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Arsenal's preseason rolls on in Florida this evening where the Gunners will take on MLS side Orlando City. According to our friends over at The Mane Land, ...

And even though I expect to see a less-talented Orlando City side, I’m guessing their squad players and youngsters will be eager to put in a good shift against a Premier League club. Orlando City are in the midst of a tough stretch of matches and are likely to be resting key players ahead of their U.S. Open Cup semifinal this weekend. It would be nice for the Gunners to get a stiffer test, but they’ve got a match against Chelsea at the weekend and one against Sevilla in London next week for that.

Arsenal look to continue their dominant 2022 preseason with a match against an Orlando City SC team already past the halfway mark of the MLS season.

— — — — — — — — He pulled back on Jake Mulraney. A more innocent foul compared to the Jansson tackle. They're waiting for Arsenal to come at them and then hitting them on the break. Halftime: Arsenal got the early goal and it was looking like it would be one of those games for the Gunners. But Orlando stayed with it and stuck to their game plan of absorbing pressure and hitting Arsenal on the counter. Orlando City and Arsenal will meet for the first time when they face off at Exploria Stadium in a 2022 preseason friendly.

ARSENAL continue their US pre-season schedule tonight where they'll be up against Orlando in Florida.Summer signing Gabriel Jesus grabbed himself anot.

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But the youngsters they are listening to us, they are trying as well the words that we give to them to take it, to improve, and have the feeling that we are in a very, very good way. It’s very special, the World Cup in winter, for the first time and I’m looking forward to that. It’s like a puzzle, you need the quality, of course, but if it doesn’t fit in with the team, it’s very difficult to achieve something. The signings all fit very well in the team, year by year we get much better and it’s easier to speak than to do it, for sure, but I have a very good feeling that we will be ready for the start against Crystal Palace away and let’s see and hope that we can achieve the goals that we have. But as well, happy for the three points we got on this on this day. To get them something that we have to believe in ourselves because we have a very young squad. These games have to give us a lot of confidence, the wins and in my opinion we did a great game for a lot of minutes and we have to keep going and working and believe in ourselves. To support us - how do I say it - every one of us gives everything to this football club. We are here for a pre-season to be ready for the start of the season. Yeah, after what happened, everything between the fans, the people and me I think this was one of the nicest moments since I'm in this football club. They know what they want and we try to help them and I'm looking forward to start the season. Yeah, in the end we didn't achieve what we wanted.

The Arsenal at Orlando City Soccer friendly soccer match at Exploria Stadium on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel)

Arsenal look to continue their dominant 2022 preseason with a match against an Orlando City SC team already past the halfway mark of the MLS season.

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Goals from Gabriel Martinelli, Eddie Nketiah and Reiss Nelson led us to a comfortable 3-1 victory in Orlando.

Copyright 2022 The Arsenal Football Club plc. There were three yellow cards in the opening 20 minutes. Then it’s all eyes on the big Premier League kick off against Crystal Palace on Friday, August 5. The keeper made himself big to save with his legs when one-on-one. Ramsdale couldn’t keep out the next effort though. When play eventually got underway it didn’t take long for us to open the scoring.

The international friendly between Orlando City and Arsenal was delayed by more than an hour Wednesday evening.

Arsenal look to continue their dominant 2022 preseason with a match against an Orlando City SC team already past the halfway mark of the MLS season.

— — — — — — — — New signing Nicholas Gioacchini is not yet available for selection. He pulled back on Jake Mulraney. A more innocent foul compared to the Jansson tackle. Mikel Arteta's new-look Arsenal are cruising in preseason with dominant displays in victories over Ipswich Town, Nurnberg, and most recently Everton last Saturday night. Orlando City and Arsenal will meet for the first time when they face off at Exploria Stadium in a 2022 preseason friendly.

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Gabriel Martinelli set us on the way with an early deflected goal, before the hosts fired back before half-time. Copyright 2022 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Eddie Nketiah fired us ahead after good work from Gabriel Jesus, before Reiss Nelson sealed the win with a smartly taken third.

Fresh from guiding his side to a 3-1 win over Orlando City, Mikel Arteta faced the media in America, and discussed a wide range of topics, from possible ...

It’s really important for our brand, for our supporters to be next to them and the USA is a huge market, we have a large fanbase and we have to promote that and make them feel that we are ready to come here and then those practices and those tours give you a different level of competition against opponents that you don’t really know, they are in the middle of the season, so physically they are in a better condition than you and then to play in that heat, I think it brings a good adaption for when we have to go back to the UK. Our target at this club is to win competitions, it can’t be any other than that and the way we are building the squad is to achieve that. He's really comfortable playing in that position and we want to try and see what he can bring in that position as well. We have a large squad so we have to make some decisions as well on the players that we're not going to be using consistently and be fair and straight with them and that's a process that is going to start very soon as well. We want to build those relationships and they haven’t played a lot of minutes together yet, the same with Martin and Gabi, for example. We are a huge club and you can see in every city that we are present in, the reaction and the support that we get. To be more unpredictable is obviously important and that is why we have recruited those players. Copyright 2022 The Arsenal Football Club plc. That versatility is something that is going to be important for the team because we have players in that position who are more specific full back so I'm really happy. Where he fits comfortable and can develop in the best possible way. We have to. Both, he can play in both.

Arsenal secured a third consecutive win of pre-season as goals from Gabriel Martinelli, Eddie Nketiah and Reiss Nelson secured a 3-1 win against Orlando ...

Reflecting on his side’s performance, Mikel Arteta said: “Right from the beginning it was very lively, from both supporters, but we suffered in the first half, physically. — afcstuff (@afcstuff)July 21, 2022 — afcstuff (@afcstuff)July 21, 2022

DANIEL MATTHEWS IN ORLANDO: Arsenal continued their pre-season preparations with a 3-1 win over Orlando City at the Exploria Stadium.

Now 32, the Brazilian striker is in his second season with Orlando City. He was the future once. Competition for places in the Arsenal midfield is now even more fierce. Holding was booked after 90 seconds and later left for dead by Benji Michel on halfway. Something for Arteta to ponder, at least. Arsenal continued their pre-season preparations with a 3-1 win over Orlando City at the Exploria Stadium.

Facundo Torres canceled out an early Arsenal goal but Eddie Nketiah and Reiss Nelson scored after the hour mark to put the match away. “That exposure today was ...

The Lions tried to pull that goal back in the 71st minute when Tesho Akindele made a great move to get by a defender and picked out Michel with a good cross. Reiss Nelson was left unattended by Ruan in the box and when the ball came to him, it was an easy finish. “I was happy to see a very enjoyable game for the fans and against a fantastic rival,” Pareja said. Substitute Kyle Smith slid across the area and tried to clear but only succeeded in teeing up a shot for Nketiah to knock into the net, making it 2-1. Arsenal had the last decent look in first-half stoppage, as Nketiah did well to free himself up in the box for a shot but hit it wide of the right post. He made the save but couldn’t control the rebound, which resulted in an Arsenal corner but the Lions dealt with that. The Orlando Homegrown Player was away for a breakaway but fired straight at goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, who made the save to preserve the Gunners’ lead. It didn’t take the Premier League side long to score but it was unlucky for Orlando. Gabriel Martinelli played a nice 1-2 with Sambi Lokango and fired the return pass toward goal. Michel’s pass to him bounced and the forward just didn’t make good contact. Pareja said he rested Mauricio Pereyra and Ercan Kara as a precautionary measure but wanted some players who needed to regain their rhythm some minutes — particularly Carlos, Pato, Perea, and Moutinho, who saw his first minutes since pulling up prior to the road game at Cincinnati. “It’s crazy to me, being so young and just coming into it so quickly, like with the national team, getting minutes there, building experience, and then hopping from there into playing vs. Fans huddled on the concourse or waited in their cars through a heavy downpour, and nearly every time it seemed the skies would calm, another lightning strike came.

Oleksandr Zinchenko was in the crowd to watch Arsenal in pre-season action against Orlando City on Thursday night. He is set to sign from Manchester City.

"Unfortunately with Raheem and Gabriel we could not do it because it was the summertime, but yesterday we could say goodbye to him and [he can] move on to Arsenal." Zinchenko will become the third player City have sold to a supposed Premier League rival this summer, after Gabriel Jesus also left for Arsenal and Raheem Sterling moved to Chelsea. Oleksandr Zinchenko was in the crowd to watch Arsenal in pre-season action against Orlando City on Wednesday night.

During our win over Orlando City on Wednesday, pictures emerged on social media of Ukraine international Oleksandr Zinchenko watching on from the stands ...

“Yeah, as you've seen he is here,” the boss said in his post-match press conference. Copyright 2022 The Arsenal Football Club plc. “That versatility is something that is going to be important for the team because we have players in that position who are more specific full-back so I'm really happy.”

Arsenal have bought versatile players this summer, giving Arteta more tactical variety and a chance to experiment with different shapes.

“We have to make some decisions on the players that we’re not going to be using consistently and be fair and straight with them,” Arteta said. “He’s really comfortable playing in that position, and we want to try and see what he can bring in that position. As well as what is becoming his customary 4-3-3 formation, he deployed two front men against Nurnberg at the German training camp and temporarily switched to a back three in the match against Everton in Baltimore at the weekend. The 22-year-old Belgian has generally been earmarked as a future No 6, but Arteta now seems keen to explore his flexibility. “It changes, so whatever you have planned at the beginning, it doesn’t mean it’s going to happen at the end.” “That’s one of the things (we considered) — where we can adapt structures, formations and rotations,” Arteta said.

Eddie Nketiah scored his fourth goal of pre-season in our win over Orlando City on Wednesday, a result of his link up play with strike partner Gabriel Jesus ...

"Gabby did well in there," he said. It was nice to score and it’s a good feeling." It was Nketiah's goal that fired us ahead.