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Real Madrid will not be allowed to wear their famous all white band when they face Arsenal during the first leg of their quarter -final of the Champions League on Tuesday evening.
Carlo Ancelotti’s team, who approached London on Monday evening before the huge clash of Emirates on Monday, will alternately wear a gray kit against the Gunners, using their third band for the season.
Given the opportunity, Real Madrid would probably have chosen to wear the emblematic white shirt as they have already done in several outside games this campaign – including their dramatic victory over penalties at Atletico Madrid in the last round.
Jude Bellingham and Co also worn White in Brest in the group phase.
While Arsenal heads for Tuesday’s centerpiece as a local team, the Gunners have priority on the kit they would like to wear.
Unsurprisingly, Mikel Arteta’s team has chosen to wear their home shirt, which is mainly red with white sleeves and shorts.
Real Madrid is not allowed to wear its emblematic white kit to the Emirates Tuesday evening
The Gunners face Real Madrid in the first leg of a huge quarter -final of the Champions League
The defending champions league winners will rather wear a band of all grays against Arsenal
According to UEFA rules, a team, as well as their shirts, should not compete with the colors of their opponents.
Consequently, Real Madrid is unable to wear white because the shorts would have faced Arsenal.
Los Blancos had the opportunity to wear their Orange Away kit, as they did against Manchester City to Etihad earlier in the competition, their gray band.
The Gunners head for the crucial confrontation against Madrid with a large 11 -point deficit on Liverpool in the title of the Premier League title, while being out of the FA Cup.
The Champions League, a competition that the club has never won in its history, now presents the best chance in Arsenal Argente by the end of the season.
But Arteta’s men will first have to go beyond Real Madrid on the stadium in the quarter -final, which has won the Champions League six times in the past 12 years.
Arsenal fans will be delighted with the return of the star Bukayo Saka, who made two appearances on the bench since the international break of March by recovering from his long-term injury to the hamstrings.
Real Madrid is unable to wear white because the shorts would have faced with Arsenal
Arsenal fans will be delighted with the return of the star Bukayo Saka after his hamstiff injury
While Saka should start in what marks a decisive match in the Arsenal season, Arteta will certainly be without a crucial defender of first choice Gabriel Magalhaes, who is absent for the rest of the campaign with a tear.
Gabriel Jesus, Riccardo Calafiori, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Kai Havertz also stay away for the artillerymen, while Raheem Sterling is serving a ban on a match.
Arsenal attracted 1-1 with Everton to Goodison Park in his last Premier League match, while Real Madrid entered the draw of a 2-1 defeat against Valence in Laliga on Saturday.
