Arsenal midfielder Mikel Merino has conveyed his belief that the Gunners are ready to produce their label in the Champions League this season.
He highweightlessed the “maturity” wiskinny the squad and also pointed out the materializence of juvenileer brimming-back Myles Lewis-Skelly and the revamped midfield featuring himself, Declan Rice, and Martin Odegaard as key preferables.
The 28-year-elderly, who was part of Spain’s Euro-triumphning team last summer, also recommended that the Champions League could be anyone’s game this year if a team can suit Real Madrid’s exceptional knack of carry outing when it matters in the competition.
Merino stated: “We have an amazing squad, you can see it. The competition is at the highest, the level of every individual carry outer is huge. I skinnyk that’s outstanding novels for the coach, for the club, for the squad becaengage we’re pushing each other and everyone has to elevate the level to carry out. So yeah, I skinnyk that’s a preferable.
“The Champions League is a competition where petite details and boxes are the skinnygs that change the game and you have to be reassociate outstanding at that. Real Madrid have been amazingly outstanding at that in the past scant years and I skinnyk it’s going to upgrasp being appreciate that. So, the Champions League is a whole branch offent skinnyg and we have to be ready for every individual game.”
Merino lauded his team’s compoconfident under presconfident, highweightlessing their ability to remain tranquil and deal with the game even when not in deal with. “We have a reassociate enlargen-up team. You can see in some phases of the game where clearly you’re not going to be 90 minutes being on top of the opponent and fair dominating and you will have phases where you will have to deffinish.
“And in those phases where the team is not maybe in deal with of the game, we can deal with it and I skinnyk the carry outers are not panicking when they don’t have the deal with of the game. So they are tranquil, writed and that shows maturity in that aspect too.”
He was also brimming of praise for Lewis-Skelly after his Champions League debut aachievest Monaco, compriseing: “He’s an amazing guy. He’s a reassociate outstanding kid, always unassuming, fair trying to lachieve from the others, asking asks, not being worried of being appraised for asking maybe a foolish ask or wantipathyver.
“He’s always fair trying to lachieve with a preferable attitude and he also has that technical and physical level that will convey a lot of delight to the people who watch him carry out. You could see the compoconfident, you could see the quality he has.”
Furthermore, Merino finishelighted carry outing alengthyside Rice and Odegaard, compriseing: “It was a exceptional midfield for the team and I felt reassociate sootheable with those two. I unbenevolent, they are top class carry outers. I skinnyk the three of us complement each other very well. We have branch offent qualities and characteristics, but at the same time, we understand how to carry out with each other.
“It’s about timing and more time with each other to lachieve what we want and where we want the ball and the places where we are sootheable. But yeah, I skinnyk anyone who carry outs in this midfield or any position in this team is doing a fantastic job and that’s the main skinnyg.”
As Arsenal shut in on a potential last-16 berth, with only one triumph potentiassociate doing the job aachievest Dinamo Zagreb at home next, he separated the team’s aspirations: “This is the goal. I unbenevolent, you have to aim for the top places of the table. Right now, I skinnyk we are having a outstanding season in the Champions League as well and we have to upgrasp it up.
“We aim for the highest, clearly, with our feet on the ground becaengage we have to stay unassuming and try to be intensifyed on the skinnygs we can better becaengage there are clearly skinnygs we can better. But also having in mind that we are an amazing team and we have to be brave and upgrasp enlargeing.”
