Arsenal will hope to take control of their Champions League semi-final tie with Atletico Madrid in the first leg this week.The Gunners scraped past Sporting Lisbon to book their spot in the last four, but will need to improve to topple Atletico.Arsenal beat Sporting 1-0 on aggregate to reach the Champions League semi-finalsGettyMikel Arteta‘s side managed to stay afloat in Europe amid some rough domestic form, meaning they’re still in with a chance of winning the Champions League for the first time ever.They will hope that a crucial win against Newcastle, which sent them back to the top of the Premier League, can be the catalyst for an upturn in results just at the right time.Atletico now stand in the way of history for them, with the Spanish giants impressively knocking out Barcelona to reach this stage.Diego Simeone‘s men are well out of the title race in La Liga, so they are sure to be going all out for glory on the continent.Atletico Madrid vs Arsenal: talkSPORT coverageThis Champions League semi-final first leg will take place on Wednesday, April 29.Kick-off at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano is set for 8pm. talkSPORT will have live coverage of the game from Madrid, presented by Adrian Durham. Commentary will be coming from Jim Proudfoot and former England striker Darren Bent.To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. Listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.The action will be broadcast live on TNT Sports too, with it also able to be streamed via HBO Max.Atletico are going to go all out for European glory after beating BarcelonaAFPAtletico Madrid vs Arsenal: Team newsAtletico could be without midfielder Pablo Barrios after he was taken off injured at the weekend during a win over Athletic Bilbao.Ademola Lookman and Jose Maria Gimenez are also doubts after missing out on the last couple of games this month.As for Arsenal, they will have Bukayo Saka potentially fit enough to start after coming off the bench against Newcastle. Riccardo Calafiori could also return to the team, while Jurrien Timber is going to remain a doubt, along with Kai Havertz.Havertz was substituted with a knock at the weekend, with Arteta expected to give an update ahead of the semi-final.Eberechi Eze is set to be fit to feature, as well as Martin Zubimendi, who was withdrawn due to illness last time out.Havertz could miss the first leg after coming off injured at the weekendGettyAtletico Madrid vs Arsenal: What has been said?After Arsenal reached the Champions League semi-finals, Arteta was asked about the prospect of writing history this season.He revealed what he told his players, saying: “My message was gratitude to them. I know the effort, the commitment that they put in. There’s been a lot of work behind it.“We’ve done something that has never been done in the history of our club in 140 years, so that tells you the difficulty of that. “We have had to do it as well in a very special way, missing a lot of important players, so big credit for that. “I’m especially happy for our supporters because they were right behind the team today.“And we’re going to have two magical nights, one in Madrid and another one here in London against Atletico, so I’m very proud of them.”