-toggle-mobile&quot;}\"><span id=\"filter-toggle-mobile\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-alru3r\"><label id=\"filter-toggle-mobile-switch_description\" data-component=\"filter-key-events\" data-link-name=\"filter-key-events-on\" class=\"dcr-rrspei\"><button id=\"filter-toggle-mobile-switch\" role=\"switch\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-labelledby=\"filter-toggle-mobile-switch_description\" class=\"dcr-dh5oqp\"\/>Show key events only<\/p>\n<p><span>Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/label><\/div>\n<p><\/gu-island><\/span><\/p>\n<article id=\"block-69f248218f08e0584d89b848\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\"\/>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Atletico are renowned as a tight, pragmatic side<\/strong>, but their identity has changed a little in the last few years. Their 14 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/championsleague\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Champions League<\/a> games this season have produced a whopping 60 goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Arsenal\u2019s games have been a lot tighter, particularly at their end. 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Diego Simeone arrived and ran through the middle of them, from Juan Musso and Jan Oblak at one end to Antoine Griezmann and Ademola Lookman at the other. As he passed, head down, they cheered and hit him \u2013 if not <em>quite<\/em> as hard as they do when it\u2019s a player\u2019s turn. Gauntlet run, applause echoed round the empty stadium. <em>Happy birthday,<\/em> <em>mister<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Simeone turned 56 on Tuesday. He has spent almost 20 of those here: first as the captain who won the double, then the coach who lifted Atl\u00e9tico\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/blog\/2014\/may\/19\/atletico-madrid-la-liga-title-impossible\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">next league title, 18 years on<\/a>, and now leads them into his fourth and their seventh European Cup semi-final, nine years since the last. What do you get the man who has it all? \u201cBuah! You can\u2019t imagine how good it is to be in the four best teams in Europe,\u201d he said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/apr\/14\/atletico-madrid-barcelona-champions-league-match-report\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">after the quarter-final<\/a>; \u201cI have no birthday wish,\u201d he said before this semi-final, \u201cjust pure gratitude to be able to be with my three sons on my birthday, with my two daughters, my mum, my wife, my lifelong friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">One of the sons was hidden in the crowd somewhere, hitting him. The day that Simeone bade farewell to the Vicente Calder\u00f3n as a player in December 2004, he carried his youngest son, two-year-old Giuliano, in his arms. The days before he came back to Madrid as coach in December 2011, he stopped in a cafe in Mar del Plata and, over a croissant and a glass of milk, asked Giuliano, then eight, what he thought. \u201cYou\u2019re going to coach [Radamel] Falcao?!\u201d the kid replied, excitement giving way to reality. \u201cBut \u2026 if it goes well, you won\u2019t come back.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"0d333f72-07c8-4b73-ae7a-817b3d9ba796\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:3,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Giuliano Simeone follows in father\u2019s footsteps to his Atl\u00e9tico destiny&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;0d333f72-07c8-4b73-ae7a-817b3d9ba796&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;inline&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/apr\/29\/giuliano-simeone-follows-in-fathers-footsteps-to-his-atletico-destiny&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:11,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:2}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><gu-island name=\"ShareButton\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;size&quot;:&quot;xsmall&quot;,&quot;pageId&quot;:&quot;football\/live\/2026\/apr\/29\/atletico-madrid-v-arsenal-champions-league-semi-final-first-leg-live&quot;,&quot;hash&quot;:&quot;block-69f2310c8f08e0584d89b6e2&quot;,&quot;queryParams&quot;:{&quot;page&quot;:&quot;with:block-69f2310c8f08e0584d89b6e2&quot;},&quot;webTitle&quot;:&quot;Atl\u00e9tico Madrid v Arsenal: Champions League semi-final, first leg \u2013 live&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:11,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:2},&quot;context&quot;:&quot;LiveBlock&quot;}\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Atl\u00e9tico Madrid v Arsenal: Champions League semi-final, first leg \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2026\/apr\/29\/atletico-madrid-v-arsenal-champions-league-semi-final-first-leg-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-69f2310c8f08e0584d89b6e2#block-69f2310c8f08e0584d89b6e2\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"-3 -3 30 30\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M19 16c1.675 0 3 1.35 3 3 0 1.675-1.325 3-3 3a2.97 2.97 0 0 1-2.975-3c0-.125 0-.275.025-.375L7.1 14.15a2.9 2.9 0 0 1-2.075.825C3.325 14.975 2 13.65 2 12a3.004 3.004 0 0 1 3.025-3.025c.775 0 1.5.35 2.075.875l8.95-4.475c-.025-.1-.025-.225-.025-.4A2.966 2.966 0 0 1 19 2c1.675 0 3 1.325 3 2.975C22 6.65 20.675 8 19 8c-.8 0-1.475-.325-2.05-.825l-8.975 4.45C8 11.7 8 11.825 8 12s0 .3-.025.375l8.975 4.45c.575-.5 1.25-.825 2.05-.825m0-12.8c-.975 0-1.8.775-1.8 1.775S18.025 6.8 19 6.8c1 0 1.825-.825 1.825-1.825S20 3.2 19 3.2m0 17.6c1 0 1.825-.825 1.825-1.8 0-1-.825-1.8-1.825-1.8-.975 0-1.8.8-1.8 1.8 0 .975.825 1.8 1.8 1.8\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/gu-island><\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<aside data-ad-slot=\"true\" class=\"ad-slot-container dcr-jko40v\"\/>\n<article id=\"block-69f231198f08e0584d89b6e7\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\">\n<div class=\"dcr-dzkvsd\">\n<div class=\"dcr-uae6pk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/uploads\/2018\/01\/10\/David_Hytner,_L.png?width=300&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ee7d55e1766722e41a8f6b676b396d03\" alt=\"David Hytner\" class=\"dcr-lysqes\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-sa35sa\">David Hytner<\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>It was the night when Arsenal made their first big statement of the season in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/championsleague\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Champions League<\/a><\/strong>, when they advertised their desire to go all the way in Europe\u2019s most glamorous competition; to create club history. They had welcomed Atl\u00e9tico Madrid in the third round of league phase matches and it turned into a showcase for all of the best bits about Mikel Arteta\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The bolted-door defence. The furious counterpress. The physicality. The speed and ruthlessness. The set-piece productivity. And, linked to everything but trumping the lot, the total self-belief. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/arsenal\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Arsenal<\/a> were unable to find a way through in the first half or the early part of the second \u2013 it was tight \u2013 but they did not panic because they knew the goal would come. It was inevitable. They were inevitable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">When Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es scored it in the 57th minute, it was the prompt for a devastating salvo, Arsenal raining in three more by the 70th minute. The game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2025\/oct\/21\/arsenal-atletico-madrid-champions-league-match-report\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">finished 4-0<\/a>, Atl\u00e9tico departing battered and bruised. It was late October and the performance and result were very much of a piece with the Arsenal of the first half of the season.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"183a323a-10a9-4080-8446-77e0ce669656\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:3,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Arsenal gear up for Atl\u00e9tico in search of swagger that fuelled early-season peak&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;183a323a-10a9-4080-8446-77e0ce669656&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;inline&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/apr\/28\/arsenal-atletico-madrid-champions-league-semi-final-analysis&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:11,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:2}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><gu-island name=\"ShareButton\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;size&quot;:&quot;xsmall&quot;,&quot;pageId&quot;:&quot;football\/live\/2026\/apr\/29\/atletico-madrid-v-arsenal-champions-league-semi-final-first-leg-live&quot;,&quot;hash&quot;:&quot;block-69f231198f08e0584d89b6e7&quot;,&quot;queryParams&quot;:{&quot;page&quot;:&quot;with:block-69f231198f08e0584d89b6e7&quot;},&quot;webTitle&quot;:&quot;Atl\u00e9tico Madrid v Arsenal: Champions League semi-final, first leg \u2013 live&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:11,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:2},&quot;context&quot;:&quot;LiveBlock&quot;}\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Atl\u00e9tico Madrid v Arsenal: Champions League semi-final, first leg \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2026\/apr\/29\/atletico-madrid-v-arsenal-champions-league-semi-final-first-leg-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-69f231198f08e0584d89b6e7#block-69f231198f08e0584d89b6e7\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"-3 -3 30 30\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M19 16c1.675 0 3 1.35 3 3 0 1.675-1.325 3-3 3a2.97 2.97 0 0 1-2.975-3c0-.125 0-.275.025-.375L7.1 14.15a2.9 2.9 0 0 1-2.075.825C3.325 14.975 2 13.65 2 12a3.004 3.004 0 0 1 3.025-3.025c.775 0 1.5.35 2.075.875l8.95-4.475c-.025-.1-.025-.225-.025-.4A2.966 2.966 0 0 1 19 2c1.675 0 3 1.325 3 2.975C22 6.65 20.675 8 19 8c-.8 0-1.475-.325-2.05-.825l-8.975 4.45C8 11.7 8 11.825 8 12s0 .3-.025.375l8.975 4.45c.575-.5 1.25-.825 2.05-.825m0-12.8c-.975 0-1.8.775-1.8 1.775S18.025 6.8 19 6.8c1 0 1.825-.825 1.825-1.825S20 3.2 19 3.2m0 17.6c1 0 1.825-.825 1.825-1.8 0-1-.825-1.8-1.825-1.8-.975 0-1.8.8-1.8 1.8 0 .975.825 1.8 1.8 1.8\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/gu-island><\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<aside data-ad-slot=\"true\" class=\"ad-slot-container ad-slot-desktop dcr-jko40v\"\/>\n<article id=\"block-69f2417d8f087c2bf494768e\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\">\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Team news<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Mikel Arteta makes two changes, both in attack, from the nervy Premier League victory over Newcastle on Saturday. <strong>Gabriel Martinelli<\/strong> and <strong>Viktor Gyokeres<\/strong>, who scored three of the four goals when Arsenal trounced Atletico earlier this season, replace Eberechi Eze and the injured Kai Havertz. It\u2019s the MGM attack \u2013 Madueke, Gyokeres, Martinelli \u2013 so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nrLyllumxts\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">we\u2019re contractually obliged to link to a lion roaring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Bukayo Saka isn\u2019t yet to fit to play a full 90 minutes; Riccardo Calafiori joins him on a strong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/arsenal\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Arsenal<\/a> bench.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Atletico make four changes from their 3-2 win over Athletic Bilbao at the weekend. <strong>Julian Alvarez<\/strong>, <strong>David Hancko<\/strong>, <strong>Johnny Cardoso<\/strong> and <strong>Ademola Lookman<\/strong> come in for Clement Lenglet, Pablo Barrios, Alex Baena and Alexander Sorloth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Atletico Madrid (4-4-2)<\/strong> Oblak; Llorente, Pubill, Hancko, Ruggeri; Simeone, Cardoso, Koke, Lookman; Griezmann, Alvarez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Subs: Musso, Esquivel, Sorloth, Mendoza, Baena, Almada, Lenglet, Molina, Vargas, Le Normand, Bonar, Julio Diaz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Arsenal (4-3-3)<\/strong> Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie; Odegaard, Zubimendi, Rice; Madueke, Gyokeres, Martinelli.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Subs: Arrizabalaga, Setford, Mosquera, Saka, Jesus, Eze, Norgaard, Trossard, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman, Salmon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Referee<\/strong> Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)<\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><gu-island name=\"ShareButton\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;size&quot;:&quot;xsmall&quot;,&quot;pageId&quot;:&quot;football\/live\/2026\/apr\/29\/atletico-madrid-v-arsenal-champions-league-semi-final-first-leg-live&quot;,&quot;hash&quot;:&quot;block-69f2417d8f087c2bf494768e&quot;,&quot;queryParams&quot;:{&quot;page&quot;:&quot;with:block-69f2417d8f087c2bf494768e&quot;},&quot;webTitle&quot;:&quot;Atl\u00e9tico Madrid v Arsenal: Champions League semi-final, first leg \u2013 live&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:11,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:2},&quot;context&quot;:&quot;LiveBlock&quot;}\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Atl\u00e9tico Madrid v Arsenal: Champions League semi-final, first leg \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2026\/apr\/29\/atletico-madrid-v-arsenal-champions-league-semi-final-first-leg-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-69f2417d8f087c2bf494768e#block-69f2417d8f087c2bf494768e\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"-3 -3 30 30\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M19 16c1.675 0 3 1.35 3 3 0 1.675-1.325 3-3 3a2.97 2.97 0 0 1-2.975-3c0-.125 0-.275.025-.375L7.1 14.15a2.9 2.9 0 0 1-2.075.825C3.325 14.975 2 13.65 2 12a3.004 3.004 0 0 1 3.025-3.025c.775 0 1.5.35 2.075.875l8.95-4.475c-.025-.1-.025-.225-.025-.4A2.966 2.966 0 0 1 19 2c1.675 0 3 1.325 3 2.975C22 6.65 20.675 8 19 8c-.8 0-1.475-.325-2.05-.825l-8.975 4.45C8 11.7 8 11.825 8 12s0 .3-.025.375l8.975 4.45c.575-.5 1.25-.825 2.05-.825m0-12.8c-.975 0-1.8.775-1.8 1.775S18.025 6.8 19 6.8c1 0 1.825-.825 1.825-1.825S20 3.2 19 3.2m0 17.6c1 0 1.825-.825 1.825-1.8 0-1-.825-1.8-1.825-1.8-.975 0-1.8.8-1.8 1.8 0 .975.825 1.8 1.8 1.8\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/gu-island><\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<aside data-ad-slot=\"true\" class=\"ad-slot-container dcr-jko40v\"\/>\n<article id=\"block-69f231358f087c2bf494759d\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\"\/>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>This is the fourth meeting between Atletico and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/arsenal\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Arsenal<\/a>.<\/strong> The first two came in the Europa League semi-final of 2017-18, when goals from Antoine Griezmann and Diego Costa put Atleti through 2-1 on aggregate. The other was in the league phase of this season\u2019s competition, when Arsenal ran riot in the second half.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"412db067-0592-44a8-9944-5441ae59160f\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:1,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Gy\u00f6keres double adds gloss to Arsenal\u2019s Champions League rout of Atl\u00e9tico&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;412db067-0592-44a8-9944-5441ae59160f&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;inline&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2025\/oct\/21\/arsenal-atletico-madrid-champions-league-match-report&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:11,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:2}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><gu-island name=\"ShareButton\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;size&quot;:&quot;xsmall&quot;,&quot;pageId&quot;:&quot;football\/live\/2026\/apr\/29\/atletico-madrid-v-arsenal-champions-league-semi-final-first-leg-live&quot;,&quot;hash&quot;:&quot;block-69f231358f087c2bf494759d&quot;,&quot;queryParams&quot;:{&quot;page&quot;:&quot;with:block-69f231358f087c2bf494759d&quot;},&quot;webTitle&quot;:&quot;Atl\u00e9tico Madrid v Arsenal: Champions League semi-final, first leg \u2013 live&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:11,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:2},&quot;context&quot;:&quot;LiveBlock&quot;}\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Atl\u00e9tico Madrid v Arsenal: Champions League semi-final, first leg \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2026\/apr\/29\/atletico-madrid-v-arsenal-champions-league-semi-final-first-leg-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-69f231358f087c2bf494759d#block-69f231358f087c2bf494759d\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"-3 -3 30 30\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M19 16c1.675 0 3 1.35 3 3 0 1.675-1.325 3-3 3a2.97 2.97 0 0 1-2.975-3c0-.125 0-.275.025-.375L7.1 14.15a2.9 2.9 0 0 1-2.075.825C3.325 14.975 2 13.65 2 12a3.004 3.004 0 0 1 3.025-3.025c.775 0 1.5.35 2.075.875l8.95-4.475c-.025-.1-.025-.225-.025-.4A2.966 2.966 0 0 1 19 2c1.675 0 3 1.325 3 2.975C22 6.65 20.675 8 19 8c-.8 0-1.475-.325-2.05-.825l-8.975 4.45C8 11.7 8 11.825 8 12s0 .3-.025.375l8.975 4.45c.575-.5 1.25-.825 2.05-.825m0-12.8c-.975 0-1.8.775-1.8 1.775S18.025 6.8 19 6.8c1 0 1.825-.825 1.825-1.825S20 3.2 19 3.2m0 17.6c1 0 1.825-.825 1.825-1.8 0-1-.825-1.8-1.825-1.8-.975 0-1.8.8-1.8 1.8 0 .975.825 1.8 1.8 1.8\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/gu-island><\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"block-69ef3b838f0885ab23504d9c\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\">\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Preamble<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>History is made!<\/strong> Or rather, it will be at 8pm BST tonight, when Mikel Arteta\u2019s oft-maligned Arsenal play back-to-back Champions League semi-finals for the first time in the club\u2019s history. It\u2019ll count for little if they don\u2019t win either the Premier League or Champions League this season, but it\u2019s an undeniable marker of their progression from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.11v11.com\/league-tables\/premier-league\/19-december-2020\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">the 15th-best team in England<\/a> to one Europe\u2019s finest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">For the second year in a row, Arsenal\u2019s semi-final involves arguably the two best teams never to win the European Cup or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/championsleague\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Champions League<\/a>. Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s glorious triumph last season left a vacancy for Atletico, though they would argue they were already in the top two. After all, no side has played in more Champions League finals without winning the thing. On all three occasions, in 1974, 2014 and 2016, Atleti came agonisingly close.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Either they or Arsenal, who lost their only final to Barcelona 20 years ago, will get another crack in Budapest on 30 May. It should be a fascinating struggle between two teams best known for their defensive excellence. 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