After a tense struggle for European competition last season, Arsenal secured an Europa League entry by winning the FA Cup against Chelsea. That match ended in a 2:1 victory for the Gunners. In the Premier League, Mikel Arteta’s team finished in 8-th place, so the last game of the season saved the situation for the red and white. Recall that at the end of the season, the Premier League Arsenal beat Watford with a score of 3:2. Also, with a score of 1:0, the nominal hosts lost to Aston Villa. In the offseason, representatives of London held a friendly game against Milton Keynes and won 1-4. Arsenal has been strengthened by new players. The defense line was supplemented by Cedric Soares and Pablo Marie, who, after being loaned, became full-fledged players of the club. Besides them, Willian joined the team. He has to add creativity to the game. There are staffing problems and they are significant. Two main center-backs were injured at once. We are talking about newcomer Pablo Mari and Shkodran Mustafi.
The Los Angeles-based club was initially considered the Lakers’ main rival in the fight for the first line in the West, as well as one of the contenders for the championship. Doc Rivers’ charges spent a lot of energy in the first round of the playoffs, but this situation hardened the team. The Clippers have been one step ahead of Dallas all the time and are still leading in the series, but you shouldn’t relax, because the cowboys show their fighting character over and over again. I would like to note the last match of the Sailboats, because the team just made fun of the defense of the Mavericks. The fantastic game of Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, who scored 67 points for two, amazed everyone and allowed the Sailboats to beat the cowboys (154-111).
