{"id":166397,"date":"2026-04-08T07:14:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=166397"},"modified":"2026-04-08T07:14:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:14:34","slug":"sporting-vs-arsenal-champions-league-match-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=166397","title":{"rendered":"SPORTING vs. ARSENAL: Champions League MATCH PREVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IWH5cAkB1Mc?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The UEFA Champions League is back this week with Quarterfinal action, and one of the biggest storylines of the tournament so far is none other than Viktor Gy\u00f6keres &#038; Arsenal returning to Portugal to face off against his former club Sporting &#038; the club&#8217;s Gy\u00f6keres replacement, the Colombian Luis Su\u00e1rez. Join the crew as they preview the match, react to all of the storylines leading up to the contest and giving their predictions on who they think will qualify for the semifinals. Plus, they break down all the details of Gy\u00f6keres&#8217; long-awaited return to his former club.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Gy\u00f6keres on FIRE<br \/>\n1:26 Form comparison<br \/>\n2:22 What more can Gy\u00f6keres do?<br \/>\n3:30 Rate of scoring<br \/>\n4:57 Is Gy\u00f6keres worth the price?<br \/>\n7:59 Sporting&#8217;s Luis Su\u00e1rez<br \/>\n10:53 MATCH PREDICTIONS<br \/>\n13:28 Watch More!<\/p>\n<p>#sporting #arsenal #ucltoday #championsleague #uefachampionsleague #uefa #matchpreview #preview #reaction #soccer #football #gyokeres #viktorgyokeres #viktor<br \/>\nStream UCL on Paramount+ &#8211; http:\/\/bit.ly\/UCLonParamount<br \/>\nWatch UCL Extended Highlights &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYX&#8211;AqrRszzMR4_C8YwiBn<br \/>\nWatch UCL Today with Thierry Henry, Kate Scott, Micah Richards and Jamie Carragher &#8211; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkwBiY2Dq-oYdin8WdtaOExGhaRZI_dJ8<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our other CBS Sports Golazo channels!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSSportsGolazoEurope<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@golazoamerica<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@wgolazo<\/p>\n<p>Home of UEFA Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions League, UEFA Europa and Conference Leagues, NWSL, Serie A and Serie A Women, EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two and Carabao Cup, Concacaf Men&#8217;s World Cup Qualifiers and W Champions Cup, US Open Cup, USL, Liga MX, SPFL and more.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IWH5cAkB1Mc\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UEFA Champions League is back this week with Quarterfinal action, and one of the biggest storylines of the tournament so far is none other than Viktor Gy\u00f6keres &#038; Arsenal&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":166398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=166397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/166398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=166397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=166397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=166397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}