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Real Madrid vs Arsenal: Champions League Clash and Road to the Semifinals

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Real Madrid vs Arsenal: Champions League Clash and Road to the Semifinals

Recent Matches: Champions League Quarterfinals (April 2025)

Arsenal recently knocked defending champions Real Madrid out of the UEFA Champions League with an impressive performance over two legs in the quarterfinals of the 2024-25 competition.

Second leg: Real Madrid 1-2 Arsenal (April 16, 2025)

In the second leg played at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Arsenal won 2-1 thanks to goals from Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli. Saka initially missed a penalty but redeemed himself in the 65th minute to make the aggregate score 4-0. Two minutes later, Vinicius Junior scored Real Madrid’s only goal, but Martinelli sealed the win for Arsenal.

First leg: Arsenal 3-0 Real Madrid (April 8, 2025)

Arsenal dominated the first leg at the Emirates Stadium with a 3-0 win. Declan Rice was particularly impressive in the match, scoring two superb free kicks.

Total score: 5-1

With their win in Madrid, Arsenal knocked out Real Madrid with an aggregate score of 5-1 over the two legs.

Historical head-to-head record

The tie between Arsenal and Real Madrid has historically favoured the English team:

Before the 2025 quarter-finals, Arsenal and Real Madrid last met in the 2005-06 Champions League. Arsenal became the first English team to win at the Bernabeu, a record they have now extended by becoming the first English team to win twice.

Current Season Form (2024-25)

Arsenal’s Season

Arsenal is having a great time in the 2024-25 season, participating in several competitions:

Their Champions League campaign includes a win over PSV Eindhoven in the Round of 16 and an impressive beating of Real Madrid in the Quarter Finals. In the competition, Arsenal had beaten their semi-final opponents PSG 2-0 during the league stage.

Real Madrid’s Season

Real Madrid, as the defending European champions, entered the 2024–25 season participating in several competitions:

Their Champions League defence was stopped by Arsenal in the quarter-finals.

Champions League Semi-Finals

Arsenal vs Paris Saint-Germain

Arsenal will face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League semi-finals. The matches are scheduled as follows:

First leg: Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at Emirates Stadium, London (8:00 pm UK time)

Second leg: Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at Parc des Princes, Paris 9:00 p.m. localtime 8:000 pmpm UK time)

Historical record against PSG

Arsenal has an impressive undefeated record against PSG in European competitions:

Their previous encounters include:

The other Champions League semi-final

The other Champions League semi-final will feature Barcelona vs Inter Milan, with the first leg on April 30, 2025, and the second leg on May 6, 2025.

Arsenal’s Champions League history

This is Arsenal’s third appearance in the Champions League semi-final; their most recent appearance before this was in 2009.

Their 2024-25 Champions League journey has been impressive, finishing third in the league stage before knocking out PSV Eindhoven in the Round of 16 and now defeating Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.

Arsenal’s win over Real Madrid represents a significant milestone in their recent European history, with the team now looking forward to a challenging semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain as they aim to reach the Champions League final for the first time since 2006 when they were runners-up to Barcelona.

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