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Champions League final team news: Havertz gets Arsenal nod

Arsenal and PSG have named their starting teams for Saturday evening's Champions League final in Budapest.

Myles Lewis-Skelly, whose inclusion in midfield last month helped re-energise Arsenal’s season, is preferred to Martin Zubimendi.

Piero Hincapie starts ahead of Riccardo Calafiori at left-back and Kai Havertz, not Viktor Gyokeres, will play up front, Martin Odegaard gets the nod over Eberechi Eze in midfield, and Cristhian Mosquera starts at right-back ahead of the presumably rusty Jurrien Timber.

No surprises in the PSG side. Fabian Ruiz has been picked ahead of Warren Zaire-Emery in midfield.

ARSENAL (4-3-3): Raya; Mosquera, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie; Odegaard, Rice, Lewis-Skelly; Saka, Havertz, Trossard.

Subs: Arrizabalaga, Jesus, Eze, Madueke, Martinelli, Timber, Gyokeres, Norgaard, Merino, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Dowman.

PSG (4-3-3): Safonov; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes; Fabian Ruiz, Vitinha, Joao Neves; Doue, Dembele, Kvaratskhelia.

Subs: Chevalier, Marin, Lucas Beraldo, Zabarnyi, Goncalo Ramos, Lee, Zaire-Emery, Hernandez, Mayulu, Dro Fernandez, Barcola, Mbaye.

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Guardian

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