A draw is enough for Barça at the Emirates against Arsenal

The spectacular Emirates Stadium, where about 40,000 fans are expected, will host today (8 p.m./DAZN) the first ‘match-ball’ of the Barça to secure first place in Group C of the Champions League female in the absence of a day ahead of the draw on Monday 20 and thus avoid Chelsea, PSG and surely Lyon. Already in the quarterfinals, the current European champion is enough a draw at the home of the Arsenal, which came out scalded (4-1) from the Johan Cruyff in October.

The set of Jonatan Giráldez He counts his matches of the course by victories (12 in the League and four in Europe) and visits the ‘Gunners’, who have lost on Sunday the final of the FA Cup 2020-21 in Wembley before him Chelsea, European runner-up and first English team to achieve the treble.

Caroline Graham Hansen, with the medical discharge after reviewing his cardiological problems without sequelae, is the great novelty in the list of the Barça although its ownership is not foreseen after five weeks of withdrawal. It will also be the first match of Alexia putellas, ‘top scorer’ of the group with four goals, in the Champions after winning the Ball of Oro. In the previous one, Giráldez rejected the Londoners, unbeaten as locals: “The Arsenal will change his game idea after the game of the Johan and it is normal that they want to attack more, have the ball and be protagonists ”.

PROBABLE ALIGNMENTS

ARSENAL

Zinsberger; Maritz, Wubben-Moy, Beattie, Catley; Walti, Maanum, Little; Mead, Miedema y McCabe

Coach: Jonas Eidevall

BARÇA

Cloths; Torrejón, Paredes, León, Ouahabi; Bonmatí, Guijarro, Putellas; Caldentey, Hermoso and Martens

Coach: Jonatan Giráldez

REFEREE: Anastasia Pustovoitova (RUS)

HOUR: 20 h. (DAZN)

STADIUM: Emirates Stadium

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