Arsenal will take on Chelsea in the Europa League final this week in Azerbaijan and this will be the final chance for the Gunners to get back into the Champions League next season.
If the North London side fail to win the UEL final then they will once again have to grind it out in the second-tier of European football which is something the fans do not want to see.
But going into this game, there has already been a number of scandals and many pundits have predicted that both sets of players might end up losing focus during such a high-intensity encounter.
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The first and obvious miss will be Henrikh Mkhitaryan who will not be travelling with the squad since the final is being played in Azerbaijan and he is an Armenian citizen.
Despite a lot of efforts to convince him, the player has made a personal choice not to travel for the final which means that Mesut Ozil will be the most obvious replacement.
The German has struggled to see game time this season and this final vs the Blues could very well be his last game for the Gunners.
During the course of the 2018-19 season, Emery has often chosen to use either Aubameynag or Lacazette up front.
But given this is such a crunch encounter, the manager will surely go for all the firepower in his kitty which means the two forwards should start.
Aaron Ramsey is ruled out of this fixture due to an injury meaning Lucas Torreira will partner Granit Xhaka in central midfield and maybe Matteo Guendouzi will come on in the second half.
There is also a debate about the keeper for this game but we feel that since Petr Cech has been the European keeper for Emery this season, the manager will stick with him meaning Bernd Leno will have to sit this one out.
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First XI: Cech, Monreal, Koscielny, Sokratis, Kolasinac, Maitland-Niles, Granit Xhaka, Torriera, Ozil, Lacazette, Aubameynag.
