I'm not putting Arsenal down, but imagine having this kind of mentality. lol
Forget about Saka coming back or not. Arsenal just has to believe that they can play against Madrid and win.
You may as well not go and play if you don't think you can beat them.
Arteta needs to adapt his tactics like Atletico Madrid did to stand a better chance and must ensure his team is mentally strong as Arsenal faces a tough test against Real Madrid in the UCL quarter-finals.
The most beautiful thing about football is that our predictions don't usually determines the result. The players on the pitch do the needful. The hype around Real Madrid is just too much. The same Madrid that is being over hyped was trashed by Barcelona twice this season. Liverpool did the same. Smaller teams also gave them a tough time. Arsenal and Real Madrid barely meet in UEFA competitions, so we can't really use their H2H to compare them. As it stands, Real Madrid does not have a perfect squad, and same thing goes for Arsenal as well. Liverpool were the favourite to win this title, but the unimaginable happened. it's football, the players will do the talking, while we sit back and enjoy the game.
Sit back and enjoy the game. I like this sentence.

No one can deny that the players are the ones who determine the final result on the pitch, but football is a team game.
The medical staff, coaching staff, and supporters can be boosters for the players to do their best for victory.
And Football predictions have become an inseparable part of the football-watching experience.
Football predictions combine objective analysis based on data and statistics with subjective judgments that take into account factors that are difficult to measure, such as team motivation, match pressure, and other psychological factors. The prediction process encourages us to learn more about teams, players, and the dynamics of football.
Football prediction is not so much about getting the final result right. It's more about the process prediction because it's all part of the education about football itself. IMHO