Paris Saint-Germain against Arsenal: semi-final of the Champions League, second stage-Live | Champions League
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Players on a yellow card
Person. They were wiped before the semi-finals, so the only way to miss the final is if you are sent.
A relaxed Mikel Arteta speaks to TNT SPORTS
It is our biggest night for a long time. But that’s not where we want to be – we want to make the final. We are very close. We learned a few things from the first game, on the level of the two teams and the small margins. We have a great conviction that we are going to do it tonight.
This is where this club deserves to be. We still have so much to do – so much to gain, so much consistency to show – but I hope we are on the right trajectory.
[On the return of Thomas Partey and what it means for Declan Rice] He will have more freedom, that’s for sure. This is a partnership that we have developed; Both are very comfortable in these positions. It will be a really difficult match [is suddenly drowned out by booing as Arsenal’s goalkeepers come out for the warm-up] And we will need all our players – at one point, we will need fresh legs.
They were quite direct last week. We expected that they play much more, but they didn’t really want to our press. I hope we can do it better tonight.
We are faced with a great atmosphere each time in the Premier League – it’s a special game, an emotional game. This club has tried to reach the final and win it for a very long time. I hope we can play in our favor.
As well as Paris Saint-Germain played the EmiratesThey needed Gianluigi Donnarumma to produce a shiny and another even better backup.
In which David Squires continues his noble quest proving once and for all laughter is the best medicine
PSG Team News: Dembele on the bench
Ousmane Dembele, who scored the only goal last week, is not enough to start after suffering a blow in this match. Bradley Barcola replaces him; This is the only change compared to the first stage of the Emirates.
Paris Saint-Germain (4-3-3) Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes; Joao Neves, Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz; Boat, Doue, Kvaratskhelia.
Substitutes: Safonov, Tenas, Goncalo Ramos, Dembele, Lee, L Hernandez, Mayulu, Zaïre-Emery, Lucas Beraldo, Tape, Mbaye.
Arsenal Team News: Party returns
The Arsenal team is as planned, with a single change compared to the first step. Thomas Partey Returns of suspension in place of Leandro Trossard, so Mikel Merino will return in attack.
Jurrien Timber is able to play at the right back after missing the weekend defeat against Bournemouth. Jorginho And Riccardo Calafuri Return to the bench.
Arsenal (4-3-3) David the highest; Tiber, Saliba, Kiwiy, Levilly-Skelly; Odegad, Patey, rice; So Merino, Martinelli.
Substitutes: Neto, Setford, Tierney, White, Zinchenko, Trossard, Jorginho, Sterling, Cafaori, Butler-Odeji, Henry-Francis, Andreri.
“GOOD,” said James Humphries in response to my question about Catenaccio,
“Obviously, Inter pulled their bolt.”
“Likewise, PSG-Barca could have been the final of the century”, ” Add James Humphries.
It reminds me of one of my favorite David Lacey lines (and by heaven it’s a long list). When Sheffield United played Wimbledon in October 1990, at a time when the two teams were discovering the grass in the sky, Lacey started his match report with this line:
After Wimbledon won 2-1 in Bramall Lane on Saturday, it was generally agreed that it was the match of the century. But opinion differs on what century.
“Of course, important questions are now made – Motherwell is safe for their 41st consecutive year in the elite – But I think that Inter could be the best placed team to make PSG, “explains James Humphries.” Strong defenders, happy to sit and let the opposition be extinguished, then hit the break? It’s Catenaccio, baby! This falls a little for Arsenal-Inter, of course. »»
How do we reconcile the concept of Catenaccio with this orgy of objectives last night?
Read Barney Ronay seen
Can Mikel Arteta learn and adapt in the space of a week from the way PSG has pinned the Arsenal dates deep within their own half and emptied the midfielder, playing with the defined way of Arsenal to create the kind of space that led to the only goal? Arteta is not a player or a defender of freedom of creation. But sometimes it is also equivalent to pragmatism.
The quarter -final defeat last season by Bayern Munich resolved to small details, finding a single late goal, adapting right now. This is what is necessary in Paris, as much as the result, if only for evidence that this team can still develop and improve.
Preamble
Hello, good evening and welcome to the live cover of the semi-final of the Champions League between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal. The bad news for these teams is that they have precisely 0.00% chance of serving a party to compare themselves with Inter against Barcelona last night.
The good news is that they don’t have to do it: last night, it was 50 Shades of WTF, a match that we will talk about forever, but everything that really matters to PSG and Arsenal reaches the final and keeping the chance to become European champions for the first time. Arsenal does not care if they gain 1-0 after an additional time, then 1-0 on the penalties.
PSG begins as fairly strong favorites after their cool head victory at the Emirates. Before the first step, Mikel Arteta asked the supporters to bring their boots; Yesterday, Declan Rice reminded her teammates to bring their bullets, the more you who are the better.
Arsenal never won a European link after losing the first leg at home, although they were actually half-goal behind when they won Juventus in 1980. The winners will play Inter in Munich on May 31. It will probably take the performance of a life for Arsenal to get there. But as the last night reminded us, at the stage with direct elimination of the Champions League, almost everything is possible.
To start up 8 p.m. BST.
