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MICHAEL HUGHES
Irish Daily Star
|April 12, 2025
NORMALLY I'd start these columns with the Premier League action from this weekend - but I can't because I'm just too excited about Real Madrid against Arsenal.
Admittedly, I did not see Arsenal's win coming last week and every credit to them for pulling out a performance like that when it really counts.
The problem for them is that they have got to back it up again in the Bernabeu on Wednesday night.
Real are 4-6 to win the match - whether that is good enough to get them through to the semi-finals is another guess, but I do think that they will win on the night.
Arsenal, though, for all their lack of an out-and-out striker, do have plenty of attacking talent and options.
This story is from the April 12, 2025 edition of Irish Daily Star.
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