Arsenal met Lyon in the Emirates Cup. This was a very interesting game and the two Manager named very strong squads for the encounter. Mikel Arteta’s first team had David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Martin Odegaard, Thomas Partey, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Martinelli. The Manager of Lyon also named a very strong squad and his lineup had. Lucas Perri, Abner Vinicius, Moussa Niakhate, Duje Caleta-Car, Clinton Mata.
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Corentin Tolisso, Nemanja Matic, Maxence Caqueret, Said Benrahma, Georges Mikautadze and Ainsley Maitland Niles.
The first half started on a very high note and Arsenal’s defence stayed strong and proved why it was the best last season. Declan Rice gave William Saliba a good pass, the French international player did not hesitate but scored the opening goal.
His counterpart, Gabriel Magalhaes scored the second goal. This was after yet another pass from the super midfielder, Declan Rice. The first half ended 2-0 in favor of Arsenal.
The second half started on a very high note and Arsenal maintained the tempo that they had started the game with. Mikel Arteta then made some necessary changes. He substituted Oleksandr Zinchenko and replaced him with Riccardo Calafiori who has been brought to take the left back position.
He also substituted Declan Rice and replaced him with Gabriel Jesus, Kai Havertz with Ethan Nwaneri, Bukayo Saka with Reiss Nelson, Thomas Partey with Jorginho, WilliamSaliba with Jakub Kiwior, Gabriel Magalhaes with Myles Lewis-Skelly and Gabriel Martinelli with Leandro Trossard.
Pierre Sage also made some changesin his squad. He substituted Georges Mikautadze with Gift Orban, Said Benrahma with Ernest Naumah, Maxence Caqueret with Mama Balde, Aner Vinicius with Mahamadou Diawar and Corentin Tolisso with Orel Mangala.
The game ended 2-0 in favor of Arsenal and the club was awarded the Emirates Cup. This is indeed a very good start for the Gunners as they wait to officially kick start the new season next week.
