Art de Roche

4 weeks ago | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Nnamdi Onyeagwara |Art de Roche

Arsenal Women beat Real Madrid to reach Champions League semi-final: What this means for WSL sidePrior to last week’s first leg, the north London side had won their last five games in a row in all competitions, but they still fell to a 2-0 defeat in Spain. However, a goal from Mariona Caldentey, in addition to a brace from Alessia Russo earned Arsenal’s victory at the Emirates Stadium and secured their pathway to the semi-final where they will meet eight-time winners Lyon.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Art de Roche

It is quite something when a crowd of 14,783, heavily filled with children from the West Midlands, are screaming "shoot!" the first time that you get the ball in an attacking position. This was the case for Arsenal's Ethan Nwaneri 10 minutes into his full England Under-21s debut at The Hawthorns. The midfielder, who turned 18 on March 21, obliged those youthful cries from the stands.

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Art de Roche

In mid-February, we invited requests from our subscribers for articles you might like to read on The Athletic as part of our latest Inspired By You series. Lewis F asked for a piece on women’s football, so Art de Roché spoke to former Arsenal midfielder and WSL record appearance holder Jordan Nobbs…Just seven of the 28 players who featured in the first-ever Women’s Super League match, played between Arsenal and Chelsea in April 2011, are still active.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Art de Roche

By Art de RochéThe club are close to bringing in a new permanent sporting director with David Ornstein reporting over the weekend that Italian Andrea Berta has reached an agreement with Arsenal to take over the role. As Amy Lawrence detailed in her piece on Sunday, the agreement with the 53-year-old suggests Arsenal have made clear a signal of the direction they are looking to go in.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Art de Roche

Mikel Merino has said that having "the right mentality and approach to the game" has helped his transition into a centre-forward in recent weeks. The Spain international, usually a central midfielder, has started Arsenal's last three matches up front after scoring twice away to Leicester City as a substitute. That day he replaced Raheem Sterling, whose start came in the absence of Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz from the frontline due to injury.