We have players missing, but I believe we will compete well with the support of the fans. Games against such teams may be important for our future. We want to win points when we prepare to play against any opponents. Everything is possible in football. We will try to please our fans.
"We need to use our squad," said head coach Roberto Martinez. "Nelson Semedo and Joao Cancelo played 45 minutes [against Ireland] and are full of energy; they play in demanding positions. "Bruno Fernandes arrives full of energy. It's all about attitude, focus, playing with joy and without anxiety, with the support of our fans, and remembering that we have other very different players on the bench who can be very important."
Noah Laba scored in his home town in front of dozens of friends and family. Jaroslav Chmelar made a good impression in his debut with 6:27 TOI, winning a fight, and looking pretty good overall. Artemi Panarin had a multi point game after shaving his head. And the powerplay actually scored a goal. Everything came up Milhouse for the Rangers last night, but now they travel back to the World's Most Haunting Arena,
Arsenal v Chelsea is a biggie at the best of times, never mind when it's the champions of Europe vs the champions of England and both teams unashamedly cover their neighbour's titles. It's a bigger game for Arsenal, whose hopes of winning the WSL title will be imperilled should they lose today. They're already five points behind Chelsea after seven games; and while that is largely down to a tough run of fixtures, they can't afford the gap to widen to eight points.
Nottingham Forest's Ola Aina (hamstring) and Dilane Bakwa (unspecified) remain sidelined with injuries, while Chris Wood (knee) and Oleksandr Zinchenko (groin) will both be assessed ahead of kickoff. Ruben Amorim hopes to have Harry Maguire available after the defender missed the Brighton win with a minor issue, though Lisandro Martínez remains sidelined with a knee injury. If Maguire returns, Leny Yoro could drop out, joining Matthijs de Ligt and Luke Shaw in a back three.
Juve are without defender Bremer and Khephren Thuram, but winger Francisco Conceicao is fit and available once more. Milan have Rafael Leao back from a calf strain and goalkeeper Mike Maignan is also now fit and available. Juve: Di Gregorio; Kalulu, Gatti, Kelly; Cambiaso, Locatelli, McKennie, Cabal; Conceicao, Yildiz; David Milan: Maignan; Tomori, Gabbia, Pavlovic; Saelemaekers, Fofana, Modric, Rabiot, Estupinan; Pulisic, Gimenez
For the first preseason game at home in front of (more) Leafs fans, Toronto is going to be putting out on the ice a roster that looks very close to what we could see when they open their season on October 9 against the Montreal Canadiens. Oh, and they're facing a visiting Senators squad that doesn't have a whole lot of NHL talent on it, too.
Nice are a modest club in Italy that have been doing well in recent times. They finished fourth in the Ligue 1 table last season and will now be playing in the UEFA Europa League this campaign. Franck Haise's side, though, have made a disappointing start to the new season. Nice are as low as 12th in the Ligue 1 table at the moment with just six points from five matches, only two points above the relegation zone. Nice will head into the UEFA Europa League match against AS Roma at the Allianz Riviera on the back of a 4-1 defeat to Brest away from home in Ligue 1.
