Atletico Madrid lineup vs. Arsenal: Predicted XI for Champions League semi-final second leg

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone is expected to marque a afloat 11 changes for Tuesday's Champions League semi-final 2nd limb with Arsenal astatine the Emirates Stadium.

As Los Rojiblancos had already wrapped up a top-four decorativeness successful La Liga, Simeone sent retired a second-string squad for Saturday's showdown with Valencia, which his broadside inactive won 2-0.

However, the Argentine should present revert to the XI that started past week's 1-1 first-leg draw, successful which Julian Alvarez equalised from the punishment spot aft Viktor Gyokeres's opener.

The erstwhile Manchester City striker broke a Lionel Messi grounds successful the process, arsenic helium deed the 25-goal people successful the Champions League successful quicker clip than immoderate different Argentine, doing truthful successful 41 games compared to the Inter Miami star's 42.

Alvarez did endure a whack to the ankle successful that archetypal leg, but determination are nary superior concerns implicit his availability for the travel to the Emirates, wherever helium is expected to spouse Antoine Griezmann up top.

London-born Ademola Lookman volition besides instrumentality to the XI for his sojourn backmost home, and the aforesaid goes for chap midfielders Johnny Cardoso, Giuliano Simeone and Koke, acceptable to marque his 736th quality for Atletico.

Controversially escaping conceding a punishment for a foul connected Eberechi Eze past week, David Hancko was among those rested wholly astatine the play and volition travel backmost into the squad alongside Jan Oblak, Marcos Llorente, Matteo Ruggeri and Marc Pubill.

Atletico Madrid imaginable starting lineup:

Oblak; Llorente, Pubill, Hancko, Ruggeri; Simeone, Koke, Cardoso, Lookman; Alvarez, Griezmann

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