Arsenal will lock horns with Atletico Madrid just three months after that Europa League semi-final defeat against the Spanish side ending Arsene Wenger’s hope for perfect farewell .
This time they will face each other in bid to prepare for upcoming ‘tough’ season.
When & Where?
Arsenal will face Atletico in the National Stadium, Singapore, with kick-off scheduled for 12:35pm BST on Thursday, 26 July.
Team News:
Arsenal potentially have their full squad available with only Lucas Torreira, Granit Xhaka and Danny Welbeck absent from the squad due to extended due to participation in later stages of the World Cup. Mesut Ozil, Mohamed Elneny and Alex Iwobi have joined up with the squad in Singapore following World Cup duty.
On the other side, Diego Simone will miss nine of the first team players due to participation in later stages of the World Cup. Antoine Griezmann, Diego Costa, Saul Niguez, Koke, Diego Godin, Jose Giminez and Sime Vrsaljko are among the absentees.
Travelling Squad
Arsenal – Petr Cech, Bernd Leno, Emiliano Martinez, Hector Bellerin, Sead Kolasinac, Calum Chambers, Rob Holding, Shkodran Mustafi, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Jordi Osei-Tutu, Mohamed Elneny, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Matteo Guendouzi, Reiss Nelson, Emile Smith Rowe, Joe Willock, Aaron Ramsey, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Mesut Ozil, Alex Iwobi, Eddie Nketiah, Lucas Perez, Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Atletico Madrid – Jan Oblak, Antonio Adán, Alex Dos Santos,Juanfran Torres, Aitor Puñal, Andrés Solano, Francisco Montero, Alberto Rodríguez ‘Tachi’, Carlos Isaac, Rodrigo Hernández, Thomas Partey, Vitolo, Roberto Olabe, Toni Moya, Óscar García Quintela, Mikel Carro, Joaquín Muñoz, Víctor Mollejo, Ángel Correa, Kevin Gameiro, Luciano Vietto, Borja Garcés
