Arsenal face fixture nightmare
When the Gunners visit Wolves on April 20, they will begin off at a rare 7.30 p.m. Saturday.
Only three days have passed since Arsenal traveled to Bayern Munich for the second leg of their quarterfinal Champions League match.
Then, on Tuesday, April 23, at 8 p.m., Mikel Arteta’s team will play Chelsea in a match that was postponed because of the Blues’ participation in the FA Cup quarterfinals.
For the Premier League leaders, who are presently slated to play Tottenham away on April 28, things might get much more frantic.
In the event that the Gunners are selected to play in the Champions League semifinals on April 30, the top flight has determined that this match would now take place on April 27.
In the unlikely event that this occurs, Arsenal may have to play eleven games in four weeks.
Between March 31 and April 14, the Gunners have already scheduled five games, including the opening leg of their Champions League encounter against Bayern Munich and a match that would decide the team’s championship versus Manchester City.
Due to the postponement of the Chelsea match and the international break, Arteta’s team, who were eliminated from the FA Cup in the third round, are presently enjoying a 19-day football vacation.
rivals for the title With nine matches slated for the same timeframe, Liverpool and City are also not having an easy time. Pep Guardiola’s team may possibly be dealt a Champions League tie on April 30.
The Reds, however, have four away games in 10 days; if they advance to the Europa League semifinals, that run of games might stretch to five.
Speaking in February, Arteta stated he was unconcerned with the idea of taking a lengthy vacation before an extremely busy April.
Declared the Spaniard: “It is what it is.” We will now make plans to make the most use of that time as we were aware that it was a possibility.
“Because that would mean that we’d then have a more congested period in April.”
He added: “The difference is three or four more days.
“We’re going to have two-and-a-half or three weeks [without a game] and I don’t think that that is going to change the world.”
