UEFA Champions League

UCL Semi final Leg 1 Team of the Week 2026- 2 Arsenal players in XI

Here is the official Champions League Team of the Week for the first leg of the semi-final games from the 2025-26 season. Arsenal, England’s solitary representatives left in the competition have two players in the XI in the form of goalkeeper David Raya and defender Gabriel Magalhaes.

The Gunners drew 1-1 with Atletico Madrid in the Spanish capital in the first leg. Not surprisingly, the list is dominated by PSG players after the Parisians edged Bayern 5-4 in a thriller.

Champions League Team of the Week Semifinal first leg April 2026

UCL Semifinal Leg 1 Team of the Week 2026

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Atletico Madrid vs Arsenal 1-1 L’Equipe AS Newspaper Player Ratings UCL 2026- White, Odegaard & others

Here is a look at the Atletico de Madrid vs Arsenal player ratings from the big European sports newspapers following their 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.

L’Equipe player ratings Atletico Madrid 1-1 Arsenal 2026

The French paper thought this Atleti-AFC tie didn’t hit the heights of the PSG Bayern SF from the previous evening, with Atleti getting an average team rating of 5 and the Gunners getting 5.5, and no starter on either side got more than a 7.

Both Ben White and Martin Odegaard had a disappointing evening, with the duo getting a 4/10 from L’Equipe. It wasn’t the lowest overall though- Hancko in the Atleti defence got a 3/10 from the paper.

Atletico Madrid vs Arsenal 2026 Player Ratings L'Equipe

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Every semi-finalist’s most important player as crunch time looms

The 2025/26 Champions League campaign has reached the semifinal stage, and anticipation is heating up as the May 31st final in Budapest begins to loom on the horizon. Spain’s two biggest teams were dumped out in the quarterfinals, with Real Madrid falling to Bayern Munich and Barcelona falling to compatriots Atletico, with the latter now the last remaining team flying the Spanish flag. English giants Liverpool also fell in the last eight, losing home and away to defending champions Paris Saint-Germain leaving Arsenal as the final remaining Premier League team in the competition after their nervy win against Sporting CP.

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